Countries Melanie has been to...
Monday, 15 August 2005
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Recommend in your spare time...
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
- Netherlands Architecture Institute (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
- It's All Dali (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
- Confrerie des Artisans Potiers de Soufflenheim (Soufflenheim, France)
- Isigny Sainte-Mere (Isigny-sur-Mer, France)
- France Ma Douce (Paris, France)
- Le Memorial de Caen (Caens, France)
- In Flanders Fields Museum (Ypres, Belgium)
- Memorial Museum (Passchendaele, Belgium)
- Airworld Design Museum (Ghent, Belgium)
- National Jenever Museum (Hasselt, Belgium)
- Horta Museum (Brussels, Belgium)
- Le Musee des Instruments de Musique (Brussels, Belgium)
- Malindi Handicraft Co-Operative Society (Malindi, Kenya)
- Benaki Museum (Athens, Greece)
- Eleutheroudakis (Athens, Greece)
- Art e facts (Athens, Greece)
- Acropolis Museum (Athens, Greece)
- Beyond Infinity M.C. Escher (Athens, Greece)
To Feed Your Conscience...
- Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS)
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Rwanda)
- Refugee Law Project (Uganda)
- Human Rights Watch Background Information on Uganda
- Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (Worldwide)
- United Movement to End Child Soldering (Africa)
- Orphans of Rwanda
- ACT for the Earth (Toolkit for building a better world)
- Anti-Slavery International (World's oldest human rights organisation)
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
- Transparency International (Global coalition against corruption)
- One World (Promotes human rights awareness & fighting poverty worldwide)
- Freecycle (Changing the world one gift at a time)
- Tsotsi (South Africa)
- Hotel Rwanda (Rwanda)
- Oxfam Fair Trade in Coffee (Canada)
- Make Poverty History Campaign (Canada)
- Pandora (Music Genome Project)
- In Pictures (BBC News)
- The Breast Cancer Site (Click on ribbon to fund free mammograms)
Favourite Neighbourhoods and Cities
Favourite Hotels
- Le Méridien Lingotto (Torino, Italy)
- Rama Candidasa Resort and Spa (Bali)
- Amankila Resort (Bali)
- Bloo Lagoon Eco Tourism (Bali)
- Hotel Nelligan (Montreal, Canada)
- Hotel Saint Paul (Montreal, Canada)
- Paliomylos (Paros, Greece)
- St. George Lycabettus Boutique Hotel (Athens, Greece)
- Aegli Hotel (Syros, Greece)
- L'Auberge (Spa, Belgium)
- Hotel Restaurant Au Cerf d'Or (Strasbourg, France)
- Hotel de Guise (Nancy, France)
- Hotel zum Adler (Bonn, Germany)
- Kastens Hotel (Dusseldorf, Germany)
- Aquarius Resort (Watamu, Kenya)
- Hotel des Mille Collines (Kigali, Rwanda)
- InterContinental Hotel (Kigali, Rwanda)
- Novotel Kigali Umubano (Kigali, Rwanda)
Food and Drink
- Eataly (Torino, Italy)
- Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia (Milan)
- Greek Cuisine (Recipes)
- Belgourmet (Recipes)
- Thai Food (Recipes)
- Indian Food (Recipes)
- Moroccan Cuisine (Recipes)
- List of Belgian Restos
- Biere Passion Magazine (Belgium)
- Pierre Marcolini Chocolates (Belgium)
- Thai House (Leuven)
- Koutoubiya Marokkaans Restaurant (Leuven)
- Beer Mania (Brussels)
- Cospaia (Brussels)
- Restaurant Vincent (Brussels)
- Belga Queen (Brussels)
- La Porteuse d'Eau (Brussels)
- Le Cercle des Voyageurs (Brussels)
- La Quincaillerie (Brussels)
- In't Spinnekopke (Brussels)
- Transit Cafe (Brussels)
- Au Bouquet Romain (Brussels)
- Belgo Belge (Brussels)
- Brasserie Restaurant Le Cap (Brussels)
- Art de Vivre (Spa)
- Lido (Spa)
- Vivaldi (Ieper)
- Eet Cafe de Vuyst (Brugges)
- Toque Toque Cafe & Restaurant (Den Haag)
- De eeuwige Jachtvelden Cafe Brasserie (Utrecht)
- Mariages Freres Maison de The (Paris)
- Le Pamphlet (Paris)
- Meert (Lille)
- La Cloche a Fromage (Strasbourg)
- La Ferme de Billy (Rots)
- Limao Brasil Bar and Restaurant (Bonn-Bad Godesberg)
- Palia Plakiotiki Taverna (Athens)
- Eden Vegetarian Restaurant (Athens)
- To Parko (Athens)
- Sardelles (Athens)
- Athinaion Politeia Café Bar Restaurant (Athens)
- Palia Plakiotiki Taverna (Athens)
- Gerry & Isobel's (Chelsea)
- Beckta Dining & Wine (Ottawa)
- Metropolitain Brasserie (Ottawa)
- Julie's Cuban Restaurant and Bar (Toronto)
Travel and Tourism
- Uganda Tourist Board
- Adrift Whitewater Rafting (Uganda)
- Kenya Travel Information
- The Africa Guide: Rwanda
- Rwanda Development Gateway
- Rwanda Tourist Board
- Hellenic Culture
- Greece National Tourism Organisation
- Ottawa Tourism
- Belgian Tourism
- Connections Travel (Belgium)
- Leuven (Belgium)
- Brussels Discovery
- Thermes de Spa (Belgium)
- Bombaysers de Lille 3000 (France)
Shopping with a conscience...or just shopping!
