Tagged With "Calais"

  Sir Richard Branson crossing the English Channel Photo: WikimediaCommons, Peter Shaw   A security and policing deal was made between France and Britain to stop the flow of migrants into the UK from Calais. They agreed upon more...

Gumbo was found at an interesting and much loved Firehouse in Calais, Maine

Travel Rob admires the historic homes in Calais, Maine

Talk about learning to jump through fiery hoops ! You should be on some UN negotiating team !

Interesting tale, Rob. Sorry that you had to leave Vivie behind. I did two 14 day quarantines this past year and know someone who had to do six of them. What a waste of productive time. Never again.

In our case, I'm very grateful. We had to jump through a lot of hoops but we managed to see each other during most of the pandemic. But I've heard so many heartbreaking stories. Couples that can't see each other. Divorced parents who can't see their kids . Mother's that can't see their sons. The list goes on. Not to mention all the jobs losses in the border towns and property owners who are going to have to deal with houses left vacant for 2 years. I think Canada will start to open up soon...

Travel Rob gains a lot of memories by walking across the border to return home from Canada.

Sounds like a remix of your escape from Romania. Brave man Rob.

Garry - In this case, everyone was nice. And as a positive, I got to see a glimpse of Maine . I think I have a better understanding of how the border communities view each other as one. Prime Minister Trudeau quoted President Reagan before calling the US-Canada border “a meeting place, rather than a dividing line.” Hope it gets back to that.

A strike planned for yesterday and today by French air traffic controllers was cancelled yesterday, but the strike called for tomorrow by the other air traffic controllers' union is still on, and expected to cause serious disruption tomorrow.