Places

07-13 From Bouziès to Albi (Sunday, July 13 2014)

Overview   – Our starting point – Bouziès – little known, but spectacular – Check out from Hotel Les Falaises – Explore womderful Le Chemin de Halage – river towpath – Food stop at Limogne-en-Quercy – Lunch on the road weight scale – Stop at the museum –  Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey – Arrive to Albi […]

Places

07-05 Paris – View from a sharp angle (July 5-6, 2014)

Saturday, July 5 – Boulevard Saint-Germain Sunday, July 6,   – Montparnasse   Saturday, July 5, 2014  Overview   11:00 First wake up in Paris.  Slow start.  It is 5AM in America. 12:49 Start the first walk.  Search for several  vegan cafes and  juice bars around Avenue Parmentier and  boulevard de Voltaire.   They all turned […]

Places

07-04 First Steps in Paris (Friday, July 4, 2014)

What is the point of describing your latest adventures abroad?  It is different language, different money and different people and traditions. But most importantly, it is different brain cell that have to do all the processing for you, and that what makes this experience so unusual and so different.  Overview Thursday, July […]

People

Why flags are lowered today? – May 15, 2012

May 15, 2012 – USA – President’s Executive order. Why flags are at half mast today? US President announced this day to be the Peace Officers Memorial day, and all are recommended to lower their flags – both businesses and personal. On the election year it is all about gestures.    […]

Ideas

Никита Михалков Выступил с Манифестом Новой Партии

Да прочтет, кто умеет читать.  Мне уже позвонили, и я только начинаю читать открытое письмо Никиты Михилкова. Первое.  Начало очень взвешено и публицистически интересно. Второе – он имеет достаточно веса, чтобы брость гирю на весы Истории и России. Сейчас дошел до раздела “Наши избиратели” (избиратели с маленькой буквы).  Слишком открыто, […]