Il Messaje Primer

This has been in the pipeline for quite a while now - putting all my unclassifiable ideas, bitchy observations and just random rants out there online. Finally, as a part of my 2008 Resolutions Bill, this has come true.

Sadly, all my preferred blog addresses were taken - mostly by content-deficient no-goodniks with last entries dating back to October 2003 - including but not limited to:

blog
bloggest
bloggityblog
bloggitybloggityblog
bloggitybloggityblog
blogorama
blogomatic
blogotron
blogalooza
blogolicious
blogiferous

so I had to settle for the humble blogomanic. So here's to a good start!

By the way, the title of this blog is a take-off on the title of a novel by Jerome K Jerome.

Beijing
- Grandeur, Rusticity & Russiatown

Great
Wall In Autumn Hues

Pingyao
- A Feel Of The Days Long Gone By

Xi'an
- Terracotta Army, Hot Springs & Mosques

Nanjing
- The Swanky Capital Of South

Yangzhou
- The Treasure Box Garden

Suzhou
- The Silk Capital Of China

Tongli
- The Water Village

Tunxi
- Breezy Gateway to Huangshan

Huangshan
- Mountain Range From A Classical Chinese Poem

Hongcun
- Water Buffalo Shaped Village

Shanghai
- Carnival Of Life

Royal
Tour of Morocco: Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier, Fez, Marrakesh, Ouarzazate,
Essaouira

Austro-Hungary
Road Trip (Budapest to the Adriatic via Slovenia and Austria)

Grand
Red Foilage Tour Of China: Beijing, Pingyao, Xi'an, Nanjing, Shanghai,
Yangzhou, Suzhou, Tongli, Hongcun, Huangshan

Canada
& US Road Trip: Nouvelle France & New England, Quebec, Ontreal, Toronto,
Nova Scotia, Acadia, Bar Harbor, Niagara Falls

Drivin'
USA: New York City + 9600 KM Through The Southwest

Amsterdam
Without Prejudice

Easter
In The Valley Of The French Kings: Vallée de la Loire: Orleans, Angers,
Amboise

Argentina
Has It All: 6,500 KM By Car From The Ocean To The Andes And Back

Alpine
Adventure: Vienna to Munich via the Adriatic

A
Day In Utrecht

Slow
Autumn In Russia: Moscow and Kursk

American
Weekend In Europe: Do Nine Countries In Four Days

Normandy
- Brittany - Jersey

In
The Land of Whimsy: Prague and Karlovy Vary

Toronto
- Hip And Laid-Back

Ottawa
- A Marriage Of Convenience

Montreal
- Straddling The Anglo-Gallic Watershed

Ode
to Canada The Beautiful

Quebec
- The Most European City In North America

Quebec's
Tipping Point: Change Becomes Unstoppable

Down
The St. Lawrence - Quebec Countryside

Acadia,
New Brunswick

Nova
Scotia - Canada's Ocean Playground

America's
Love Affair With The Automobile

Maine:
Acadia N.P. & Asticou Azalea Garden

Amsterdam,
NY

Niagara
Falls - Big American Disappointment

Do
You Really Know American Food?

Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Possibly The Twee'est Town On Earth

Canadian
Wine

A
Day In Utrecht

Lille
- Boulogne-sur-Mer - Brouwershaven

Normandy
- Brittany - Jersey: La Connection Anglo-Francaise

Lille
- The Nearest Bit Of France

Mers-les-Bains
- A Bourgeois Seaside Resort Par Excellence

Dieppe
- Maps, Ivory And Scallops

Fécamp
- Liqueur, Seafood & Norman Vestiges

The
Limestone Arches Of Étretat

Rouen
- The Duck, The Pots & The Cathedral

Richard
the Lionheart's Château Gaillard

Monet's
Japanese Garden in Giverny

Honfleur
- A Picture-Perfect Port

Mont
St.Michel - The Marvel Abbey

Côte
Emeraude - Brittany's Emerald Coast

St.
Malo - The Granite Jewel of Brittany

Dinard
& St. Lunaire - Hangouts Of The Rich

Jersey
- The Bulwark Of Englishness

Keukenhof
2008 - Floral Letdown Of The Year

Alpine
Adventure: Austria-Italy-Bavaria 2007

Drivin'
USA: New York City and the Southwest

Summer
in Alsace

Autumn
In Russia 2006

Royal
Tour Of Morocco

El
Norte Argentino 2006

Talampaya
& The Cuyo

Salta
& The Andes

Iguazu
Falls And Misiones

Buenos
Aires - More Old World Than The Old World Itself

In
The Land Of Whimsy: Prague and Karlovy Vary

Austro-Hungary
2006 - In The Wake Of A Bygone Realm

Graz
- The Northernmost Italian Renessaiance City

Slovenia
- Triglav, Ljubljana, Bled & the Adriatic

Free
Port Trieste and Miramare Palace

Hungarian
Countryside - Wine, Hot Springs & Palaces

Budapest
- Figaro, Turkish Baths & Synagogue

Easter
In The Loire Valley - France 2006

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