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  • Destination: Belgium

    May 15, 2020

    Established: Treaty of Verdun – August 843,  Republic – 22 September 1792
    Population: 11,515,793 (2019)
    Religion: 62.8%% Christianity, 29.3% No religion, 6.8% Islam
    Language: Dutch, French, German
    Capital: Brussels
    Order of Visit: Eleventh
    First Visit: 04 May 2006
    Last Visit: 23 June 2009
    Duration: 9 Days
    Highlights: Atomium, Belgium waffles, Bruges Market Square, Chocó-Story Museum, Bruges Canal, Our Lady’s Cathedral, Grote Market, Steen Castle, Antwerp Diamond Museum, Fort Breendonk, Rubens House
    Cities: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels
    Belgium Journal Entry

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  • Destination: France 

    May 13, 2020

    Established: Treaty of Verdun – August 843, Republic – 22 September 1792
    Population: 67,076,000 (2020 Estimate)
    Religion: 57.5% Roman Catholic, 35% Non-religious, 3.5% other faiths, 3% Protestant
    Language: French
    Capital: Paris
    Order of Visit: Tenth
    First Visit: 24 April 2006
    Last Visit: 8 July 2006
    Duration: 18 Days
    Highlights: Chateau De Versailles, Climbing the Eiffel Tower, Disneyland Paris, Notre Dame Cathedral, Moulin Rouge, The Louvre, Arc de Triumph, Auguste Rodin’s House, Sacre Coeur Monument, Night bike ride along the Seine River, Promenade des Anglais, Beaches at Cannes, The Palace of the Popes (Avignon) 
    Cities: Avignon, Cannes, Paris, Nice
    Frances Journal Entry

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  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 043 – To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

    May 11, 2020

    Ranked 043 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

    Cast: Gregory Peck (Atticus Finch), Mary Badham (Scout Finch), Phillip Alford (Jem Finch), John Megna (Charles Baker “Dill” Harris), Frank Overton (Sheriff Heck Tate), Rosemary Murphy (Miss Maudie Atkinson), Ruth White (Mrs Dubose), Brock Peters (Tom Robinson), Estelle Evans (Calpurnia), Paul Fix (Judge John Taylor), Collin Wilcox (Mayella Ewell), James Anderson (Robert E. Lee “Bob” Ewell), Robert Duvall (Arthur “Boo” Radley)
    Director:  Robert Mulligan
    My rating: 9.5 / 10

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  • Destination: Swaziland (now Eswatini)

    May 11, 2020

    Established: Kingdom of Eswatini 1968
    Population: 1,093,238 (census 2017)
    Religion: Christianity  (83%), African Traditional Religions (15%)
    Language: Swazi, English
    Capital: Mbabane
    Order of Visit: Ninth
    First Visit: 8 April 2006
    Last Visit: 8 April 2006
    Duration: 1 Day
    Must Do: Enjoy the stunning countryside
    Cities: None
    Swaziland Journal Entry

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  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 044 – An American in Paris (1951)

    May 10, 2020

    Ranked 044 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017).  Watched movie during May 2020.

    Cast: Gene Kelly (Jerry Mulligan), Leslie Caron (Lise Bouvier), Oscar Levant (Adam Cook), Georges Guétary (Henri Baurel), Nina Foch (Milo Roberts)
    Director:  Vincente Minnelli
    My rating: 6.5 / 10

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