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... late 1500s, Sancerre was a rare Protestant town in Catholic France. The Catholics decided that that simply wouldn't do and laid siege to the town ... for nine months. The people of Sancerre started to die off from starvation, and there were reports at the time of cannibalism because that was the only thing left to eat. Now, of course, it's known for its wine, so everything seems to have turned out okay. ;-)<br><br>Our hotel in Bourges is the Best Western Hotel d ...

... 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 ...

... is still blowing very hard, and I know that it&#8217;s cold and rainy,<br>and that tomorrow I might perhaps need to buy some glue. I&#8217;m not doing anything, and yet I&#8217;m also doing the most important thing a man can do:<br>I&#8217;m listening to what I needed to hear from myself. The consequences of my contemplation are quite contentious; I overcame the<br>sense of mankind salvation, observing sheer me. I am not a philosopher<br>and not willing to ...

... les échanges avec les pays voisins non communistes. <br><br>Durant cette période le pays va aussi se doter d'une devise: Unidade-Disciplina-Trabalho (Unitée-Discipline-Travail) et de son drapeau national.<br><br>Ce n'est que lors des élections de 1991 que le multi-partisme va être autorisé et Miguel Trovoada sera à son tour élu. <br><br>En 2001 un changement s'annonce ...

L'histoire de Sao-Tome est assez restreinte. <br>L'archipelle à été découvert au 15th siécle par les portugais Joao de Santarem and Pero Escobar. Ainsi sous domination portugiase ST devient un point de passage important pour le commerce du sucre du canne ainsi que pour la traite des esclaves<br>Entre1641 - 1648 les hollandais occupent le port de Sao-Tome et les francais attaquent la ville en 1709 par la suite on va assister à une deuxi ...

... s les Seychelles. <br><br>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. <br><br>Le climat sur place est donc ...

... portugaise indépendante depuis 1975. Population: 200 000 (ESTIMATION, aucune donnée exactes...) Gouvernement: Démocratie, république semi présidentiel. IDH: 0,643 (128 position sur 153 pays) Monnaie: le Dobra ( 1 Euro = 20 000 Dobras) Voila pour le moment. D'autres articles concernant des thémes particuliers suivront.

Nicer than Birmingham. <br><br>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.

... maybe they were worried about being thrown out before the only staff member left at 10 pm. Who incidentally had told me in explicit terms that I was not bring back or let any other person in the hostel. I has asked whether I was the only one in the dorm and she went on another track. Anyway eventually she drove me to bed by constant checking the doors and windows. Kinda irritating; when they're very quiet you seem to be an inconvenience but at £17 a night your hardly ...

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 ...