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4 septembre 2009

Nun of this and nun of that but a whole lot of gin

Nun of this and nun of that but a whole lot of gin
Long Island nun arraigned on charges of drunk driving after she crashes church van BY Henrick Karoliszyn AND Christina Boyle DAILY NEWS WRITERS Friday, September 4th 2009, 2:43 PM Barcelo for News Sister Lauren Hanley emerges from court after being arraigned...
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4 septembre 2009

Jews who escaped Nazis as kids recreate train

Jews who escaped Nazis as kids recreate train
Jews who escaped Nazis as kids recreate train trip Sep 4 08:15 AM US/Eastern By KAROLINA TAGARISAssociated Press Writer LONDON (AP) - A vintage train carrying Holocaust survivors pulled into London on Friday, ending a three-day trip across Europe that...
3 septembre 2009

Tuesday night au Limonaire

Tuesday night au Limonaire
Dear Everyone, Tuesday evening with Marie Jo and Fa au Limonaire, a marvellous bistro near Grands Boulevards where one can listen to fabulous cabaret chanson after a good meal cooked by "Grande Lolo du Fourneau" in a great ambiance. Music-lovers flock...
2 septembre 2009

This from the Telegraph: Russia and Poland trade

This from the Telegraph: Russia and Poland trade
This from the Telegraph: Russia and Poland trade insults on 70th anniversary of World War Two The dignity of ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War in Poland is being marred by furious spats between Russia and...
1 septembre 2009

We will remember them...

They shall not grow old, As we that are left grow old.Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun, And in the morning,We will remember them. Lest We Forget.
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31 août 2009

Work Wanted

WORK WANTED AS COMPANION OR NANNY for Ileana, a friend of Marie Jo and I from Sighetu Marmatiei, from 1st November for a month or two. Ileana is in her early 50's, mother of two grown up children, speaks six languages (English, French, Roumanian, Hungarian,...
31 août 2009

70 years tomorrow...

70 years tomorrow...
Whilst I await my morning student, I am reading the Guardian as usual. Below, the 70th anniversary of WWII debate. 1st September, 1939. Like every war, this one shattered millions of lives. It was promised to be the war to end all wars...but wasn't. I...
24 août 2009

Chateau de Vincennes and Bulgarian Icons

Chateau de Vincennes and Bulgarian Icons
Dear Everybody, After a morning studying and trying to memorise the French highway code (try as I might, I'm totally nul), I was rescued by Fa who took me off to Chateau de Vincennes for an exhibition of Bulgarian icons and a nose around the dungeons....
23 août 2009

Paris takes on New York graffiti - thank you Globalpost

Two exhibitions in Paris explore modern graffiti and the meaning of writing. By William Dowell - GlobalPost Published: August 18, 2009 07:04 ETUpdated: August 19, 2009 14:20 ET PARIS — If graffiti is popular now, it shouldn't come as a surprise: The art...
23 août 2009

Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1989...

Partying like it's 1989 The picnic that changed Europe Participants in a very eventful picnic gather for its 20th anniversary at the Austro-Hungarian border. (click for video) By Colin Woodard — Special to GlobalPost Published: August 19, 2009 06:32 ETUpdated:...
22 août 2009

Health Reform Battles Across the Pond

Health Reform Battles Across the Pond
As the US will one day, sooner rather than later I hope, become home, I am having to get up to speed with everything from history to geography (I'm so nul!) and politics. Noone has been left cold by the battles insuing for healthcare reforms across the...
21 août 2009

Air Europa...see air travel in a whole new light...

Air Europa...see air travel in a whole new light...
Travelling with Air Europa has been an experience. I just got back to Paris. Maybe I'm bad-tempered because I've left Hamden and am feeling so sad without them. Maybe I'm jetlagged. Maybe I'm just knackered. Guilty to all of the above. But guys, never...
21 août 2009

Bravo, Mihai!

This from the Geneva Tribune. Bravo Mihai!!! Knock'em dead!!! Off to China tomorrow 'on tour'. Just remember now, we saw him first!!! Article - 19/08/2009 Un orchestre genevois s’envole pour la Chine Fin 2008, l’orchestre de la Haute Ecole de musique...
12 août 2009

So sad she's retiring - a lovely lady and a

So sad she's retiring - a lovely lady and a
So sad she's retiring - a lovely lady and a fabulous career (though I still maintain she shouldn't have touched West Side Story!)... below from the Guardian dated today: Kiri Te Kanawa, opera's grand dame bows out Her role at the wedding of Charles and...
12 août 2009

Flying rabbis

Flying rabbis
Marvellous! Good old Beeb! Flying rabbis fight swine flu Rabbis and Kabbalah mystics recite prayers to ward off swine flu A group of rabbis and Jewish mystics have taken to the skies over Israel, praying and blowing ceremonial horns in a plane to ward...
11 août 2009

Dear Everybody, Yes, yes, even though I'm in the

Dear Everybody, Yes, yes, even though I'm in the
Dear Everybody, Yes, yes, even though I'm in the US for a few weeks, I am still reading the UK papers...can't resist the Guardian, especially when Germaine Greer has an article. This one, the true meaning of the unicorn, is excellent as always: Unicorns...
4 août 2009

Jacques Mesrine

Jacques Mesrine
Dear Everybody. Am I the only person never to have heard of the pathologically violent French gangster, Jacques Mesrine? Quite by accident I came across a trailer in the Guardian for "Killer Instinct" and thought I'd better find out more about this once...
2 août 2009

This is dispicable...

This is dispicable...
This is outrageous. I sat and cried when I saw the scenes of families being thrown out of their homes by Israeli police dressed in black and jewish settlers moving in whilst the evicted families were still out there in the streets with nowhere to go,...
31 juillet 2009

Bravo Bolivia!!!!

Bravo Bolivia!!!!
Bolivia bans all circus animals guardian.co.uk , Friday 31 July 209 Use of wild and domestic animals have been banned in Bolivia, the first law of its kind anywhere in the world, say animal welfare activists Bolivia has enacted what animal rights activists...
29 juillet 2009

The Five Continents for Mariane!

The Five Continents for Mariane!
Mariane sent me two pix of the most wonderful house in Antwerp on 2, Schilderstraat, which has always fascinated her...easy to see why. She asked me to find out what I could about it...and here's the info. This building of "The Five Continents" dates...
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