All you can really say is: WOW! Taller than the Eiffel tower.. stunningly beautiful, and it completes another link from Paris to the Mediterranean. The BBC has an excellent article include video background. It cost $US500 Million to contruct over nearly 15 years. It was actually built under a British/Franco partnership, but the contruction was …
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Remembrance Day
I will be attending the local Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) ceremonies here in Victoria. I’ll ty to take some pictures as well as it looks like it’s going to be a gorgeous day. Remembrance Day is always a powerful day for me. Given the times that we live in I believe it to be that …
William Shatner will boldly go, and so will I
This is one of those things that Mothers around the world cringe at. At some point in my life, I will go into space, and see the Earth as it truly is. The XPrize contest to build a privately owned spaceship is over. It was won by Burt Rutans SpaceShip One (funded by Microsoft co-founder …
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