October 13-14, 2001 There are no "must see" tourist sights in Oban, but a large stretch of the bus ride from Glasgow to Oban through mountains, castle ruins ...
October 14-17, 2001 On the ferry ride from Oban to Mull, there was a loud, yet cheerful Texan sounding person in a group. "This must be the American boat," I...
October 20 & 23, 2001 I have never seen so many people being part of the daily routine in a Northern city like this. I thought that this might have been due to...
October 21-22, 2001 There is no escape… the crowds are here too, at least on the weekends where throngs of so many walkers/hikers singing "If you're Happy...
This page is available on-line in HTML format with PICTURES at http://sauntering.cjb.net/LewesEngland.htm November 5, 2001 Where are burning crosses, hanging...
December 10, 2001 Film buffs will know Cannes for it's famous movie festival and it carries the movie star reputation with a marina of yachts, but it really...
December 9-11, 2001 To momentarily detox from working at a greeting card website like one of Santa's elves in the Christmas season, Ritsuko and I escape to ...
December 24-31, 2001 The American flags hanging everywhere warrant making note that this is a different place than when I left it. I didn't understand the new ...
Summer 1998 I've alluded to the critical point and unknown character who influenced the next four years (at least) of my life in just five minutes. For those...
I would stay and love you, Abisko, but the weathers got the best of your mood today. I'll think of you in the winter when the snow blankets your body in the...
January 13, 2002 "Everything we say is becoming true," Tony noted early. It was too bad I had told about the Swiss mountain climber I met around here in ...
February 23, 2002 Since the time I first visited Brighton, it has gained "city status." The new Brighton City encompasses not only all of Brighton, but also ...
had a good trip to Switzerland last month... didn't really become great until Gimmelwald though - and then it was top notch Zürich, Switzerland March 12 & 19,...
March 13-15, 2002 There it is! Right out of the train and the Alpine air fills my lungs instantly reminding me of Austria. There's something about that clean ...
March 14, 2002 The train's got a cute toot-toot whistle and it's a fine feeling -5c on the peaks today. The slope here is for expert skiers that spurt out and...
March 14, 2002 On the early ride back down Mount Titlis, there was still much skiing and sledding going on below the high altitude windstorm, but my time was...
March 15-16, 2002 Para gliders drop here from the sky off unseen mountainsides into the center of this pocket town. There are 500-year-old giant dark wood ...
March 16-18, 2002 Gimmelwald, Switzerland (not to be confused with near by Grindelwald which sounds like a big Murren) Off the cable car and left as the only...
March 17-18, 2002 Judging by the shops, every citizen owns 80 Swiss Army knives, 10 pairs of skis, 20 watches, a wardrobe of snow pants and eats a chocolate...
March 17, 2002 I think I can see lakes and cities over the next mountains and the directions appear to have snow covered mountains to infinity! The weather is...
May 20-21, 2002 When I asked Ivan what was typical Slovene, he thought for a moment and said, "It is that we are small on the map, yet it takes more than a day...
May 21-22, 2002 I made it to Koper and the bus for Piran was waiting for the train and my first 30 seconds in Koper did not give me the impulse to stay, so ...
I arrived in Koper by boat, which shows a much more pleasing side than the train and bus stations. It's old winding streets have the charm of Piran, but the...
May 22-23, 2002 Unfortunately, I've missed the best of Croatia due to time constraints and a cumbersome train system as found in Pula. Arriving by boat to ...
May 23, 2002 Now they are holding her up, slapping her wrists, starting to panic, holding open her eyes. I go back to the pizza place and they find some who...
May 23-26, 2002 They have covered the spring and brook, tore down the bridge, demolished the old houses and narrow streets long ago here in Zagreb. It's...
This over due post is on-line with pictures at: http://venus.spaceports.com/~bachmann/sauntering/KobeJapan.htm and http://sauntering.cjb.net/KobeJapan.htm ...
this journal entry is on-line with pictures at: http://venus.spaceports.com/~bachmann/sauntering/KyotoJapan.htm and http://sauntering.cjb.net/KyotoJapan.htm ...
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