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A few months ago most people did not know what a pandemic was or how deadly it could become. Just common sense told me that the Corona virus could become a global pandemic with many sick and many would perish. A pandemic is an disease epidemic with a rapi

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It was not the aching feet that were stopping me in my tracks . To be fair they were burning . This walking plays havoc with the arches of your feet . It was not my brain working overtime thinking of reasons not to go out . Although it would have been easy

Destin Vacation Just me and Mom JuneJuly 2010Day 1Got up at 0410 and drove down using our GPS. Ate at Shoney's for breakfast before leaving. We got to Destin around 1400. We felt so good that we went grocery shopping. We stopped by our beach for

Oregon Trip 2011Day 1We left the house at 0600 and ate breakfast at Shoneys before heading to Nashville. After dropping off the car at Alexis Inn and Suites and after Mom was finally able to get up into the shuttle van lol we were off.The fl

To keep your mind off this terrible pandemic here is some totally worthless facts from Travel Trivia MSN and others to fill your hard drive. Although several countries lay claim to the worlds oldest flag the Dannebrog or Danish cloth h

Rain it can be quite therapeutic . When it patters on Gabbys roof it can lull you into sleep . When it hammers down it is worse than listening to Ginger Baker and Keith Moon on their drumkits on the roof. It does the garden good . But lying in bed listen

Budicek 630 hodeny do seba jogurt zbalenie pinguin batoha a hor sa odchytit bus c.103 smer poiso.Na tury uz chodim s normalny batohom maly latkovy som odpisal odtrhli sa mi snorky je to provizorne zaviazane ale nic moc.Odchytavam bus na hlavne

Feb 14 2020 Mar 07 2020We left home just after lunch on Friday February 14 2020. Our truck with our 35 square foot casa on the back is packed with the essentials we will require and then some for the next 75 or so days. First stop is Calgary w

July 30 2018. Nuremberg. The first stop on our Nuremberg tour was at the Zeppelinfeld originally the spot where one of Count Zepppelin's airships landed thus Zeppelin Field. In 1933 and 1934 it became the rally grounds for the Nazi party. Later Albert S

FORT GIBSONThe 1830s would have been amusing times to have gone forth in America. In 1821 the Mexicans finally kicked the Spaniards out of their country and began to move forward with plans to settle Texas. In 1824 America responded to Mexican e

Rarely does anyone discuss travel budgets PRIOR to a trip to a far away place. I am so very fortunate to have the inimitable Mr. Mike as the best travel buddy in the universe. We have been all over the world with rarely a hiccup. He knows how to travel

Today should have been the day. It is going to be a day of would have could have and should have again. We would have been waking up on the park and ride paid our fee to exit and driven the M2 down to the tunnel . We should have been sitting in the car

Saturday 29th June 2019Before heading to Hiroshima in the afternoon I made a brief stop at the town of Tatsuno. This is home to Japan's only Soy Sauce Museum. Access to Tatsuno is relatively straight forward with frequent trains departi

They say a person needs three things to be truly happy in this world someone to love something to do and something to hope for. Tom BodettThe latest statistics from the WHO dashboard published at 0200 am on 1st Ma

Trip to Destin JuneJuly 2013Day 1 June 29thWe left the house at 0730 and drove a very LONG 12 hours to get there due to traffic. We went and checked out our condo which was really nice then did some grocery shopping. When we got back Rob and

Sunday 30th June 2019Breakfast was a happy affair at Royal Host one of the nicer restaurants in the city that opens early in the day and closes late into the night. I liked how well my scrambled egg turned out to be creamy soft and f

Goedemorgen to you all . We would have probably woken up in Belgium this morning having dined on waffles or frites last night . I am sure that the sun would be shining as we rose . The sun has arrived here so the chances are Belgium would have been just as

SOMETHING FOUNDOne of the best western movies ever made was called ltem stylemsobidifontstyle normalgtThe Searchers starring John Wayne. It was about a little girl named Cynthia Ann Parker who was abducted by the Comanche

Sunday 26 April 202042 days down 14 to goToday is my mothers 71st birthday. I called her in the morning and was glad to hear that she has a beautiful sunny day in Boise and plans to go outside. Social distancing rules in Boise and com

Did you know that there was a connection between our large 7000 inhabitant village of Wingerworth Randolph Hearst and the a museum across the pond in St Louis No neither did I until I treated our village as if I were a visitor on a first visit . As a v

When the news came out that the pandemic had take over Europe I was still working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Now almost two month later we are still stuck on the ship. I know that this is a very hard time for everyone and while I would have lik

KNOXVILLEThe Department of Energy got underway as a branch of the Tennessee Valley Authority beginning in about 1940. The Manhattan Project in which we developed the atomic bomb originated at the Oak Ridge Laboratory outside of Knoxville. Scie

Utah Trip Summer 2014Day 1 Aug 30thWe woke up at 4am for an early flight. We had a 2 hour delay in Atlanta but still made it to Salt Lake City by 1230pm. We picked up our rental car and Rob took us to see some of his old stomping grounds in SLC

