“Quebec City is the most European of any city in North America; they speak French all the time. There is a part of town called Old Quebec which is really like being in France. The architecture is just gorgeous, food,…
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Nuremberg Reflections
As part of a walking tour, I went to the former Nazi rallying grounds in Nuremberg. They were big and gray, and without any colorful banners or loud crowds. It was a quiet place. The guide told how people were required…
Posted in World Glimpses
Mount Kinabalu
Sabah is the northern most municipality on the Island of Borneo. There lies a tall mountain, Mount Kinabalu. Its summit is 13,432 feet high. Traditionally, it was called “Aki Nabalu” or Home of the Spirits of the Dead. (Sabah is a Malaysian state…
Posted in World Glimpses
Bread and Roses
“The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too.”—Rose Schneiderman Remembering May Day. May 1st is today. It was my father who was a staunch supporter of labor but it was my mother who would always have a shrine…
Posted in Found in the USA
It says TRAVEL to me
In my post on Ankara, I asked you to look at the photo to consider which character was you and which character you would like to be you. In this post, I wanted to share why I picked this photo for…
Posted in Thinking Travel
