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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Google maps is mostly wonderful, but occasionally just terrible.

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Alligator or Crocodile: Google maps wanted me to find out in person! Google maps is mostly wonderful, but occasionally just terrible. ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Persistent Pitch Men and Women in front of Athens Restaurants

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Restaurant row in Athens.   Each restaurant has a  pitch man or woman saying some version of "Eat here!" Between my hotel ...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

A Woman Who Took Charge Like a Drill Sergeant Meeting a Recruit Bus

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On the 15th of February at the beginning of a five-week trip across Europe and Israel, my friend Cliff and I took an Al Italia flight f...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

Shades of Yellow--in Taxis

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This lovely, pale shade of yellow is the color of taxis in Greece This German-standard color of taxis has also been declared yellow ...
Friday, March 20, 2020

Nostalgia for Tito in North Macedonia--former Yugoslavia

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Dozens of statues in every direction in the center of Skopje In Skopje I met a very funny guy named Ferdinand. "Call me Ferdi,...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

"If You Share A Room with A Monk in Jerusalem, You Have to Expect An Early Wake Up"

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My recent ten-nation trip began with a week in Jerusalem. I met my old friend and roommate from our Cold War military service, Cliff Al...
Saturday, March 14, 2020

"Go Take a Flying Fuck at a Rolling Doughnut!" -- Kurt Vonnegut

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    In a touching scene in the movie “Ford v Ferrari” Carroll Shelby, a Texan, tells a boy who lost his father in a racing accident, “Y...