When I called home, my brother asked me how hard it was to learn Korean, and after a lengthy explanation, “But Chinese is easier than Korean.” I concluded. The average person, normal people who haven’t dedicated their lives to being …
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Seattle’s Pike Place Market by Kregg P.J. Jorgenson
It’s the home of flying salmon, Blues belting Buskers, and the original Starbucks Coffee shop. It’s Seattle’s Pike Place Public Market and one of the Northwest city’s most colorful and interesting free attractions. In what began a little over 100 …
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Amsterdam and Budapest: A Quick Guide by Howard Hian
The historic rivers of Europe, starting with the Rhine in the north and ending with the Danube in the south, form centuries-old trade routes connecting many great cities. Two of my favorites, Amsterdam and Budapest, are joined by these waterways. …
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Sailing on Cruise West in the Sea of Cortez by Larry and Gail Taylor
Observing whales frolicking just feet away! Conducting seals underwater swimming in a swirling symphony! Hiking over small pristine islands, vistas of the deep blue Sea of Cortez in view! All this adventure waits for you when you board Cruise West. …
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Knoxville: A City Of Orange by Ron Kapon
Knoxville was a fortified outpost, capital of the Southwest Territory and later of the state of Tennessee. It is named after Henry Knox who was President George Washington’s War Secretary. The city furnished the political and intellectual leadership for Unionist …
Reflections by Brandon Wilson
Cruising home (to Hawaii) at thirty thousand feet, in between the tiny bags of pretzels and constant interruptions, I had time to reflect on my wanderings. (The book details his WALK from Paris, France to Jerusalem!) My introspection would continue …
Enjoy A Mini-Vacation at Texas Motor Speedway by Bonnie and Bill Neely
A day or week-end at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth is an exciting experience, and for millions who live within a couple of hour’s drive from Fort Worth, this is a great mini-vacation, for a week-end or a day …
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Tadousac Bay in Quebec, One of World’s Most Beautiful
At the heart of Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, the town of Tadousac, in Quebec, Canada, is the gateway to Saguenay National Park and Saguenay Fjord. We followed the Cote Nord Highway 775 miles along the St. Lawrence River and Estuary …
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Lions of Keswick Open Footpaths by Michele Hawkins
People began congregating in the neighborhood of the Queen’s Hotel on the afternoon of October 1, 1887. Armed with crowbars, pickaxes and spades- the protesters began marching toward Latrigg, a favorite fell. They chanted “The lions of Keswick will break …
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Southwest Supertramp Tour…. Into the American Wild, Wild West by Wayne Hunt
if you take the name of your first pet and add a surname of the first street you lived on, you too will have a fictitious (a.k.a. ‘porn star’) name like…. She had told us her name was Mimsy Eldena, …
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