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I have been lucky enough to have travelled to a few places, although there are still so many more to visit.
Travelling has been the best learning experience in all respects, allowing me to learn about people, culture and myself, as well as giving me the opportunity to see and experience a small part of our history, architecture and nature.
I was lucky enough to have the chance to live and work for a few years in the Czech Republic. There is no better way to experience a country and its people.

The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost

Rainy Copenhagen

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

This is a verse (I believe a Sanskrit proverb) that I have kept with me and carried around for many years:

Look to this day;
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived,
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day.

Intro Updated Jun 27, 2004
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Comments (26)

ncfg Nov 21, 2011 at 12:16 PM Report Abuse

Hi Alan, i'm glad you are back. I hope you are ok. Nat
traveloturc Aug 29, 2007 at 10:58 PM Report Abuse

Happy birthday to you from Istanbul / Turkiye ..I wish that you realize all your dreams ...good luck
hotshot0428 Sep 17, 2004 at 8:52 AM Report Abuse

Hello Vcela's: Wish you good health and happiness on your bithday. And also thank you very much for "Best Wishes on my Birthday" Better late than never. Sorry I only have time right now to responds. Cheers~~~~~~~~
Fergie01 Aug 30, 2004 at 4:42 PM Report Abuse

Hi! Happy Birthday To You!! Hope you have a lovely day. Cheers from Deana in Port Hope, Ontario.
Avieira67 Aug 30, 2004 at 2:47 PM Report Abuse

Hello! Happy birthday. From Azores.
evona Aug 30, 2004 at 6:51 AM Report Abuse

Hi! Happy birthday to you! Best wishes from Poland! :)
saidur_khan Aug 30, 2004 at 4:43 AM Report Abuse

Hi there, wish you a very HAPPY and GREAT BIRTHDAY. Greetings from Bangladesh.
tvor Aug 30, 2004 at 2:47 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday and many more!
dsantosh Aug 29, 2004 at 8:31 PM Report Abuse

Alan, many many happy returns of the day. Wishing you a happy birthday and great time. Greetings from India. Your travel pages, albums and tips are superb.
Cinamon Jul 21, 2004 at 6:04 PM Report Abuse

Thanks for your greetings. Have a nice day :) Anna.