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Rennes the capital city of Brittany.
Rennes is also home to the Musée des Beaux-arts, a most impressive gallery with an excellent collection of works by Botticelli, Rubens, and Picasso.
At our B&B we were briefly parked-in by a car somewhat more flash than our rental Fiat. My birthday was approaching and the numberplate seemed appropriate.
But after considering it's utility in Australia, driving from the wrong side, and our lethargic speed limits, I had to forbear.
In mid July 2016 Wendy and I took flight again to Europe. Those who follow these travel diaries will note that part of out trip last year was cut when Wendy's mum took ill. In particular we missed out on a planned trip to Romania and eastern Germany. This time our British sojourn would be interrupted for a few days by a side-trip to Copenhagen and Roskilde in Denmark.
The accompanying story is ‘warts and all’. It is the actual memoirs (hand written and transcribed here; but with my headings added) of Corporal Ross Smith, a young Australian man, 18 years of age, from humble circumstances [read more...] who was drawn by World events into the Second World War. He tells it as he saw it. The action takes place near Rabaul in New Britain.
A friend forwarded me an article by Elizabeth Farrelly in the Sydney Morning Herald on April 12. Read Here or click on the picture.
It appears that Assange's theories about petite and grand conspiracies are well founded; and illustrated by his own case.