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September 20th 2013
We are very glad that we did not let our inability to speak French hinder us from this bicycle trip. Even in very small villages, there was always some way to get directions, to find a patisserie (bakery), to buy bread, cheese, vegetables, whatever. I had thought that I would spend more time pondering while biking. That didn't turn out to be the case, so I ended up with fewer blogs that I h ... read more

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Although ultimately a victor in World Wars I and II, France suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state. Nevertheless, France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader am... ... read more

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Marie Spodek

MarieSpodek

Ten days after I graduated from Augustana College (1965), I was in Kashmir, India, in a houseboat...preparing to teach English as a second language at St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. What a long ways from a one-room country school house in South Dakota. Less than a year later, I traveled from Bombay to Dar es Salaam on a third-class boat to visit with many of my students who had traveled from East Africa to Ahmedabad for their education... In 2006, we headed to East Africa to visit my daughter in Uganda, the country I couldn't visit in 1966 because of a revolution/revolt/d... full info

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