Category: Travel
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Rondebosch Boys High School 1963 Reunion, Cape Town, South Africa, March 2023
Rondebosch is a southern suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. In January 1952 I started my schooling at Rondebosch Boys Preparatory School in Sub A (Grade 1). Seven years later in January 1959, I progressed to Rondebosch Boys High School. Now in Standard 6 (grade 8), I advanced to my senior year, Standard…
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Alcatraz, California, December26, 2022
Alcatraz, California, December 26, 2022 On December 26, 2022, I traveled with my family on a tour of Alcatraz. This was not my first visit as I had visited many years ago, and to be honest, I do not recall too much detail from that initial visit. I found this experience to be very…
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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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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.Â
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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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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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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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Arabian Horses: Montagu, Western Cape, South Africa
Areli Arabian endurance horses