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I came back from my trip and I am burned out. Its like that Berenstain Bear book: Too Much Vacation.
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I'm headed to Peru in April 2023. I'm excited. I'm American and have been to Canada but that's the extent of my world travelling. Never been south of the border so I am very excited. I am also a little scared. I will be with a group though, not by myself. I have an appointment Saturday to get my passport (back when I went to Canada, I was a kid and they just let you pass with a driver's license I guess). I'm using Babbel to try to brush up on some Spanish. hoping to at least be able to have short conversations in Spanish.
Other than that, I want to go to Scotland, Shetland Islands, and Ethiopia. That is a pretty good bucket list I think. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA |
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It’s an ongoing show. It’s on season 7 now. Came out this fall and it’s renewed for season 8. Maybe it’s regional with pbs but it never showed here. I believe Netflix and prime had first few seasons but it stopped.
Are you talking about Shetland Viking frontier movie? It was about Shetland wild life and was on PBS. But that’s not the tv show I was referring to I checked pbs website as I watch stuff on the site too and Shetland isn’t on there either |
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The US (New Jersey) to see family and friends for part of the holidays, and to Mexico (Yucatan) for part. Then back to Czechia.
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7th season is on. We didn’t see it yet as we want to time it so we can binge.
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I'm counting down the days until I go to California - and I've been doing some web searches to figure which sights I want to see while I'm there. Hopefully the business part of my trip goes well, too... if it does I'll keep it in mind for future trips.
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Los Angeles. I've been there twice before, but I never even stayed the night on those trips. I saw the Chinese theater and Hollywood walk of fame back in about 1986, and I went to Venice Beach back in 2006.
I was at Port Hueneme for training before my deployment to Kuwait in 2006. The Navy gave us some free time to spend with our families... my parents, my wife, and my sister and her husband came out to see me. I rented a convertible and we drove south on highway 1 with the top down. I remember stopping in Santa Monica and Santa Barbara as well. __________________ My business is to teach my aspirations to conform themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonise with my aspirations. T.H. Huxley |
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Oooh, hiway 1! Magnificent! I hope you have an absolutely wonderful trip. Venice Beach was always one of my most beloved spots of all the places I've been. But I haven't visited since the late '90's and by all accounts it has changed dramatically. California now has the highest homeless population in the nation, with L.A. being one of the top cities, Venice Beach being the top. The entire situation is tragic. The economy is in a horrendous state, addiction is out of control, dah, dah, dah...and of course, the Calif coastal towns/cities are ideal places for unhomed people to live. Certainly not much is being done to help them. My son is politically very liberal, lives in San Francisco, he and his wife pay over $4,000/month for a small flat, and he's so frustrated (as about everyone who lives in the city is) because he bicycles around and says his tires are caked with human sh-it...people living in the streets have no facilities. No blame, it's just Anyway, sorry. I went on a rant. As a native of this gorgeous state and as a humanitarian, the homeless problem is both frustrating and heartbreaking. BUT! There's so much that's great here. I can't wait to hear about your trip when you return! __________________ |
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Did you ever get to see the Redwoods? __________________ My business is to teach my aspirations to conform themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonise with my aspirations. T.H. Huxley |
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I am fully in support of Universal Basic Income. I agree @shakespeare47.
Yes, I've had the honor of visiting the redwoods many times. The redwood forests are absolutely magnificent. The trees are wise elders who surely know the answers to all of life's questions. And they are beautiful, remarkable. The color of their red bark, their green, their astounding height (tallest trees known), and immense diameter. They also have their own amazing ecosystem. If ever you have the chance - jump on it. You will be forever grateful. There are many places in which you can hike through a redwood forest - just a mile - straight out to the Pacific. It's a miracle. For some interesting reason I am blessed to have a lone redwood tree outside of my kitchen window. Tall, lovely, there he stands. I find them so stunning, I have one tattooed on my arm. __________________ |
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I've got a couple of more trips lined up. In March we're going on a short cruise to Cancun. The cruise line was trying to attract customers during the pandemic and was offering steep discounts - so I bought the tickets in June of 2021. Next year I plan on taking the whole family with me on a business trip to Switzerland.
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