tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246251885422304880.post226964304799191898..comments2023-04-04T08:22:44.495-07:00Comments on Isaac’s “Privateering” Tour Blog: Caen to Rennes to Clermont‐Ferrand to Dijon, France (June 28–30, 2013)Isaac Shabtayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000427782527486260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246251885422304880.post-42088386736538372542013-07-05T06:35:11.083-07:002013-07-05T06:35:11.083-07:00Hi DERG,
Can you provide a reference to this? &quo...Hi DERG,<br />Can you provide a reference to this? "Five minutes before the London Tube bombing the London Israeli Embassy was told not to allow a certain diplomat out on to the streets."Isaac Shabtayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000427782527486260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246251885422304880.post-87559416436102914692013-07-05T06:34:08.813-07:002013-07-05T06:34:08.813-07:00150 km/h?
Try 180 or 190...150 km/h?<br />Try 180 or 190...Isaac Shabtayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000427782527486260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246251885422304880.post-25429012668890248882013-07-04T11:41:35.055-07:002013-07-04T11:41:35.055-07:00July 4th Happy Birthday USA!July 4th Happy Birthday USA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246251885422304880.post-8846965564969798892013-07-02T11:01:11.268-07:002013-07-02T11:01:11.268-07:00The fact is Isaac that Irael has become a pawn in ...The fact is Isaac that Irael has become a pawn in the game of global politics that is driven by power and greed. The USA spends around 17 billion dollars a year nurse maiding the 175 nukes you have ready to let loose. A USN aircraft carrier sits off Cyprus with 6000 service people making sure that WW3 does not start again. Tel Aviv has hardly enough fresh water to quench the thirts of people. It certainly does no have enough for industrial purposes. There is no question that Israel has committed war crimes, no question that Israel has overstepped your territorial borders and no question that your security service has a very deep penetration into the USA security service. Five minutes before the London Tube bombing the London Israeli Embassy was told not to allow a certain diplomat out on to the streets. I know the Canadian Jewish community has pleaded with Tel Aviv to stop the agression. So who am I to scold you? Maybe I should tell you, and maybe I should not. After WW2 many of us drew a line under the carnage and murder and vowed nver to tell our children. We did not want the hate to continue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246251885422304880.post-76207414588381849572013-07-02T01:33:18.825-07:002013-07-02T01:33:18.825-07:00And forgot something: about the coffee ....
Well, ...And forgot something: about the coffee ....<br />Well, I do agree Isaac that most coffee is awful in those places. I have an easy solution as you know, just drink a wine, a beer and you saw me also having a Ricard. All those drinks can't go wrong in France! I know you don't drink alcohol,but it solves the problem ;-)Ingridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246251885422304880.post-14901789352804295902013-07-02T01:11:13.375-07:002013-07-02T01:11:13.375-07:00Haha Bill, you got the point. Except that it was p...Haha Bill, you got the point. Except that it was pretty busy. I came driving from Germany (because of 2 days having a feast with exceptional dinners in Michelin-restaurants together with the cookingclub my friend is in). <br />I lost one hour because of the busy traffic from Luxembourg to a little south of Nancy, I can blame my fellow dutch people for this because only at that moment I realized that in the south of the Netherlands holidays had started and people were driving to France with their caravan. How I hate these things! Not everyone in the Netherlands love those things (although a lot do). They are driving slow, about 90-100 km/h, overtake eachother with 2 km/h difference in speed, same as trucks do, so traffic jams are caused by them as well.<br /><br />And I take this opportunity to moan a little more about peoples behaviour in traffic: Why don't people go back to the right lane when they overtook another car. They first drive some more kilometers on the left lane and if you don't give them a light they stay there. Driving around Europe a lot these months I hope the governments of the Netherlands, Belgium and France will increase the level of drivingeducation. If you look at the Germans or UK-citizens they do a much better job. <br /> <br />I always try to drive as fast as I can (whatever the speedlimit is). A friend of mine in the Netherlands told me that the fines for speeding in France still not arrive in our country. I hope he is right, because in 2 days I saw 4 flashes in my eyes of cameras getting me at speeds which were 30 to 60 km/h over the speedinglimit. Otherwise I think the french government will be much richer in a couple of months ;-( <br /><br />@Isaac: I agree with you about this DNA-test. There is something wrong with my energylevel. It always was. I can go on and on, have a couple of hours sleep and go on and on again. It's not a problem, because I can do much more in the same daily hours and as you know I want to do a lot in my life and I do a lot, but still want to do more ;-)<br /><br />About you sleeping, there was one serious nap of at least 5 minutes, we heard a very gentle and sweet snoring for a couple of minutes. Really cute.<br /><br />It's not really being a help dear, I did the same route, only me in the car, so just jump in and it's done. And it really was an excellent lunch! I can recommend this restaurant too. It made us all happy after the day before which was only a croissant at breakfast and a bagel with salmon as a dinner. Because indeed, when I arrived in Clermont Ferrand every place that serves food was closed.<br /><br />See you in Cologne later today!Ingridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246251885422304880.post-10172448453946831132013-07-01T21:24:44.965-07:002013-07-01T21:24:44.965-07:00Obviously Ingrid is an exceptional person. The tri...Obviously Ingrid is an exceptional person. The trick to driving 1,000 km in a day is mostly a function of the speeds available. 1,000km at 60km/h is much MUCH worse than 1,000km at 150km/h.Billhttp://www.notlikely.canoreply@blogger.com