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D’îles en îles et de pont en pont nous voilà précisément à Key West, destination finale du parcours le long des Florida Keys et en quelque sorte but du voyage. Un terminus, tout au Sud des Etats-Unis, on ne peut plus pittoresque et charmant. Aussi, je consacre à ce bout d’Amérique tout un second volet de mon récit illustré…. A parcourir et à voir dans un prochain post sur Voyage Forum en suivant ce lien : http://voyageforum.com/forum/etats-unis_tout_au_sud_floride_escale_key_west_D5659443/

Quelques infos complémentaires : Se repérer sur la Route US Number 1 : No problem … avec les Miles Marker (MM). Les panneaux indicateurs des distances sont nombreux sur le bord de la route des Keys. Le MM 0 est situé à l’extrême sud à Key West et Key Largo au nord se termine au MM 110. Pour trouver une curiosité, une plage, un motel … il faut connaître à quel MM se trouve l’adresse recherchée. Finalement, c’est assez facile ! Limitation de vitesse : Be careful … Là aussi les panneaux indicateurs sont nombreux : 55, 45 voire 15 ! (devant les écoles). Ils indiquent la vitesse en miles par heure … ce qui fait du 88, 72 ou 24 kilomètres heures. Attention (bis), les radars flashent ! Quant aux feux tricolores, ils sont un peu déroutants au début : ils sont suspendus en hauteur et ne sont pas situés juste au niveau où l’on doit stopper, mais en face … Comme souvent il y a plusieurs voies (centrale, gauche, droite …) et donc plusieurs feux … et en cas de non respect, l à aussi, les radars flashent automatiquement ! En revanche beaucoup de motards (inconscients !) ne portent pas de casque sur les routes des Keys et la police semble fermer les yeux ! *Guide de voyage : Floride – petit futé – 7ème édition 2012/2013, il m’a accompagné sur la route des Keys et inspiré quelques unes des visites évoquées dans ce récit de voyage.

Soutenir un enfant du monde grâce au parrainage

by Picchu · 2006-12-17 · 311 replies

Bonjour,

J'écris ce message pour tous ceux qui parrainent un enfant ou à ceux qui y pensent. Ceci dans le but de : donner des infos (pourquoi, comment, combien…), conseiller des associations sérieuses, mettre en contact les parrains du forum pour confronter leurs expériences, organiser des voyages communs pour aller rendre visite à nos filleul(e)s. donner des nouvelles du "terrain" et des enfants grâce à ceux qui auront eu la chance de rencontrer leur filleul(e), ou grâce aux voyageurs ou expatriés qui connaissent bien les régions de nos filleul(e)s.

Cela faisait longtemps que je réfléchissais à parrainer un enfant, sans jamais oser m’engager. Et puis mon voyage au Pérou m’a convaincue de… ne plus attendre ! J’ai obtenu sur le forum des infos et des adresses puis j’ai pris contact avec Plan. Après avoir échangé plusieurs mails et appels téléphoniques, je me suis inscrite. Quelques jours plus tard j’ai reçu un dossier très complet et découvert avec beaucoup d’émotion ma filleule.

Elle s’appelle Milagros, elle a 9 ans et elle est très mignonne. Elle vit au nord du Pérou avec ses parents, ses 4 sœurs et son frère. En versant seulement 8, 50 €/mois (après déduction fiscale), Plan s’assure que Milagros est soignée et scolarisée. Une partie de l’argent sert aussi à sa communauté pour améliorer leurs conditions de vie et leur donner accès au micro-crédit.

J’aimerai savoir ce qu’ont ressenti les parrains en recevant le dossier de leur filleul(e), savoir comment ça se passe pour vous, et pour ceux qui ont eu la chance de rencontrer leur filleul(e), savoir comment ils ont vécu la rencontre.

J’attends vos commentaires, vos expériences, vos conseils. Et j’invite tous ceux qui hésitent encore, à écouter leur coeur et à soutenir sans plus attendre un enfant du bout du monde.

A bientôt.

Que signifie ton pseudo?

by Ukrainski · 2004-12-14 · 273 replies

En me balladant sur le site le coeur ouvert à l'inconnu, je découvre des pseudos magnifiques.

Pour certains j'en comprends la portée et le sens. POur d'autres pas du tout?

Peut être pourriez expliquer ici"le comment du pourquoi " du choix de votre pseudo. Une manière de dévoiler sous un jour nouveau....

Pour moi, c'est Ukrainski, avec ma singature Cyril, l'Ukrainski

3 raisons ont motivé ce choix: 1/ le manque d'imagination 2/ l'intérêt particulier que je porte à l'Ukraine 3/ un certain amusement à parodier l'ukrainien dans sa façon de composer les noms...

"N'y voyez pas un désir pervers "de moquerie"* mais le délire de l'artiste " - les bronzés * ajout personnel...

Au final, les gens comprennent directment qui je suis...

From the Awakening to Travel to Morocco in the 90s

by Jojoone1 · 2026-02-20 · 77 replies

As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I inherited my love of travel from my parents and some of my grandparents. A strong passion, but one that was unfortunately limited by our family’s modest resources. Back then, living in northern Alsace, a simple trip to the southern part of the region—with the Wine Route as our destination—felt like an extraordinary journey to a land of plenty for the little boy I was in the late 60s and early 70s. Everything seemed so huge when you were still just a kid. Back then, I was overwhelmed by countless sensations—I was already highly sensitive, with a keen mind and a nose and taste buds that were developing like a pro’s. Which, as I’d later realize, wasn’t always an advantage.

