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Sat, 6 Jun 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [719]
I think I mentioned last week that we would be stuffed full of foie gras and red wine by the time I wrote my next entry. However, this was not the case. We were in for quite a surprise with our walking tour. We have spent 8 days on the tour in the Dordogne ... Read more >
Sat, 6 Jun 2009 | By 4ofus | Views [1352] | Comments [1]
We have just completed a truly wonderful week in our rather huge French gite,which was our first experience in rural France. Our flight down from Prague went well; our £10 flight on Skye Europe actually left the tarmac and landed without a hitch - you ... Read more >
Thu, 4 Jun 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [2108] | Comments [2]
RECENTLY we have been concerned with the question of ‘chicness’. As in the age-old dilemma of whether the French actually are more chic than anyone else, or is it one of those self-fulfilling prophecies? Certainly the chap strolling the Marais ... Read more >
Tags: chic, fashion, jimmy choo, notre dame, paris, popsi bubblehead, scooters, spring, stiletto, tourists
Thu, 4 Jun 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [1469]
Hi All, This blog entry may have plenty of fiction about it as we are writing some of it retrospectively. It is surprising how difficult it is to recall events over the past two weeks. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Well as I write ... Read more >
Thu, 4 Jun 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [873]
to be started sooooon :-)
Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [1153] | Comments [2]
Bonjour! Well I’ve been a little slack – choosing to see the sights rather than sit at my computer (funny that) and now I’ve been putting this off, because I need to write about the past week. So hold onto your hats, its gunna be a long one! The ... Read more >
Tags: catacombes, champagne, eiffel tower, london, paris, reims
Mon, 1 Jun 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [754]
From the middle of the Perigold Valley in the Dordogne we write to you. Believe you me, after the last week we do feel very much like the foie gras ducks and geese you can see in this area. Lucky that we spend every second day of the next week walking ... Read more >
Sun, 31 May 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery
Sat, 30 May 2009 | By jmmal2 | Views [580]
For those of you who don't know I was able to get myself on the watersports camp in azu rivage. 1 week without teaching, and it beats the hell out a 1 night orientation camp in phillip island. It all started with a bus ride (3hrs) a ferry ride (2 hrs) ... Read more >
Sat, 30 May 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery
Fri, 29 May 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [1096] | Comments [2]
Back in the 70s the manager of a pub in Hackney Road, east London (The Queens, I seem to recall – now a sari shop or a sports shoe wholesaler or somesuch), leaned close and, through the crashing wall of Philadelphia Sound being pumped by DJ Blossom ... Read more >
Tags: keith austin, latin quarter, paris, st germain des pres, st severin, st sulpice, walks
Thu, 28 May 2009 | By keith_austin | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 28 May 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery
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![Qurban is the biggest festival in the Uyghur calendar. Each family purchases and then sacrifices their own sheep to remember when the prophet Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son, but then God provided a substitute of a sheep at the last second.
At the start of the day the city was abuzz with the festivities of the day; men on their way to the mosque, women buying supplies for the celebrations and sheep being sold on the street. However a couple hours later the atmosphere had changed completely; a sombre mood of remembrance set on community.
As the blood lingered in the streets the reasons for the festival also lingered with everyone as they spent the rest of the day with their families.: by michelledeacon, Views[380]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/michelledeacon/39224/IMG_8816_medium.jpg "Qurban is the biggest festival in the Uyghur calendar. Each family purchases and then sacrifices their own sheep to remember when the prophet Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son, but then God provided a substitute of a sheep at the last second.
At the start of the day the city was abuzz with the festivities of the day; men on their way to the mosque, women buying supplies for the celebrations and sheep being sold on the street. However a couple hours later the atmosphere had changed completely; a sombre mood of remembrance set on community.
As the blood lingered in the streets the reasons for the festival also lingered with everyone as they spent the rest of the day with their families.: by michelledeacon, Views[380]")
Qurban is the biggest festival in the Uyghur calendar. Each family purchases and then sacrifices their own sheep to remember when the prophet Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son, but then God provided a substitute of a sheep at the last second.
At the start of the day the city was abuzz with the festivities of the day; men on their way to the mosque, women buying supplies for the celebrations and sheep being sold on the street. However a couple hours later the atmosphere had changed completely; a sombre mood of remembrance set on community.
As the blood lingered in the streets the reasons for the festival also lingered with everyone as they spent the rest of the day with their families.
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