Random Past Posts
Kings of Bavaria Americans like me probably know Bavaria best as the “B” in BMW. Its biggest single tourist attraction is a legacy from an arguably-crazy nineteenth-century king. The border between Germany and Austria is where the rolling hills and forests of the More...
Tenacious D (G?) My neice, Grace Parker, whose Fort GIbson Junior High basketball team never lost a game, recently made her debut with the high school varsity and JV teams. They won both games, but her uncle's indoor no-flash sports photography wasn't very More...
Cartagena: Caribbean, Colonial Colombia The movie “Romancing the Stone” was set in and around Cartagena, Colombia. Viewers were introduced to a tropical country full of emeralds and bad guys. Another lasting impression: Michael Douglas taught America to mispronounce "Cartagena" – putting a "NYuh" sound More...
Sikhism’s Golden Temple The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, is the Sikh religion’s version of Mecca or the Vatican. Devout Sikhs make pilgrimages to the Temple to bathe in the huge surrounding Pool of (holy) Nectar. They claim that about 100,000 More...
Chindwin River, Myanmar: PJs, ABCs, Face Paint & World War One last post (#7) from the Chindwin River in Burma. The first was here. * * * * * I’m sure if I’d given it any thought, I’d have assumed that most cheap fuzzy pajamas were made More...