- Debauve & Gallais Chocolate
- Olympia Le-Tan Bags
- Androuet Cheese (France)
- Mason Pearson Hairbrush
- Azzedine Alaia at Browns
- Batwa Pottery (Belgium/Rwanda)
- Wine Club (South Africa)
- Wine of the Month Club (South Africa)
- Annick Goutal Parfums (Paris/Rotterdam)
- Cargo Cosmetics (North America)
- Soho Compagnie (North America)
- Pangea Organics (North America)
- Pangea Organics (North America)
- Bare Necessities (North America)
- Summer Soles (North America)
- Shelfari Books (International)
- Bits of Africa (South Africa)
- St Jude
- Anthropologie
- Olivier & Co.
- Oxfam America Unwrapped
- Tamaya Gourmet
- Jonathan Adler
- Jo Wood Organics
- Italian Harvest
- Ball Mania
- Bean Trees
Cool Blogs and WebSites
- Leda's Greece (Greece)
- Marcello and his Jewish Mother (Toronto)
- Marcello's twitter page (Toronto)
- Loulou's Views (Ottawa)
- Vanessa's it's all about the present (France/Australia)
- Alissa Albert's Cubed Studio (Ottawa)
- Catherine and Pat's Blog (Europe/Denver)
- La Kootchina's Good Times Blog (Ottawa)
- Dawn Alexander Photography (Toronto)
- Kav's Website and Blog (Ottawa)
- Carla and Peter's Mango (UK/Canada)
- Eban's Homepage (Ottawa)
- Rhett and Karla's Sangbres' Sagas (Ankara)
- Jason and Carolyne's Wedding Site (Toronto)
- Elizabeth and Ziad's Blog (Ottawa)
- Giji Gya's Sapere Aude (Brussels)
- Aventuras de Kim (Ottawa)
- Jason's The Seoul Source (Korea)
- The Real Darren Stevens (Toronto/Barrie)
- Artist Christ Pantieras (Ottawa)
- Colwyn Griffith (Ottawa/New York City)
- Sabine Kanias (Sao Tome)
- Alison's Perfidia Gardens (Toronto)
- S.R. Millar Financial Ltd. (Ottawa)
- Lars' Kilimanjaroworld (Canada/Tanzania)
- Bruxelles, Ma ville (Brussels)
- Montreal City Weblog (Montreal)
- West End Poker Team (Ottawa) - Rated R
- UNDP Screensaver
News and Information
Our Hobbies and Interests
- Airliners.Net (For all the latest on airplanes)
- Soccernet (For all your sports updates)
- Panathinaikos Football Club (Athens)
- Madonna (Queen of Pop Rock)
- Oprah (Queen of Talk Shows)
- Aveda (Beauty products that care for the world we live in)
- Origins (Celebrating the connection between mother nature and human nature)
- Skype (Call us FREE from your computer)
- The Smurfs (Little blue guys only 3 apples high from Belgium)
- Barbapapa (Round creatures from France that can change shape)
What Occupies Our Time
What we are reading...
- We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories From Rwanda (by Philip Gourevitch)
- A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali (by Gil Courtemanche)
- King Leopold's Ghost (by Adam Hochschild)
- Gorillas in the Mist (by Dian Fossey)
- The Zahir (by Paulo Coelho)
- Birds Without Wings (by Louis De Bernieres)
- Runaway (by Alice Munro)
- Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace or War (by Mary B. Anderson)
- The Government and Politics of the European Union (by Neill Nugent)
- The End of Poverty (by Jeffrey Sachs)
- Snow (by Orhan Pamuk)
- A Bed for the Night : Humanitarianism in Crisis (by David Rieff)
- Oryx and Crake (by Margaret Atwood)
- We Did Nothing: Why the Truth Doesn't Always Come Out When the UN Goes In (by Linda Polman)
- Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430 - 1950 (by Mark Mazower)
- A Continent for the Taking: the Tragedy and Hope of Africa (by Howard W. French)
What we are listening to...
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