tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653373887247417200.post4741699070599926000..comments2023-09-24T12:42:19.296+01:00Comments on Some roads leading to Rome: Days 11 to 13 - Gray to Besancon to Sainte-Croix to VeveyAlbert Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05195446593237255598noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653373887247417200.post-48941615974259455322007-06-26T23:09:00.000+02:002007-06-26T23:09:00.000+02:00Happened to us once in Limoges. The consulate were...Happened to us once in Limoges. The consulate were kindly but said it would take 3 weeks to provide us with new passports. My ex said, in an equally kindly way, 'That's fine, we'll just sit here every day until they're ready'. Paul de Man was three at the time and after he had bounced off the walls for about an hour they called the ex over. 'Go away and have a nice lunch. Your passports will be ready when you get back'.De Vertalerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500296541499182289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653373887247417200.post-67766689912696721442007-06-26T18:57:00.000+02:002007-06-26T18:57:00.000+02:00You have brought back happy memories for me of los...You have brought back happy memories for me of losing my own passport whilst touring in France, um, a few years ago, and needing to go to the British consulate in Bordeaux. I hope the ones in Geneva are more helpful! :)<BR/>- NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653373887247417200.post-69965496388517033382007-06-26T16:57:00.000+02:002007-06-26T16:57:00.000+02:00And perhaps The Ambassadors, I think.And perhaps The Ambassadors, I think.Martinus Scriblerushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03796707258344569405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653373887247417200.post-72276972332402403672007-06-26T14:30:00.000+02:002007-06-26T14:30:00.000+02:00Daisy Miller?Daisy Miller?De Vertalerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500296541499182289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653373887247417200.post-66371585036916130642007-06-26T09:35:00.000+02:002007-06-26T09:35:00.000+02:00Thank you for this. I hope that you thought of Hen...Thank you for this. I hope that you thought of Henry James in Vevey. Take care.Martinus Scriblerushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03796707258344569405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653373887247417200.post-43790322279929431742007-06-25T14:16:00.000+02:002007-06-25T14:16:00.000+02:00Courbet has a very famous painting in the Musee D'...Courbet has a very famous painting in the Musee D'Orsay called the Origin of the World. Look it up.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423155940837517564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653373887247417200.post-1155789961668568412007-06-25T09:43:00.000+02:002007-06-25T09:43:00.000+02:00Kind of like Bobet, but with a paintbrush.Kind of like Bobet, but with a paintbrush.De Vertalerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500296541499182289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653373887247417200.post-19942450550964271262007-06-25T02:01:00.000+02:002007-06-25T02:01:00.000+02:00Who the **** is Gustav Courbet? Is he one of those...Who the **** is Gustav Courbet? Is he one of those old-timers like Louison Bobet?<BR/><BR/>Prekladatel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com