Stuck in the U.S Airways lounge at Philadelphia’s airport in transit back from Charlotte to Germany after a hard week’s work in North Carolina. The plane to Munich had a few hours delay.
I got stuck in very healthy and getting-spicier-all-the-time Bloddy Marys. Cannot remember too much about the red-eye flight back across the Atlantic.
Those boots were brand new and purchased a few days earlier. More pairs were purchased on a later trip to Nashville.
Typical of Shanghai. This photo was taken on my little street, which I admit was full of restaurants. All sorts of super cars were parked everyday. Most of the owners were under 30 (possibly under 25, hard to tell with the Asians). Many girls too. As I said before, I never so many Ferraris in my life than when I was living in China.
After the English variant, the South African variant and the Brazilian variant, is it time for the Breton variant? In Lannion, in the Côtes d’Armor, a cluster has been discovered in the hospital centre. According to the Regional Health Agency of Brittany, 71 positive cases were recorded, 27 of which concerned staff of the establishment. The samples taken revealed that the virus that infected these patients was a mutation of Covid-19.
My friend Gerard was very quick to capture this information with a very appropriate drawing
Just walked into town to pick up from the bookshop the book I had ordered. Am looking forward to read it.
Florence Arthaud, nicknamed “the little fiancée of the Atlantic”, born on 28 October 1957 in Boulogne-Billancourt and died on 9 March 2015 in Villa Castelli, Argentina, was a French sailor and the first woman to win the Route du Rhum, in 1990
Florence Arthaud died on Monday 9 March 2015 in a helicopter accident in Argentina during the filming of the TV show “Dropped”.
Thirty years later, with the agreement of Marie and Hubert, Florence Arthaud’s daughter and brother, this poignant declaration of love for the sea was finally published.
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In France as is the case in most countries, it is the law to have and carry an Identity Card. In France you are liable as from the age of 14. Within the EU, it is the only document you need to travel which is a good thing because as opposed to a passport, it is free of charge.
Smaller, more secure
Finally there is a new ID card on the horizon. It is the size of a credit card, smaller and more secure. It consists of an electronic chip with biometric elements. It contains all the usual information: surname, first name, date and place of birth, sex, nationality, address and date of validity.
No longer the need for a separate wallet
It also has a QR code with the same information, which will allow for quick detection of possible fraud if the photo has been changed. There will be a digitised photo and two fingerprints, except for minors aged twelve.
These fingerprints will not be kept in the national file if the cardholder so requests. This more secure national identity card will be valid for ten years instead of fifteen. The aim of this new generation card is to combat fraud and identity theft. It also makes it easier to identify oneself for online procedures.
France had until this summer to comply with the European regulation on the security of its identity documents.
The new fridge has arrived as planned and is almost fully loaded up. Summer can come.
The question now is how t get rid of the old fridge? Our local dump (déchéterie) does not collect and suggest I got in touch with the “mairie”. This I have done yesterday evening by email and I am waiting for an answer.
Can someone tell me what’s going on? I have been reading a lot of the press from the countries which have stopped the vaccination and I am none the wiser.
It would appear, reading between the lines, that some (maybe only one) batches are not up to standard. This has been implied, very carefully, I might add in the Italian press.
These decisions are certainly not political alone but follow warnings issued by different national health institutes in the countries concerned at the moment. In Germany for instance, where vaccinations with the vaccine will no longer be given for the time being, the Federal Government has suspended vaccinations as a precautionary measure following a recent recommendation by the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI).
These scientist do not play games for sure.
All I know is that there is never smoke without fire and I have a whole load of that vaccine in me. So the quicker we get data and facts and the vaccinations back on track, the better.
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Covid-19 digital passport from Ryanair
Low-cost carrier Ryanair launched its Covid-19 travel passport on 10 March. Available only on the Ryanair app, this digital passport (“Travel Wallet”) allows each passenger to upload tests, vaccinations and other Covid documents that may be required to travel this summer on the Ryanair network.
The Irish airline says it is confident that the vaccinations will be rolled out and that the current travel restrictions will be removed. But it also believes that governments in the European Union and neighbouring countries are unlikely to have a vaccine passport in place by this summer and will instead require additional documentation. Hence this “Travel Wallet” which allows each customer to centrally and securely store any Covid documents that may be required.
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After a 4 weeks (or so) break in my non-drinking and diet, I have decided to “bite the bullet” once more so to speak and start another detox, strict diet and no alcohol period probably for the next 3 months.
Almost all my medical follow-ups and blood analysis were very good as a result of the past 2 detox periods within the past 12 months that it seems obvious I should carry on.
The word “March” comes from the Roman “Martius”. This was originally the first month of the Roman calendar and was named after Mars, the god of war. We changed to the “New Style” or “Gregorian” calendar in 1752 and it is only since then that the year begins on January 1st.
Among other things, March is famous for St Patrick’s day on the 17th
I do it my way 