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5 août 2010

Route 66 : An American "Lieu de Mémoire" - Place of Memory

When I started reading about the history of the road itself, its construction, what it was used for during its life span and how it was quickly replaced by other highways, I found out that there was actually more to it. As a matter of fact the history...

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17 août 2010

Crossing Kansas

Still going West ! We are done with the Missouri part of Route 66 ! We crossed the Kansas part in only one day ! Yeah, it's a very short section of Route 66 there ! Today, we are entering the Sooner State : Oklahoma, where there are tones of things to...

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13 août 2010

On the way...In Missouri

Hello !! Everything is going very well so far...We are going our way nicely nd seeing a lot of great things, places and people ! We crossed the Mississippi on the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge and are now in Missouri, the 2nd State on our way to Oklahoma...

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22 août 2010

Boomer Sooner

Here we are ! We have crossed Oklahoma all the way through on Route 66 ! Today we drove all the way to Texola, which is the limit between Texas and Oklahoma. Now we are in Norman, at OU (The University of Oklahoma) where we will stay a couple days ! Route...

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5 août 2010

Les Lieux de Mémoire - Pierre Nora

LES LIEUX DE MÉMOIRE Sous la direction de Pierre Nora Gallimard (Quarto), 1997, 3 tomes, 4751 pages en tout Quoi de commun entre la Marseillaise, le Panthéon, le 14-Juillet et Le Tour de la France par deux enfants ? Quoi de commun entre cet hymne national,...

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9 août 2010

Photos Albums

Hey everyone ! I am finally in the US ! The trip went smoothly and I didn't feel the jetlag too much. I arrived in Chicago on Friday afternoon and I stayed there and visited as much as possible on Saturday too. Chicago is amazing, it was great ! Today...

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5 août 2010

What is Route 66 anyway ?

From its official designation in 1926 to nowadays, U.S. Highway 66, which we now commonly refer to as “Route 66” has never been ordinary. It was the first highway to link Chicago with Los Angeles, crossing the rivers, plains, mountains, deserts, and canyons...

Posté par laura seyler à 12:14 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

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5 août 2010

Birth of the research project: Route 66 as a subject matter

I have been fascinated by the United States of America for quite a long time. At first, my fascination had the form of an obsession with the American way of life which I thought was extremely fashionable when compared to the French lifestyle. I started...

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5 août 2010

Route 66 Road Trip Program

The Seyler's Route 66 Road Trip 6 au 26 août 2010 6 août 2010 04h15 Navette Strasbourg – Frankfurt 7h00 Arrivée à Frankfurt 10h40 Avion direction Chicago 12h40 Arrivée Chicago (heure USA) Location de la voiture Installation à l'hôtel Nuit a Chicago 7...

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