travel
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Sail on Sailor…
“Life would be pretty monotonous if the sky was always blue.” Robin Graham “One learns from the sea how little one needs, not how much. These were our islands now, islands cut off from the world of concrete and steel, from freeways and television.” “Happiness has no frontiers, that it’s a state of mind and… Continue reading
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On the human phenomena of travel…
Or, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Tennessee anymore.” “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain… Continue reading
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England Swings
“England swings like a pendulum do. Bobbies on bicycles two by two…” – Roger Miller “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J. R. R. Tolkien “A foolish consistency is… Continue reading
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New York, New York…
“We got rats on the west side, bed bugs uptown.” “Go ahead, bite the big apple, don’t mind the maggots,” and yet Jagger sums it up: “Pile it up, pile it up/pile it high on the platter.” Shattered, Mick Jagger “I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail… Continue reading
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Café Culture – The Reminiscence
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” – Ernest Hemingway “Paris is always a good idea.” – Audrey Hepburn “A walk about Paris will provide lessons in… Continue reading