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George
 
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Reply Thu 13 Jan, 2005 01:58 pm
Were those real catacombs, the hidden meeting places of the early Christians?
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Francis
 
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Reply Thu 13 Jan, 2005 02:06 pm
Not really George, that ones were in Rome.

Paris catacombs were made from exploiting stone for all Paris monuments and houses.

But they have a long story, for instance, they kept all the bones from moved cemeteries.

They served also for mushrooms cultures.
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George
 
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Reply Thu 13 Jan, 2005 02:14 pm
Francis wrote:
Not really George, that ones were in Rome.
Paris catacombs were made from exploiting stone for all Paris monuments and houses.
But they have a long story, for instance, they kept all the bones from moved cemeteries.
They served also for mushrooms cultures.


Kept the bones? Where, in the catacombs?
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Francis
 
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Reply Thu 13 Jan, 2005 02:22 pm
Yes, and now you can visit and see it!
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George
 
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Reply Thu 13 Jan, 2005 02:37 pm
You can see the bones?
I gotta check this out.
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George
 
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Reply Thu 13 Jan, 2005 02:42 pm
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paris/cata/img/catacombs-4.jpg

HOLY CRAP!
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jpinMilwaukee
 
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Reply Thu 13 Jan, 2005 02:47 pm
Holy Crap indeed.


I think I was mistaken earlier... I think what I ran into in the basement of the Louvre were what was left of an old Roman fort that they discovered while working on renovations... still pretty cool though.
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Ticomaya
 
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Reply Thu 13 Jan, 2005 03:17 pm
Francis wrote:
You could have asked me Tico! Twisted Evil


Let me state for the record that I did not interact with Francis, or I might have had a different impression. Very Happy

jpinMilwaukee wrote:
Ticomaya wrote:

You are correct that there is a lot to see and do there. For example, you could spend weeks wandering around the Louvre, and not see everything. I remember searching all over for Les Catacombs.


Ha... we scheduled off half of a day to go exploring the Louvre knowing that we would only be able to see a small fraction of what was there. We got lost trying to find an exit and ended up down by the Catacombs... it was nice and cool down there on a hot summer day.

I remember hearing somewhere that if you were at the Louvre everyday from open to close, and spent 30 seconds looking at each piece, it would take you something like 3 months to see everything... I'll go look for the actual statistics.


jpinMilwaukee wrote:
Well I can't find the exact stats... so you'll just have to take my word for it Smile


I definitely believe that. We basically only had time to head straight to Mona Lisa, Winged Victory, Venus, etc.

LOL. I remember it took forever to figure out how to get into the Louvre. We couldn't get into the building. We wandered around for an awfully long time ... finally noticed people entering this glass pyramid in the center of this square. Duh! Embarrassed

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/peilouvre/ext.jpg
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Pepito
 
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Reply Sun 24 Apr, 2005 05:41 am
Top five done:

1. Bangkok
2. Hiking in the Himalayas of Nepal
3. Angkor Wat in Cambodia
4. Pyramids in Egypt
5. Las Vegas (definitely the most exotic place I have visited.

Five yet to do:

1. Macchu Picchu
2. Rome
3. Ireland
4. Spain
5. Israel
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 08:58 pm
Already been:
1) the five continents
2) the highest point on earth (flew there; didn't climb)
3) the lowest point on earth
4) the sourthermost city of the world
5. London (for about 2 months total)

To do:
1) more countries in the Middle East
2) Igassu Falls/Rio
3) Costa Rica (to really see it)
4) Yangtse River cruise (been to China twice)
5) do Russia again

Must do:
1) visit our son in Austin
2) visit Francis in Paris
3) do another a2k gathering
4) another Europe river cruise
5) Bali next year with travel agent that did our Asia trip this past February (she wanted me to join them this year in August, but didn't want to do Bali this year)

Plans so far:
1) November cruise from Barcelona to Athens
2) was supposed to do Japan in October with my wife, but she canceled on account of her artheritic bad knee
3) looking at brochures

Trips so far this year:
1) January - Antarctica cruise
2) February - Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia
3) April-May - Malta, London, Amsterdam, Lippstadt, Munster and Berlin

Very Happy Cool Laughing Razz Idea
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Clary
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2005 04:28 am
Ah, c i, I can't match it!
Already done - 5 highlights

Taj Mahal & other Indian sites
Samarkand
Tonga & Fiji
Iguassu Falls & Rio de Janeiro
Mauritius
Dominica

Wish list
Mexico - various places
Costa Rica
Vanuatu, Solomons, Kiribati or any other Pacific islands
Kenya Rift Valley and 'White Highlands'
Easter island & Chile
Jamaica, Trinidad

Planned
Turkey (again) and Syria in August/September
visiting my son and Francis in Paris when he goes there to study (Oct/Nov)
Maybe USA (again) in the winter - but I want to overlap with c i and he's never there!!
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2005 09:25 am
Clary, Let me know when you plan to visit, and I'll try to 'stay home.' Wink
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Clary
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2005 04:25 pm
How's the weather in February?
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2005 04:28 pm
A bit on the cool side, but manageable for 'northerners' like yourself.
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Clary
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2005 04:38 pm
Manageable may not be good enough; I have that here. Maybe April?
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2005 04:43 pm
April is nice; prolly in the mid-sixties.
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Clary
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2005 04:45 pm
OK.. may go to Costa Rica and Mexico in midwinter and get up to your latitudes in spring Smile You realise the more I talk about it the more likely I'll have to do it!?
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yitwail
 
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Reply Mon 6 Jun, 2005 04:54 pm
seen:

Pohnpei (Micronesia)
Jamaica
Oz
Mineral King (California)
Hawaii (Big Island)

honorable mentions:
NYC
UK (Lake District)
Japan (my birthplace, and frequent destination)
Black Hills (South Dakota)

to do:
New Zealand
British Columbia
Bali and/or Sumatra
White Mountains (California: habitat of Bristlecone pines)
Fiji or French Polynesia
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Karotte
 
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Reply Wed 8 Jun, 2005 03:04 pm
top 5 to do:
russia (this summer! Razz )
china
norway
chile
sudan

top 5 seen:
cuba!
portugal (azores Smile )
poland
slovakia
australia
...
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 8 Jun, 2005 03:16 pm
Clary, Talk away, and I'm also planning on a trip to Costa Rica. Do you know exactly when you are going? I still haven't made my reservation, so it's still a bit flexible.
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