60’s this was the time when the “cold war” influenced the political narrative of the day. The “Red Scare” was evident in the books and news I read in elementary and high...
R&R (Rest and Recreation + Research)
A recent visit to India on a highly technical topic, allowed me to also make a side trip along the Memory lane about the country. 1976 it started with a small book on “Economics as if people...
PART 1- OVERVIEW, ITALY My wife and I visited this fascinating continent in in 2023. We covered eleven cities in four countries over 36 days* This was made possible by x train trips, x stays in Air...
OUR French part of the journey took us to the Provence represented by the city or Arles, Paris and Normandy, they represent 3 facets of France – the provincial scene (Arles), The historic scene and...
As my father being a WW2 Army officer in the Philippines, I had this natural liking for the WW2 story particularly in the Pacific theater. One of the objectives of the 2023 European journey was to...
We recently visited the town of Cuyo in Cuyo island… It is part of the Cuyo archipelago (comprising of 45 plus islands including one island that is the site of Amanpulo resort in Pamilacan Cuyo...