Leaving Mostar was almost sad because we had enjoyed the compact city as a group and on our own. We headed into the hills where towns or villages lined the road for a considerable distance. Rain was falling for the whole drive. I noticed none of the unr

According to our Shiva Mahapurana one day Vishnu and Brahma had an argument over their superiority. Shiva appeared in front of them in the form of a raging fire and asked them to each find the tip of the fire. Whoever reaches the tip would be superior bet

Yesterday was Day 45 Our five o'clock briefing was delivered by the less than charismatic Mr Gove who told us more of the same . He spelled out the numbers of deaths the numbers of tests that had been undertaken. The numbers rolled off his tongue . Traf

What do we really know about US time zones History.com When you run a railroad you need to maintain a schedule and that works a whole lot better when everyone agrees on what time it is including stations in farflung locations and crucially other

Early in the morning the other couchsurfers were still asleep I got up to catch an early bus to Singapore. I knew it was gonna take all day to get there and didn't want to arrive too late. After my experience from the other night.. No way Unfortunately

Shhhhhhhh. What can we say Nothing The question of the day is whats new Answer nothing. The next question of the day is what are you going to do today Answer nothing. Last question of the day is what did you do today Answer not

Kedarkantha the Prominent winter trek in Garhwal Himalayas Uttarakhand INDIAKedarkantha Trekheight is around 3800 meters. And the Kedarkantha trek offers 6 days vacation

Kedarkantha the Prominent winter trek in Garhwal Himalayas Uttarakhand INDIAKedarkantha Trek height is around 3800 meters. And the Kedarkantha trek offers 6 days vacation

Negativity is like burning plastic while destroying itself it annoys everyone with its stench. Charbal TadrosNo point kicking off with WHO statistics on Covid19 as it is very easy for anyone to access the data on their websit

Reaching Blog 100 on Chesterfield who would have believed it Not me. Sometimes I would write something about my home town. Most of the time though blogs were about somewhere else . Covid 19 has scuppered any chance of a blog from out of town for a whil

This year Children's Day is May 5. Of all the childrencentric holidays I miss Children's Day the most. Why I felt it was special for Japanese American children in a culture that cherishes tradition family and outright spoiling of children. Writ

COMMUNITY PRIDEWinnemuccca is a bustling five brothel railroad town in north central Nevada. When you next visit there and perhaps might grow weary of drinking and carousing make your way the northwest corner of Bridge Street and 4th

Driving trip from Siliguri to Mustang Nepal1st March Day 1 Drive along Asian Highway 2 across Bagdogra to Panitanki and crossed over the Mechi River bridge into Nepal. Obtained Vehicle permit from the transport office after paying INR 2200. Mercif

Posledny den na ostrove a prezieracka nech spotrebujem este dost jedla co mam.Okrem jedla nic zaujimave len polehovanie na ubytku.Kupujem cez w6 letenku na 11.5 lisabon vieden kupil som si hned aj clenstvo. Ono ak to aj nepreletim nic sa nedej

Surfacing this morning was difficult . It is a work day today . Last night we had a frost . Not a heavy one . Not the sort of frost you get in the Winter . Not the sort of frost that you have to scrape off the car windscreen. But a frost nevertheless . The

After arriving the previous evening I was ready to head out and explore Warsaw. I had booked two free walking tours for today. The first one started at 10 am and was a walking tour around the Jewish part of Warsaw. The starting point was about a 20 minute

Nancy and I usually seek to break up the winter and travel somewhere in February. This year we decided to travel south. With the recent anniversaries of boycotts marches and actions organizations offer Civil Rights tours these days. We thought we could

Na moje pocudovanie ked som siel tak neskoro spat zobudil som sa dost skoro o 915.V cene ubytka su aj ranajky ale ziadne velke terno dva toastove chleby platok sunky syru jablko jedna wafla alebo si clovek moze spravit musli s mliekom. Som zvedav

I'm so excited to be planning a road trip to Pai this coming November My husband and I are planning a trip for his family when they visit from Australia and I'm so excited to show them around We'll be driving from here in Chiang Mai to

It is dark when I wake . It is Day 48 of the lockdown . The sun has not risen and the birds have not woken. It is Thursday . Sage are meeting today with our government . Sage used to be that herb that you stuffed up a chicken together with onion . Now it i

Since you seem to like my wine emails here is a subject near and dear to us Californians. French wine. Let me start out by saying this about the French. They love to bad mouth Napa Valley after their BIG loss decades ago. On most wine tours in Franc

V posteli sa prevalujem uz od 830 na ranajky idem nakoniec o hodinu neskor.Opat rovnake jedlo no cul som si dal uz i maslo na chleba a na waflu dzem.Po jedle este mini relax a potom smer obrovsky park v okoli monsanto.Cesta rovnaka ako vcera

OLD HICKORYAndy By God Jackson was our fine countrys seventh President. He was a war hero too by virtue of defeating the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend and stealing their land and then by defeating the pesky Redcoats at the Battle of New Orleans.