“In Switzerland the trails are through private land. They are well maintained and there is an Inn every few hours. Interesting!” Murren, Switzerland Yosemite vs the Jung Frau...Read More
Circa 1200 in Rothenburg they passed a compulsory tax to build city walls. This was followed by taxes to have city water, sewers and education. This explains the path we have inevitably followed...Read More
This is a little diversion to list what you think are the top ten tourist icons in the world. in other words what are the most recognizable places in the world. The Statue of Liberty is an example...Read More
A website that I have touted before is Bridge Hunter. It is a user developed guide to the historic and interesting bridges in the United States. Kind of a Wikipedia for bridges, it is very popular...Read More
Every medieval town we saw on our European trip had a cathedral and a clock tower. In one of the towns, probably Bern, I realized that time used to be a monopoly of the church. They had the bell i...Read More
At a hotel I stayed at in North Carolina they had a “Clean Remote” for the TV. Apparently there are enough people in the world who worry about germs on remote controls to make this product...Read More
I got a new iPad for my 65th birthday. And I’ve been filling up my time figuring out how to transfer all of my data and apps and setting from my iPad one to this new one. Because it’s ne...Read More
I was talking to a missionary from the Calvary Church a week or so ago and I threw out one of my stock lines: “Karl Marx said that “religion is the opiate of the masses” but time h...Read More
One of the ideas that I promote is not just looking at things but actually seeing them. I call it backyard scuba because it is what people are willing to do underwater but forget to do in the backya...Read More