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Ca y est! La date est fixée. Entre le 4 et le 6 avril. Un lundi (le 4) jour de la Lune? Mardi? Jour de Mars? Le mercredi jour de Mercure? Idéalement, ce serait le mercredi, non? Mais alors ce sera le 6, alors qu'on pourrait déjà partir le lundi.

Suivant les us et coutumes népalaises, le samedi est un très mauvais jour pour partir en voyage. (jour de Saturne) Aucun népalais n'entreprend un voyage un samedi, ou alors il part de chez lui le vendredi, va dormir chez des voisins ou que sais-je, et "re" part le lendemain...

Bxl Nice. Je connais des zamours qui vont nous heberger, j'commence à abuser là, non? 😉 3 personnes cette fois. Qui dit mieux? Je rigole 😏

Comment donc allons nous faire la route Nice - Venise... En train TGV? Via Genova et Verona? En stop? Euh à trois hum... (ya personne qui fait cette route et qui a 3 places dans sa voiture, camion, side car etc...?) Nous disons donc en train.

Venise - Igoumenitsa, j'ai été dans une agence de voyage cette après midi, 142 euros la cabine de trois lits, mais 142 euros par personne... 😐 Ce sera donc le pont à 48 euros p/p de 14h à midi le lendemain... 🤪

Igoumenitsa - Thessalonique, en bus direct. Là, on suivera le conseil de ce cher Beub... "Si tu optes pour Thessalonique, n'oublie surtout pas de t'arrêter à Kalambaka aux pied des monastères des météores, y'a d'ailleurs un camping avec piscine super sympa, là bas : camping Vrachos : http://lwittmann.free.fr/grece/kastraki.htm "

En Turquie on ne va pas pouvoir tout visiter, sinon on risque d'en avoir marre de voir des temples en arrivant au Rajasthan, ce qui serait plus que dommage... C'est un inconvénient ca dans les voyages de plusieurs mois, si on essaie de tout voir, on est crevé et n'en profitons plus autant que le premier jour, alors on loupe plein de trucs, et on "doit" revenir pour visiter ce qu'on a loupé 😏

Deux mois, encore deux mois... Mais non!!! Plus que deux mois!!! 🙂 (hum) Et vous inquiètez pas... Je donnerai de mes nouvelles en cours de route... D'ailleurs j'suis pas encore partie que j'sais pas m'empêcher 😏

Bon, j'arrête ici mes élucubrations pour ce soir... (avant que euh...)

Voodoo practices in the Dominican Republic?

by Anie · 2004-08-03 · 3 replies

Since the DR is right next to Haiti, I was wondering if voodoo is also practiced there? And how can you attend these ceremonies?

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The unique characteristics of French regions

by Manondugard · 2025-10-03 · 10 replies

Hello everyone.

First and foremost, I hope this topic won’t just focus on my region—the South of France—and that those of you who enjoy exchanging ideas will share what makes your own regions special.

Personally, I’ve often wanted to push back when people call us vulgar (though I’ll admit I sometimes play it up). At heart, we pure-blooded Southerners just have our own way of expressing ourselves, which differs from other regions. We also get heated in conversations pretty easily (some researchers say it’s the influence of the sun and climate in general).

What some perceive as vulgar, we don’t see that way at all.

Do you want a uniform world with no differences? If so, how do you handle traveling to places with cultures completely different from your own?

In the travel community, the word "authenticity" comes up a lot, and it often takes priority in people’s searches.

In my specific case, speaking a purely regional language without having gone to school for it doesn’t help with understanding on this forum. That’s what creates what you call controversies—and what I call passionate exchanges.

I remember a reply from a member in this thread: https://voyageforum.com/forum/ma-vie-en-camargue-pays-origine-en-colombie-pays-c-ur-d10778555/

It left me speechless and ended the conversation because, for him, that’s just how he sees things, and he refuses to debate it, sticking to his position. I’ll quote him, hoping he won’t hold it against me:

"For me, things like bullfighting, boxing, football, and MMA are just tangible proof that human evolution is still at a primitive stage."

For him, our Latin-origin bullfights are barbaric customs. For us *taurins*, we need to see men face wild beasts (bulls and *toros*) at the risk of their lives every day. Does that make us barbarians?

We’ve always had this need to confront death—it’s in our genes.

Take the example he gave about football: fans of the sport would be considered mentally underdeveloped. But what about a kid who’s passionate about the game and has that drive to be a winner, just like a boxer or athletes in other violent sports?

As a traveler myself, passionate about old stones and beautiful historic buildings, I’ve visited Rome but couldn’t fully appreciate it. Religion is everywhere, and I felt like I had a lead weight on my head realizing that millions of people worldwide have believed in a god for millennia.

I’ve also judged believers for basing their faith on archaic texts that don’t prove a god (or gods) ever existed—I still think that, but I’m open to being proven wrong so I can say, "You’ve convinced me I was mistaken."

- If everyone clings to their own ideas and positions, no discussion is possible, and that’s a shame.

I’ll take away two things from my forum interactions: some accuse me of being omnipresent when I just love exchanging ideas. My way of speaking is misunderstood (regional differences), even if I’ll admit I sometimes turn up the heat—or rather, the *aïoli* —which for me is just lively debates 🔥 (a regional specialty).

And my "mocking" side, which I really need to work on.

This topic isn’t just about me—I hope other forum members will share their own regional "specialties" . For example, in Alsace, some older folks switch to their local language when they don’t want outsiders to understand, and I still don’t know if it’s German or something else.

https://www.marseille-tourisme.com/decouvrez-marseille/traditions/le-parler-marseillais/

https://www.lexpress.fr/informations/accent-du-midi-ave-ou-sans_642635.html