Those magical days always began with a gentle late-spring or midsummer morning. The interior of the white Peugeot 404, license plate 210 LZ 67, had already soaked up the sun before the engine purred to life, and the cabin gave off a scent I could still recognize today—a fragrance I found so pleasant. Back then, I had no idea it was just the smell of warm plastic from the car’s interior. Yes, the scents of the 404 on sunny days became my madeleine de Proust... What’s more, the whole family was unusually cheerful because those moments of relaxation and leisure were rare. Everyone worked, and no one had an easy job or was well paid. Without the *Trente Glorieuses*, these experiences might never have happened.

Once we crossed the canton’s borders, I felt like I was light-years away from my everyday surroundings, and every kilometer plunged me deeper into *terra incognita*. It was thrilling. Far from my so-called "medium-sized" town, wheat fields, cornfields, and cabbage patches stretched out, punctuated by tall poles connected by long wires and topped with vegetation—like giant clotheslines without laundry, where magical beanstalks might grow to touch the sky. Back then, I was still far from tasting their product, which was simply beer. At the time, there was still a significant local hop production. Fun fact: it wasn’t until 2002 that Anglo-Saxon scientists proved hops and cannabis belong to the same biological family.

After the fields, the landscape took another step up as it rolled past the little boy’s eyes, often glued to the windows. First came modest hills, then a succession of rolling slopes that soon formed an unbroken chain. Their 700 meters in altitude felt like Himalayan peaks to me—impressive, inert giants, a whole new world. Gazing at them, an intense emotion welled up somewhere between my stomach and lungs, nearly taking my breath away. What mysteries, what treasures did these heights hold? And then there were the cherries on top—the crowning touch that made the scene even more magical: proud, majestic castles perched on the summits like impassive sentinels. Monuments from the past, yet firmly rooted in the present on their rocky spurs. The little boy’s eyes sparkled—he’d been given a castle for Christmas, complete with battlements, towers, a drawbridge, and fully armed knights. He’d watched and lived *Ivanhoe* on the only French TV channel that existed back then.

Only once did my paternal grandfather join us on one of these trips. A tall, intelligent man with a face that could shift from stern to mischievous, clearly full of humor and charisma. Sadly, his relationship with alcohol had taken a toll on his life and, by extension, those of his loved ones. He had a strong personality—if his boss crossed the line, he wouldn’t hesitate to punch him, which meant he went through a lot of different jobs. Back then, you could quit one job and easily find another. It was quite something to see him in his final stages, hallucinating pink elephants and even drinking perfume when he had nothing else left. The last time I saw him, he’d slipped away from the doctors and nurses while hospitalized in pretty bad shape—at least, I assume his liver was the issue. We were sitting down for a family lunch when the door burst open, and there he stood in his pajamas, eyes twinkling with mischief, clearly pleased with the dramatic entrance. That theatrical moment didn’t spare us from burying him a few months later at the age of 71. One day, my mother told me the family doctor had quietly remarked that it was a shame—with his robust constitution, he could’ve lived to be a hundred. Yes, the family doctor—this was the man who’d come treat you any day, at almost any hour, just for a phone call. It really existed, it’s not a myth!

That day, his wife—my paternal grandmother—was also along for the ride. Everyone agreed that Jeannette was a good woman. She worked as a waitress at *Le Tigre*, the biggest brasserie in town, right in the center. Most customers preferred to be served by her, including local dignitaries and even the mayor. As a kid, I didn’t find her very fun, open, or warm—she seemed a bit stern. Back then, women in their fifties already had the face and build of grandmothers. Same went for men, don’t get me wrong. I had no idea about the struggles she faced because of her husband. I didn’t know that 30 years earlier, she’d had to flee Alsace while pregnant, under threat from Nazi fighter-bombers. I didn’t know she’d had several miscarriages, and that my father—her only surviving child, born prematurely in March 1940 at the other end of France—weighed less than a kilo at birth and was so tiny he could fit in a shoebox. Hard to imagine he’d grow into a strapping man nearly 1.80 meters tall, tipping the scales at 100 kilos. When you come back from summer camp in early August and ask why she didn’t pick you up with your parents, and they gently tell you she’s "in heaven," you don’t realize she passed away at 54 after suffering greatly from stomach cancer that had spread.

Back to that family outing, that enchanted parenthesis. I even remembered where we’d had lunch when I passed through Dambach-la-Ville decades later. One of those charming, flower-filled towns Alsace produces in abundance—and preserves so well. This one sits high on a hill, and I was a bit stunned on the parking lot because the view stretched far, revealing the Alsace plain below—its fields, villages, hills, and forests. The world seemed so vast and enticing that day, even though I was only glimpsing a tiny fraction of it.

The region was already very touristy, but I wouldn’t notice the downsides until much later. That Sunday noon, I discovered a large restaurant filled with diners. I can still see the enormous piece of meat they served me, decorated with a little wooden skewer topped with a flag. I kept that one for a long time. Those were the golden days of rich, flowing, thick sauces—so flavorful—and the era of the world’s best fries, made on the spot with the best potatoes. To top it off, I was *exceptionally* allowed a small bottle of apple juice, Orangina, or—even better if possible—Sinalco. Yes, Sinalco—like Orangina, but better. A brand that must’ve disappeared in the 70s, but why, and what a shame! Since then, Orangina’s little bubbles have taken the brand to the other side of the planet—it’s now Japanese.

Year after year, I’d eagerly await that ecstatic moment when the most beautiful castle in Alsace, the Haut-Koenigsbourg, appeared in my field of vision. The perfect model, the archetype that blended into the landscape at the height of a child’s dreams. The trip home always felt like a reality check—less jarring than an alarm clock, but more diffuse and melancholic. From then on, there was only one wish: *When do we leave again?*

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