Le Christina Bourges

... had wild boar with mushrooms and chestnuts. I had a very, very tiny piece of the boar, and it was very flavorful. I tried to order chocolate mousse for dessert, but they were out. So I ended up with something chocolaty/hazelnutty/whipped creamy, and I was happy. Damn! I didn't take a picture of it!

On our walk through town earlier, Linda -- who is a concert violinist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra -- noticed a violinmaker's shop. She went in, and ...

... school which itself is a 17th century little castle. We are in school 4 hours a day and working hard. After school we do homework and stuff ourselves with chocolate croissants and goat cheese. We are meeting other students from around the world and we have adopted 17 year old Emma from Ireland - a real gem. Outside of school, the 4 of us (with Emma) have gone cheese farm touring; wine tasting, and ...

... 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 ...

... les échanges avec les pays voisins non communistes.

Durant cette période le pays va aussi se doter d'une devise: Unidade-Disciplina-Trabalho (Unitée-Discipline-Travail) et de son drapeau national.

Ce n'est que lors des élections de 1991 que le multi-partisme va être autorisé et Miguel Trovoada sera à son tour élu.

En 2001 un changement s'annonce ...

... trangers sous contrats-) en quelques heures et cela dans des conditions horribles. Ce passage est important dans l'histoire de ST car il marque un tournant dans l'histoire coloniale de l'ile et donne naissance à l'idée de "nationalisme Sao-Toméen" aisin qu'a la formation du CLSTP (Comité de Liberaçao de Sao-Tome e Prinsipe) qui sera à la base de l'indépendance de 1975.

(Prochain post: histoire moderne de 1975 à aujourd'hui)

... quatorial: le température est TOUTE L'ANNÉE comprise entre 27 et 30 degrés avec une saison des pluies particuliérment importante entre Octobre et Mai. Une des particularités de l'île est la différence des précipitations. Le Nord-Est de l'ile -où se trouve la capitale- ne recoit que 60 cm de pluie par an alors que le Sud-Est recoit 6 MÉTRES de pluie par an ...

... Composition: archipel composé de deux iles principales (Sao-Tome et Principe :) ainsi que de quelques ilots. Localisation: à 300 km a l'ouest de côtes du Gabon, au milieu de l'atlantique. Pour trouver l'ile sur une carte suivez la ligne de l'équateur et vous tomberez dessus!! Langue: Portugais. Sao-Tome est une ancienne ...

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.

... a guy hanging around. He had a huge bushy beard, an open sore by his nose and that very red faced complexion which comes from sleeping rough/ abuse. He looked pretty scruffy too. Ominously he said he was looking for a bed too. The hostel is closed until 6pm but they leave the dining room and hall open. He goes to the window and raps on it until she appears. a conversation follows and I try to distance myself while not actually riding away. I've shared rooms with the seriously ...

... that the next hotel we see we are in. Guess what the rain stopped!!!! So it was on until we decided to find a hotel for the night. We booked into the Le Continental hotel the lady did not speak any English and my French is to be honest rubbish! All went well she handed over the room key then offered another key saying for moto. She had given me ...