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Postcards from the Transition

Postcards from the Transition.

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Tag: Reunion

Cruises, MS Amsterdam Grand World Voyage, 2018Leave a comment

French Bureaucrats Can’t Ruin a Sunset

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 Rich McClear

French bureaucrats!  Once in Serbia we were co-sponsoring a seminar on Internet regulation.  Each speaker had a time limit.  The French Bureaucrat stood up and said “I am a French Bureaucrat. I cannot possibly be bound by a time limit.”  … Continue reading French Bureaucrats Can’t Ruin a Sunset

Cruises, MS Amsterdam Grand World Voyage, 20181 Comment

Sharks Can Hurt the Economy.

March 28, 2018April 1, 2018 Rich McClear

I’m not talking about loan sharks but shark sharks.  Reunion, a French overseas department, had a growing tourist industry; it was becoming a surfer’s Mecca, until the sharks came.  For years there were no shark attacks on the island.  Everything … Continue reading Sharks Can Hurt the Economy.

Cruises, MS Amsterdam Grand World Voyage, 2018Leave a comment

A Pirate’s Grave — Reunion

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 Rich McClear

I don’t particularly like visiting cemeteries and I don’t like pirates at all.  This is a post about a Pirate’s grave in a cemetery on the French Island of Reunion.  Go figure. First, cemeteries — I would rather remember my … Continue reading A Pirate’s Grave — Reunion

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