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California Christmas 2022, New Year 2023
Day 1. Friday, December 16, 2022 I woke up at 5:00 am today, three hours before the Uber driver was to drive us to the airport, and six hours before our flight. Our weather is below freezing, and that is the forecast for the rest of the day. By 6:00 am I was […]
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Wrist Operation August 2022
Thank you doctors David Siverhus and Adam Wooldridge and supporting team members
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Italy May 2022
We visited Rome, Florence, Montefioralle, Impruneta, Badia a Passignano, Tavarnuzze, San Gimignano, Volterra, Montepulciano, and Pienza, we walked in the Umbria region, from Assisi to Spello, to Bevagna, to Montefalco, to Trevi, to Campello Alto, to Spoleto.
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San Francisco and Walnut Creek, California. December 12, 2021, to January 5, 2022. A great vacation experience.
Day 1. Sunday, December 12, 2021. We left our condominium at 5:00 am using Uber to drive to Milwaukee General Mitchell Airport to travel to San Francisco International Airport. Our Delta flight had a stopover in the twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota to change planes. We elected to fly Delta Comfort to enjoy extra […]
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Barry’s on TV in the USA
After arriving in Brookfield, Wisconsin, USA, some 35 years ago, Linda and I were interviewed twice due to political developments in South Africa. One of our local television stations, TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV), is an NBC affiliate. For the first interview, news team Melodie Wilson and Mike Jacobs were on air, and reporter Bob Nenno interviewed us […]
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Fear. Creative writing by a beautiful teenager.
Olivia’s “Fear” Friday, July 30, 2021. Olivia, my 13-year-old granddaughter, took part in Red Oak Writing’s summer camp during the week of July 26, 2021. Friday 30th was a culmination of the week where each of the eleven participants shared their creative writing works. Kim Suhr, the Director, offers classes to adults and school-age students […]
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My Cape Town Conundrum. Factors in deciding an investment decision
The contrast: the United States of America with South Africa In a moment of irrational exuberance, I thought of buying an apartment in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. My sanity cautioned me, so I will not do it. Why not? In and around Cape Town, with views of The University of Cape Town, Cape […]
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COVID-19: Science behind vaccination development. Weekly updates with statistics and the latest news
It took Moderna 48 hours to produce a vaccination. It took 48 years to accomplish that feat. As you read this account, did you or your children elect to forgo vaccinations for Polio, Tetanus, Influenza, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, Rubella, Measles, Whooping Cough, Streptococcus vaccine, Mumps, Chickenpox, and Diphtheria? What about the pain inflicted […]
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Marriott Ocean Pointe, Singer Island, Florida, Vacation March 2021
With trepidation, we planned to stay at our timeshare at Marriott Ocean Pointe, Palm Beach Shores, on Singer Island, Florida, for a portion of February and March 2021.
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In A Class Of Our Own. Rondebosch Boys High School class of 1963
To have read about one’s erstwhile classmates before seeing them again at the 1963 class reunion would add even more to those brief encounters!
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Montagu Country Hotel, Western Cape. The only art deco hotel in South Africa
Montagu Country Hotel the only Art Deco hotel in South Africa
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Minocqua, Wisconsin, a lake resort vacation community
If you are looking for a great vacation spot, I highly recommend Minocqua, Wisconsin, and especially the Marmes’ cottage.
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Cape Town COVID-19 Adventure
We left the US on March 5, 2020, for a 37-day vacation in South Africa to visit family and friends.
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Timeless Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa
The Karoo in South Africa’s Western Cape provides some of the most fantastic touring sites and vacation places.
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Montagu, Western Cape, South Africa
A magnificent village full of charm and attractions. A great vacation spot.
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BluVines Restaurant. Montagu, Western Cape, South Africa. Not to be missed.
Richard Weilers opened his establishment in April 2019 after remodeling a farmhouse into a restaurant, wine tasting venue, and conference room facility.
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Huguenot Tunnel on Du Toits Kloof Pass
Western Cape, South Africa Living in Southeast Wisconsin, alongside Lake Michigan in the United States, where the countryside is flat, makes visiting southwestern South Africa around Cape Town and its environs exciting with its many majestic mountain ranges. You may get the impression that I am obsessed with the beauty of mountain passes of the […]
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My 50-year career. Life’s challenges, disappointments, and successes
As I look back on a 50-year career, what have I learned, and what have I achieved?
