"Here and Now!" topoftheworl's Profile


"'Tis strange how people find time to hate, when life is too short for love.'"

Thanks, Dad.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

There are certain quirks at VT. It lists only major towns. I plan my trips around small towns, that few people know of. Ergo, you will find Krimmlphalz, the highest waterfall in Europe, under Feldkirsche, Hallstatt under Salzburg and my favorite village in Germany, under Munich.

Feldkirsche also contains a travelogue as does San Francisco, where I live.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
So do the ripples in the mind...

And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home"

[Credits on the Feldkirch travelogue,
Austria, To meet the Muse]

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In a many dark hour I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.
"With God on Our Side"
Bob Dylan, 1963
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

"If you can walk with kings, and not lose the common touch, you will be a man, my son"
The Savage Nation

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields."

John McCrae's "In Flanders Field"
Flanders Field is a burial ground for Americans who died in WW I
http://www.inflandersfields.be/english/eng-index.html

HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY, AMERICA

  • Intro Updated Jul 26, 2006
  • Report Abuse

Comments (124)

Post a Comment   Submit Comment  
  • beanie777's Profile Photo
    beanie777 Apr 18, 2012 at 8:47 AM Report Abuse

    Stopped by to read your page again... always uplifting... Though so much time has passed, you are still remembered and dearly missed.

  • ligaya's Profile Photo
    ligaya Jul 31, 2011 at 2:16 PM Report Abuse

    Happy birthday Topper, hope you have a good one!

  • teevee Jul 29, 2011 at 8:39 AM Report Abuse

    Glad your pages are alive in your memory Topps, glad I dropped by. You're still remembered by some of us old timers!

  • roamer61's Profile Photo
    roamer61 Jul 25, 2011 at 5:53 AM Report Abuse

    Hey Topper. We all miss your presence here in VT.

  • michanth's Profile Photo
    michanth Sep 6, 2010 at 3:13 PM Report Abuse

    I think of you from time to time and miss our chats. I still have the photo you sent to me and one day I will be looking out that very same window and thinking of you yet again.

  • smilyst9's Profile Photo
    smilyst9 Jul 25, 2010 at 8:18 AM Report Abuse

    Happy Birthday!

  • Redlats's Profile Photo
    Redlats Dec 2, 2009 at 3:03 PM Report Abuse

    Topp, I was thinking about you and VT chat today. Hopefully Chat is working in your current location.

  • ombre's Profile Photo
    ombre May 14, 2009 at 9:25 AM Report Abuse

    I only heard this bad news yesterday.I always said you were a wanker but that not to say your not a great guy .mate vt should bring back chat in your name .you were a legend of vt chat

  • irisbe's Profile Photo
    irisbe Apr 9, 2009 at 10:17 PM Report Abuse

    My condolences to your family. You have left us too early.

  • atufft's Profile Photo
    atufft Mar 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM Report Abuse

    We shared a fondness for Bagdad-by-the-Bay. Sorry to learn of your passing...alan

Share your travels with the world!

Join Now!
topoftheworl's Profile Photo

topoftheworl

“"... to shut up and listen..."”

Online Now

Male

Top 10,000 Travel Writer
Member Rank:
0 7 7 3 8
Real Name
Topp
Location
San Francisco, California
Member Since
Feb 26, 2000

Badges & Stats

  • 43 Reviews
  • 157 Photos
  • 76,709PageViews
  • 6 Countries
  • 12 Cities

Latest Activity

See All Activity

Top hotels

Paris Hotels
26629 Reviews - 52009 Photos
New York City Hotels
19521 Reviews - 30170 Photos
London Hotels
26555 Reviews - 43845 Photos
Orlando Hotels
3820 Reviews - 5652 Photos
Las Vegas Hotels
9801 Reviews - 16221 Photos
Rome Hotels
14030 Reviews - 24808 Photos
Dubai Hotels
2643 Reviews - 5927 Photos
Sharm El Sheikh Hotels
1513 Reviews - 2285 Photos
Myrtle Beach Hotels
387 Reviews - 422 Photos
Barcelona Hotels
11814 Reviews - 20924 Photos
Kuala Lumpur Hotels
7102 Reviews - 12693 Photos
Goa Hotels
2324 Reviews - 3734 Photos
Panama City Beach Hotels
219 Reviews - 281 Photos
Istanbul Hotels
8966 Reviews - 18403 Photos
Bangkok Hotels
11758 Reviews - 20955 Photos