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Next Time You Fly Wear Loafers

Posted in A Fellowship Of Men and Women, David Earl Thomson, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, Travel, X-Ray Machine, http://www.cruisetocashflorida.com, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There you are, lining up with what appears to be several hundred other people. You are wearing a jacket, a backpack is slung over your shoulder and you have a carry-on-bag too. You are approaching the larger than human size white frame x-ray that you must walk through. Before you do, however, you [...]

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Renting a car in Rome — ugh.

Posted in Italy, Travel, Umbria Italy, renting a car in Italy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I had the great good fortune to spend at week in Italy at a farm house in Umbria with my wife.   Farm house is a mis-nomer, really.  It was a villa with lots of bedrooms, all of them with private baths.  There was also a large swimming pool.  It was heaven.  Getting there was not, [...]

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So you wanna know what I think about travel

Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

By the time the army took me for my first airplane ride a half a century ago I had crossed the United States three times. Twice by train, the glorious Santa Fe Chief and 20th Century Limited, and once by Greyhound Bus. The army flight was from California to Georgia on a chartered propeller driven [...]

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