If you ever visit London, don’t forget to go to the Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Not only there’s a nice park nearby, and the Royal Observatory too, of course, but the amount of items in the museum is really impressive. Especially when you stumble upon a manuscript copy of the US Declar[...]
Archive for the ‘History’ Category
July 4th, 2009 - 10:17 am § in History
Historical breakfast
It’s Saturday and I woke up incredibly early. I like these moments, when everything is still and calm. Everything except a few birds, of course, which can be annoying occasionally. This morning the crickets in the surrounding fields seem to be more “chatty” than the birds, though. [...]
June 25th, 2009 - 9:52 am § in History
Little Big Horn
How many of you know what happened on June 25, 1876? Link 1 Link 2[...]
April 27th, 2008 - 5:55 am § in History
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Yesterday I came back home after a dinner with some friends and I was lokoing for the news on TV. Skipping channels I found Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. I can’t recall how many times I’ve read the book, and I had already watched the film when it was released. But I wasn’t interes[...]
May 10th, 2007 - 10:09 am § in History
Worth watching
Hotel Rwanda It’s a really worth watching film. Very moving. Though I’ve never been to Rwanda, it brought me back to my African years and the madness of the war in Congo/ex-Zaire… Pieces of history too many ignore. — When The Levees Broke Astonishing documentary in 4 parts. A[...]