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Western Cape, South Africa. Impressions from my 75-day visit during Q1 2019. Comments about the history and political reality of the country.
The scenery in South Africa is magnificently dramatic. The beauty of the countryside with its vast, majestic mountains, great oceans, gorgeous weather, and a large variety of fauna and flora, is breathtaking.
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Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa. Together with history and select wine farm details
Franschhoek has blossomed as a tourist destination, especially with the wine farm tours and tastings.
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Paternoster, West Coast, Western Province, South Africa. A tourist destination
Paternoster is a fishing village set on the Atlantic seashore
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Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa. Great art, magnificent food
The Norval Foundation is home to one of the largest privately owned collections of South African modern art in the world.
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Boyes Drive, Cape Town, South Africa. A scenic route.
Cape Town is not short of scenic drives as you might have seen from the Chapman’s Peak Drive post. The YouTube video below starts on the main or beach road and exists onto Boyes Drive for a beautiful view as we crest the mountain and descend the other side to provide views that are even […]
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Chapman’s Peak Drive, Cape Town, South Africa. Scenic Splendor, Route History, and Upgrades
The magnificent Chapman’s Peak Drive
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A week on O‘ahu in Hawai‘i, a Magical Paradise, documented with historical information
With each thumbnail image or image, click to get a larger image. With multiple photographs, click on the far-right arrow to advance or the left arrow to go backward. In presenting photographs, I take them using a high-resolution camera, with my Nikon and a few with my iPhone. As a result, these are large and […]
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US Canadian Trip September/October 2018, 207 photographs, 10 videos, with historical and geographical information
Please click on the image(s) to see a larger display. It is the route we followed. Outbound on the northern route, homebound on the southern route. The Chocolate Garden and University of Michigan Logo Navigation: When viewing a larger photograph image, click on the photograph pointer at far right or left in the middle to advance […]
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Movie Experience, South African romantic movie in Afrikaans with English subtitles
A Uniquely Different Movie Experience. How did it come about that I watched an exceptional movie twice on the same day? A first in a lifetime experience. Wednesday, January 30, 2018, was my mother-in-law’s 91st birthday. I completed my daily tasks by lunchtime. What was I going to achieve in the afternoon? Going for a […]
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Homeless
I had an interesting encounter yesterday. The sequel was unpredictable. We live in a condominium complex consisting of three buildings. Ours is the largest, an L-shaped three-story with fifty-two units, named Cornerstone at New Berlin’s Residences at City Center. The heated parking garage is below our building. We bought our unit ten years ago. We […]
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Road Construction, Montagu, Western Cape, South Africa, comparison to Wisconsin, USA
We all understand that Governor Scott Walker of the State of Wisconsin is running for reelection in 2018. We also understand that to get re-elected he needs to follow the Republican playbook of cutting taxes for the very wealthiest mega donors and large corporations. We also understand that to pay for those incentives to the […]
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Jacques Pauw, South African Investigative Reporter, Author– President’s Keepers: Those keeping Zuma in power and out of prison, Restaurant Owner
Jacques Pauw, South Africa’s most celebrated investigative author. The President’s Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma in power and out of prison. Jacques’ book was released Friday, November 3, 2017, and sold out the first print run of 20,000 copies in hours. The African National Congress (ANC), the ruling government party in South Africa fought to have […]
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Home – New Berlin, Wisconsin
Unites States of America flag, map of the 48 contiguous states in America (excludes Alaska and Hawaii), map of Wisconsin, map of the Great Lakes, map of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, map of New Berlin, map of our condominium location, a photograph of a portion of our condominium complex, sculpture by Richard Taylor, a light pole […]
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Rondebosch Boys School, Cape Town, South Africa: My School Days
Rondebosch Boys High School 2013 50th Class Reunion. My rugby photographs with coaches left to right below: youthful me, Mr. Laidlaw U10A, Mr. (Mousy) Clive Young U15C, Prof. Tinkie Heyns U15C, Mr. Sam Wiggett U16B, Mr. Willem Dieperveen U19. Laidlaw (U10A) Back: Peter Barrett, Chris Munday, Hugh Hodge, Fred Versveld, Owen Ashley, Malcolm McCrosty, Center: Frank Einhorn, […]
John C. Barry
My reminiscences, thoughts, and travel experiences
