Kyriad Bourges Sud

... of a merchant named George, who was known about town as "Bienaymé Georges" because he built a convent for Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, when her husband Louis XII decided to divorce and banish her. She ended her days in the convent in Bourges, and supposedly her last words were, "Never marry!"

It was 6:30 when the tour ended in a cute little square (the whole thing looked like a set on the backlot at Universal Studios). After a quick wander on a ...

... and time stood still in the Musée d'Orsay. Also saw Notre Dame, the Pompidou (Weez's pick), the War Museum and Napoleon's Tomb (Owen's pick), and we got to see a Vivaldi concert in St. Chappelle (OMG!).

We decided to have a really nice french meal and went just outside the Quartier Latin for snails, frog's legs (the french sure know how to eat!), and real french onion soup. Yum! Or, in ...

... to enunciate my feeling by
abstracting an episode from Paulo Coelho. I have a long , hard struggle with myself not to get up and go to the
stationary shop to buy that glue. I experience terrible feelings of
anxiety, but I am determined to stay here doing nothing, at least for a few hours. Gradually, the anxiety gives way to contemplation, and I
start to listen to my soul. It has been longing to speak to me, but I’m
always too busy. The ...

Aprés l'indépendance de 75, Manuel Pinto da Costa est élu président. Il est le leader du MLSTP, organe politique du CLSTP militant activemnet pour l'indépendance de ST.
Manuel Pinto et son premier ministre Miguel Trovoada suivent une doctrine Marxiste-Léniniste avec comme exemple Cuba et L'Angola voisin. Ils vont nationaliser l'économie, controler tous les pouvoirs de l'ile et ...

... colonisation portugaise qui va durer jusqu'a l'indépendance du pays le 12 juillet 1975. Entre temps l'esclavage sera aboli en 1875 et l'ile va connaitre le pire massacre de son histoire: le 3 Février 1953 à lieu le "massacre de Batepá". Le 3 février un officier à été tué à coup de machette et la répression qui a suivit a été particuliérement violente; on parle de plus de 1 000 morts (travailleurs dans les champs de cocao ou bien Forro ...

... s les Seychelles.

Chose a noter Sao-Tome est le pays le plus proche du "centre du monde": le croisement entre l'équateur et le méridien de Greenwich. L'équateur passe en effet par sur l'ilhéu das Rolas . (petite iles composant l'archipel au Sud du pays) et le méridien de greenwich n'est qu'a 6° de la capitale.

Le climat sur place est donc ...

Me voila en France pour quelques temps afin de préparer correctemnet cette formidable opportunité que représente ce stage. Le premier article sera donc une petite présentation de Sao-Tome. Car peut -trés peut- savent que ce pays existent et encore moins savent oú cela ce situe. Présentation rapide: Nom: Sao-Tome et ...

Nicer than Birmingham.

Left Blois in the rain and drove south, past Chartres with the cathedral really impressive over the plain. Tried La Motte Beuvron put not nice so onward. Weather hot as we moored by canal with mad fisherman. Cycles out and into town for pression and a bit of shopping.

... himself and said that he had spent three years cycling around vietnam. He looked it too; that sort of leanness with muscles that triathletes aquire. I'd forgotten how easily people identify with the trip (which is essentially a solo venture). I was also thinking about taking the train from Nevers. Basically there's no campsites open for three days worth of travel and no hostels. So a couple of hours on the train would save maybe £90 in hotel nights. The alternative is to ...

Hi all Well it had to happen for the first time on this trip we awoke to the dreaded sound of RAIN!!!!!!!!!! Thunder overnight. As Linda so eloquently put it " Its ******* down" We have been on the road for over 3 weeks now and at start of Autumn so to go this far without rain its been great. Oh well nothing to do but test out our jackets and pants ...