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| Page Views: 96,657 | No more solo travel for me! by acemj - last update: Oct 31, 2009 |
"Potholes?" you say. A pothole in the road is something unexpected when traveling. Look forward to it. Revel in it. It is not an inconvenience. It is a thing to be remembered. Sometimes it results from our own ignorance. Ignorance is good. We are curious. We travel. We crawl out of the pothole and leave behind our ignorance. But it is a great, big world. And, thankfully, our ignorance is inexhaustible, our curiosity insatiable, and the road is filled with potholes.
If you're new to VT, you've stumbled on the coolest spot on the web. If your experience was anything like mine, you were searching for some information about a possible vacation destination and BAM! you googled your way to some bozo's personal travel website. You read. You were intrigued and soon you recognized an enthusiasm in these pages that seemed familiar because it was the same enthusiasm you carry inside. Face it, you're a travelaholic. Admitting it is always the first step. We're here to help. |
|  | New pages My newest completed pages starting with the newest are: Ihlara Valley, TurkeyZelve (and Devrent Valley), TurkeyDerinkuyu, TurkeyOrtahisar, TurkeyKayseri, TurkeyAgzikarahan, TurkeyQuito, EcuadorHacienda La Cienega, EcuadorLaguna Quilotoa, EcuadorTigua, EcuadorPujili, EcuadorParque Nacional Cotopaxi, Ecuador |
Where have I been recently? I was recently in Switzerland and Northern Italy with my wife for our one year anniversary trip. The Alps and Lake Como were highlights. Earlier in the spring, we went to Spain and had great time in Madrid, Granada and Barcelona. Prior to that, I was stilll flying solo in Turkey mostly exploring the bustling streets of Istanbul, but also climbing around the bizarre landscapes of Cappadoccia. | | | Iguassu Falls, Brazil/Argentina |
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| About to fly over Lake Atitlan |
| | Where am I going soon? Upcoming trips:
November: Fort Lauderdale and Miami
December: Dallas
Including Taiwan, Vatican City and Kosovo, there are 195 countries in the world, which means I've only been to 22% of them!! There's so much to look forward to in life! |
Home sweet home(s)! Here are the places that I've called HOME:
Minneapolis, MN: 1972
Hong Kong: 1972-1981
St. Paul, MN: 1981-1987
San Diego, CA: 1987-1990
Riverside, CA: 1990-1992
Kansas City, MO: 1992-1993
Charlotte, NC: 1993-2004
Philadelphia, PA: 2004-present | | | North Shore, Lake Superior, Minnesota, USA |
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| | Random thoughts . . . The worst pattern is a holding pattern. Waiting can be a merciless endeavor.
The world is an amazing contradiction; so big and small, beautiful and ugly, harmonic and discordant. It is indeed, a reflection of each of us.
VT is too much work!
Pages to build:
Scotland pages
Austria pages
Guatemala pages
Segovia
Minnesota
Valley Forge National Historic Park
Lambertville, NJ
Ricketts Glen State Park, PA
Jim Thorpe, PA
Kennebunkport, ME
Salem, MA
Poland pages
Syracuse, New York
Belgium pages
Paris, France
Mystic, Connecticut
Peru pages
Bolivia pages
Ecuador pages
Pages to heavily update:
Philadelphia
New York
USA
North America
Saint Paul, MN
Spain
Boston, MA
Cambridge, MA
Portland, ME |
For times when we're forced to stay at home . . . "Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands."
- Nigerian proverb | | |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| | I'm in Philly!! Well, my nearly eleven year run in Charlotte, North Carolina came to an end and looking back, I have to admit it was a great place to call home for all those years. I'll miss a lot of close friends, but I'm glad to be in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and I must admit, I feel more at home closer to family and in a bigger city.
"When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"
-- Judges 5:6
May both answers bring you joy and meaning along your journey . . . |
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wabIV Thu Oct 1, 2009 02:11 UTC
Hey Mark, I enjoyed your HP and Scotland pages. Congratulations on your marriage. Enjoy the potholes! | Hui-Hui Wed Sep 16, 2009 13:12 UTC
Yes, Taiwan is an independant country. ;) | richiecdisc Tue Jun 16, 2009 03:11 UTC
Man, the man is back? Hope your honeymoon is still en force. ;) You'll never escape me, you might as well just give in. lol | matcrazy1 Thu Jun 11, 2009 20:43 UTC
Many congratulations, Mark -))) You are a very priviliged man to have so beautiful wife! May I invite you both for the next official Euromeet in Krakow, Poland on the last weekend of May 2010? You are welcome very much! |
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