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UN(known) Resolutions
As Israel continues with its latest criminal rampage, I’ve been noting how Israeli government officials interviewed on television love to cite UN resolution 1559 and allege that the Lebanese government has failed to comply with it. This, then, supposedly forms … Continue reading
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Difficult Day
Today was really shitty; not only did we have to say goodbye to our room at the very atmospheric Hotel Růže in our beloved Český Krumlov, but Eloïse didn’t sleep well on the way, waking up after just half an … Continue reading
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Blissful, idyllic Český Krumlov
After two nights in Brno, followed by one in Telč, we now find ourselves in the south Bohemian town of Český Krumlov; and what a town it is. We arrived here this afternoon, via the pretty town of Slavonice, which … Continue reading
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Last Night In Austria
A lazy day today. The weather has relaxed its grip considerably, with today somewhere around the 26°C, a world of difference from the 32 – 35°C we’d been enduring for what seems like weeks now. We ascended the Südturm of … Continue reading
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Lovely Vienna
Today was our fourth day in Vienna. We’re really enjoying our time here. After breakfast at Demel, we went to the Stadtpark again to let Eloïse crawl around on the ground. The Stadtpark is lovely, lovelier in some ways than … Continue reading
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