Day 16 – Jan. 1 – 2019 – Today we drove out to a nearby ancient Buddhist learning center. This is where Gautama Buddha preached his first sermon. We then visited the Sarnath Museum....
A full life is not determined by its length. Some might say that I have overstayed my welcome. I do not agree. With this virus among us now, perhaps it is time to rethink...
Tak, fordi du kom til mit websted. Thank you for coming to my site. Vi har vaeret i dit land og nod det meget. We have been to your country and enjoyed it very...
North Korea does have a subway system. It is very short and is really a bomb shelter. It is very deep under ground. While we were traveling down there on an escalator, the lights...
I now have many photos uploaded on different trips. These aren’t all of them, but it takes a little time. I will put more up each day as time permits. Thanks for coming to...
This outbreak of this illness is exactly one of the most important reasons for proper border control. When you have easy access to travel around the world, it is more important than ever to...
Sono uno scrittore sconosciuto. Mi chiamo R. C. hand, Google me a R. C. Hand, autore. Li vedrai una mia foto e le copertine dei miei romanzi. Sono un Americano e non parlo italiano,...
Obrigado por nos fazer sentir bem-vindos. Come to my travel blog and look up the story of our trip to Brazil. Venha para o meu blog de viagem a veia a historia be nossa...
Those brave people in Hong Kong are still hanging on. What other choices do they have? Death, imprisonment or freedom? I hope they get their freedom. There are millions backing them in silence and...
Quiero desearles a todos ustedes y a Sudamerica un feliz ano nuevo. He tenido un muy buen ano y le deseo lo mismo en al proximo ano. Estoy investigando sobre mi nuevo preludio de...
What are you going to do to help these brave people in Hong Kong. How long does liberty have to be kept from the Chinese people? Sadly this despicable regime continues to imprison and...
I was very fortunate to live an unconventional childhood. Many others have done the same and benefitted from that experience, I am sure. When I was around six, my family created a restaurant in...
Come to my Dec.8, 2019 blog and read it. I have a free chapter of my novel, “Sailing Away,” there, for you. Beware, it is a long chapter, and filled with historical information and...
If you live in Africa or you are just interested in the “Dark Continent,” go to my travel blog and find the stories of our two trips to six countries there. We went to...
“Sailing Away is a sailing adventure that takes place on a voyage from London and through the Mediterranean sea with many stops. It then proceeds down the west coast of Africa to Cape Town....
My wife and I had a great trip to Africa a few years ago. I have written about the trip on my travel blog. Please take a look at it if you haven’t already....
I went to two plays this week in my area. One was Hamlet with Benedict Cumberbatch and the other was a live local production of “Violet.” The “Hamlet” was a five year old production...
We went far out into the countryside for a large and important event one day. It was a long horse race in a straight line from somewhere off in the far distance which then...
We are leaving Folsom for home today. We had a nice visit with family, but sadly we have to leave. All is well here and our long drive is now before us. As I...
We headed back south to Folsom on the 5 Freeway through the Great Central Valley of California. It is the bread basket of our state. We are getting a second look at the countryside...
We had a great visit with some former neighbors of my wife. They have two grown children that my wife had baby sat when she was a young teenager. They all shared fond memories...
We took off on our road trip this morning. Our first stop is Santa Maria, California. We arrived at my other in law’s home in three hours and fifteen minutes from Sunset Beach, California....
My wife and I volunteer two days a week at a local hospital. We do this to meet new people, get some exercise and give back because we are so fortunate. Our hard work...
The traffic to the airport was light this morning. It only took 25 minutes instead of the 40 minutes that it took to leave the airport before. The people who helped us load and...
I behaved myself very well on this cruise when it came to eating, that is. I refused those lovely desserts that I was offered and opted for the fruit instead, for the most part....
This adventure over rough seas has reminded me of the difficulties that sailors from all sailing cultures have faced in the past. We traveled in great comfort and were never wanting. Not so, the...
We went into Saguenay for a tour of two old settlements today. They are recreations of the originals. There was Iroquois long house made of birch here in the past, as well as others....
We have turned north northest at Tadoussac and are heading up the Saguenay Fiord to Saguenay. The land is a mix of sheer cliffs and hills at the rivers edge. Everything is covered in...
The time at se can give us a time to think about matters seldom thought about at home. The seas are still heaving by the way and it is difficult to walk down the...
We walked near a couple of old Cemeteries here in town. We like to visit cemeteries and read the inscriptions. It makes me wonder about these people who have passed on. It was interesting...
