Nico World Tour

Chers lecteurs,

Me voici après ce périple australien fabuleux, qui n'a pas été sans mal sur certains moments, arrivé aux Etats-Unis où mon aventure continue : après une première semaine aux alentours de Los Angeles et Long Beach, ainsi qu'un week-end à Las Vegas dans le Nevada, me voici à San Diego à la frontière Mexicaine, où l'on peut ressentir cette incroyable influence culturelle mexicaines aussi bien au niveau social que culturelle. Je pars ce week-end à San José et San Francisco avant de m'envoler pour Chicago Mercredi prochain et de revoir ma famille d'accueil adoré dans le Michigan et Wisconsin.

Dear Friends,

Here I am after this fabulous australian adventure, which hasn't been always easy in a few moments, arrived in the US where this trip continues:

after a first week around L.A. & Long Beach, as well as a week-end in Las Vegas - Nevada, I'm nowon in San Diego at the Mexican Border, where we can feel this incredible mexican influence as well at a social level as at the cultural one. I leave this week-end to San José & San Francisco before to flight to Chicago next Wednesday and to meet again after almost 10 years my beloved American Host Family in Michigan & Wisconsin.

Chers Lecteurs,

Je pars jeudi matin en voiture avec un collègues français et 2 copines allemandes pour traverser la côte Est de l'Australie près de 2400 km en près de 10 jours  : Byron Bay, Brisbane, Cairns sans oublié quelques îles et cascades en pagaille aux programmes tout en campement ... c'est partie pour l'aventure.

Dear Readers,

I leave thursday morning by car with a french mate and 2 german friends to make a road trip all the way through Australian East Coast, which represents about 1500 miles in about 10 days: Byron Bay, Brisbane, Cairns are part of the schedule with also plenty of Islands and waterfalls all done in camping style ... let's get the big trip started.

Istanbul est une ville pleine de contradiction et c'est ce qui fait principalement tout son charme : Musulman et a tres faıble tendance arabique, en Orient principalement mais egalement en Europe et extremement amerıcanise.

Cette ville est un joyau a l'intersection de deux continents. Je vais visiter le detroit du bosphore cette apres-midi avec une grande pensee pour tous ceux qui ont contrıbue a ce reve de visiter tant d'endroits remplis d'histoires et de riches cultures.

Istanbul is a city full of contradiction and that's what makes it mostly so charming : Muslim but strangely with a very weak arabic trend, established definitely in the East for its biggest part (97 %) and so much americanized (Army materials and many investment such as speed boats for controls carry also the American flag for instance).

In this country of more than 120 million people and in this city of 15 million people, anyone can feel the huge mix of European, Muslim and Asian Cultures, which is in fact Turkish Culture. Those people are contrary to most West European Prejudices, much more welcoming and tolerant than most of them and very careful to the good image of their country given to foreigners. Everything comes from the fact that West European are afraid only because they are mostly Muslim, but much more tolerant than catholic culture in many of those countries, and their practice is seldom extremist. They are more almost then France and Germany together in term of population figures and their army is the strongest and best equipped in number of soldiers and weapons, after their friend the US.

The way of life of those people is pretty much the same than in every most developed Western European countries but their manners and food are adapted to their religion.

Istanbul is a diamond at the cross-road of 2 continents: European and Asian are so much jealous about their geo-strategic position that they do not wish to incorporate this country in a situation in between.

Friday: I have been welcomed so well by my friend Görkem from there and all his roomates and friends that it really touched me.

Saturday: I have been visiting the Bosphorus Detroit and experienced night life in the city center in the best fashioned Electro Places.

Sunday: I've been to the Princess Island, which is more or less a beautiful former Greek Island, where the wealthiest people live in the calm and they take their own boat to go to work in the city center (more or less 30 minutes to the Harbour). Cars are forbidden so everyone use bicycles or Caleche's Taxi to move inside the island.

Tomorrow İ will go to groceries (retailers) and supermarkets to work on my project and if I got some time left I will visit Sultanah with Saint Sophia Palace in the afternoon.