Isola del Gran Sasso

dimanche 29 mars 2009

Publié par red.impala // à dimanche, mars 29, 2009 // italy

Isola del Gran Sasso

Gran Sasso d'Italia (or Great Stone of Italy) is a mountain located in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. The Gran Sasso is the highest mountain in continental Italy south of the Alps and is part of the Apennines. Teramo and L'Aquila are the nearest cities to the Gran Sasso; Assergi, is a small town at the base of the mountain; Rome is 132 km by road or two hours by car. We were staying at IBE isola (Isola del Gran Sasso).

We were 18 ragazzi from Dragona & Aquila and studied the first 3 chapters of the book of Daniel.

Daniel and his friends offer lots of encouragements and challenge for us today. What is your purpose in life? How do you define your identity? How do you keep this identity safe? How much do you value your life? just to name a few...

Questions that are of utmost importance for ALL of us!

have a nice week!
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You don't need to wait for the telegram...

Ce matin-là, le monde commençait pour nous à s’émouvoir. L’opérateur de T. S. F. nous remit enfin un télégramme : deux pylônes, plantés dans le sable, nous reliaient une fois par semaine à ce monde: Courrier France-Amérique parti de Toulouse 5 h 45 stop. Passé Alicante 11 h 10. (...) En dix minutes, la nouvelle nous parvenait par Barcelone, par Casablanca, par Agadir, puis se propageait vers Dakar. Sur cinq mille kilomètres de ligne, les aéroports étaient alertés. (...) Un moteur grondait quelque part. De Toulouse jusqu’au Sénégal on cherchait à l’entendre.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Courrier Sud.

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Inspiration (2): Impalas

An impala is a medium-sized African antelope. The name impala comes from the Zulu language meaning "gazelle".

Impala range between 73 and 92 cm (29 and 36 in) tall. Average mass for a male impala is 46 to 76 kg (100 to 170 lb), while females weigh about 35 to 50 kg (77 to 110 lb). They are normally reddish-brown in color (hence the Afrikaans name of "Rooibok"), have lighter flanks and white underbellies with a characteristic "M" marking on the rear. Impalas are an ecotone species living in light woodland with little undergrowth and grassland of low to medium height. They have an irregular distribution due to dependence on free water, soils with good drainage with firm footing and moderate or less slope. While they are usually close to water in the dry season, they can go weeks without drinking when they have access to green vegetation.

Impalas are adaptable foragers. They usually switch between grazing and browsing depending on the season. During wet seasons when grasses are green and growing they graze. During dry seasons it browses foliage, shoots, forbs and seeds. It can also adapt to different habitats by being a grazer in one habitat a browser in another. Leopards, cheetahs, lions and wild dogs prey on impala.

see also: http://impala-nomade.blogspot.com/2007/08/trs-prcisement.html

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