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An impressiive library

The Schoelcher Library was built of metal in France in 1889 by Gustav Eifel (of Eifel Tower fame) and was shipped piece by piece to Martinique and re-assemblied. It is a momument to slavery abolitionist Victor Schoelcher and is still used as a library today.
Our Visit to Martinique

June 8th 2011
Fortunately for us while we were in Martinique our friends on Snowbird were also there. We decided to share a rental car and do some exploring. High on Martin’s list of places to see were some rum distilleries and that sounded interesting to us as well. After picking up the car we headed off to the Pottery Village. This is where the tiles are made for the roofs that we saw in Trois Ilets. W ... read more
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Martiniquais Flag Colonized by France in 1635, the island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation.... ... read more
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Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info
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