Ultimately it was a good thing to have my nose covered. After 2 days back, the stench is out of my sinus cavity and I can enjoy the smell of homemade bread and the scent of spring flowers Ah, home sweeeet home!(not Alabama, but not so far from it)
My mother asked about our trip and on a one-ten scale I gave it a 7 for interest and 5 for enjoyable destination. I ...

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A few days ago we took a walk around the Viaduc des Art, near the Gare de Lyon and ended up at a planted promenade, an elevated, sort of secret garden.The Promenade Plantee, as the French call it, is just that, a promenade that is simply full of plants. And, it's elevated. The Promenade Plante is one of Paris' most secret gardens, a zealously-guarded place to stroll, muse, and enjoy the blooms. Its contemporary appeal is unbeatable: the long, narrow stretch of trees and planted ...

....................crack open a bottle of Stoli and enjoy The Leningrad Cowboys (a Finnish Rock Band) performing a live concert, backed up by the Russian Red Army Choir..singing an old favorite.wellyoull have to watch this to believe it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNFRLrP014&eurl=http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/3114/85/

....they were performing at the MTV Awards back in '94....still funny to watch!

My wife, Michelle, and I were in Nepal in 1990. We spent a few days enjoying the sights, smells and sounds of Kathmandu. While we were there, we talked to a lot of people about trekking, which was one of the things that we wanted to do while in Nepal. The general concensus was that we should go to Pokhara and make arrangements from there. Michelle and I located the bus company that goes from Kathmandu to Pokhara and we purchased round trip tickets for the following morning. We were told that we ...

Le Parc Floral de Bagatelle

Now that Spring and fine weather has finally come to Paris, we took our bikes out at the spur of the moment and took a spin through the Bois de Bologne. It is in the very middle of the Bois de Boulogne, in the XVIth arrondissement of Paris, that we discovered the Jardin de Bagatelle.

It was thanks to a bet between Marie-Antoinette and her brother-in-law the Count of Artois in 1777 that this splendid garden took form in only 64 days! Today it ...