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drac16
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San Juan, Puerto Rico. There are lots of cool looking buildings. There’s a rich history to San Juan and the people are very friendly to tourists. I went there on a cruise.
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Tommy999
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Cool picture
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Tommy999
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This confirms my desire to go to Holy Land. Lord, may it be so some day.
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Tommy999
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I went there once for a couple of days on a stopover. I liked the old part of the city. A lot of white buildings, cobblestone streets, lighthouse, etc if I recall correctly.
I agree that the people are nice there, too. I believe they are a US territory, but there was a strong independence sentiment when I was there, but that was a long time ago.
I agree that the people are nice there, too. I believe they are a US territory, but there was a strong independence sentiment when I was there, but that was a long time ago.
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Irishmom2
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I have seen that on tv and it is amazing!
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Procla
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Yes, midges are similar to mosquitoes.
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BartholomewB
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It’s even more impressive face to face!
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Tambo
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I guess my favorite destination at the time was the US, had been here once on vacation, then met my wife (American) and eventually moved here around 2 decades ago.
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Tommy999
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We’re glad to have you in the USA, Tambo.
We’re also grateful that you shared those beautiful photos of Australia with us.
We’re also grateful that you shared those beautiful photos of Australia with us.
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JanR
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Hubby and I took a very meaningful trip back in 2014, where we traveled down to southern California and revisited all of our old haunts there, that still exist.
Since I was born and grew up in the San Diego, Bonita, Otay, South Bay areas, I was able to revisit my old elementary school, Ella B. Allen, which I had attended through the fourth grade. The security is a lot tighter today – we had to show IDs before they would let us onto the campus. But once there, I found it’s outward appearance and the location of things had not changed that much. They’ve added a central garden, which the kids and staff take care of, which I found to be lovely. They still have flowering vines entwined around the eaves and posts which line the corridors between the classrooms, just as they had when i was there as a kid.
It was a wonderful trip, in the middle of April, and very hot.
We stayed at my brother’s home in San Marcos, and I’m glad we went when we did. The following Spring, in 2015, the wildfires raged through north San Diego county, and my brother almost lost his home. And, all because a troubled, 17-year-old girl was playing with matches in her back yard during the severe drought, and the wind carried an ember into the dried brush, which was like a tinder box that immediately went up in flames.
I was also able to revisit our grandparents’ old house in Chula Vista. And I was delighted when I found that the current resident is the same lady whose husband had purchased the house directly from our grandpa, and she still recognized his surname. She gracious allowed us inside to see what it now looks like (I had promised we wouldn’t touch anything or take pictures indoors). While the house has been modernized, the layout is still the same as it was all those years ago, and even the outside looks the same. She had the stucco repainted, but matched the original green color as closely as she could. I couldn’t tell the difference.
I also got to revisit the land on which our family lima bean ranch had been located, but where Southwestern College now stands. I recognized some of the original soil in the dirted areas.
Hubby and I revisited our old apartment in Oceanside, where we had lived from 1983 through June of 1995. We had our residence upstairs, and hubby had his business in one of the two suites downstairs.
He also visited his very first apartment that he lived in after being discharged from the Marine Corp. That was in Fallbrook.
All of that area is much more crowded today, and much more built up. Wall-to-wall people, even on the beaches.
In 2019, we took another trip to California, to Oroville, where I visited the grave of my (and my siblings’) biological grandfather and gifted him with a poem and a lovely, multi-colored bouquet of roses. He is buried, along with his second wife, in the veterans section, having served in the Navy in the early 1920s.
Both trips were beautiful, and we took lots of pictures to commemorate and preserve those experiences.
Since I was born and grew up in the San Diego, Bonita, Otay, South Bay areas, I was able to revisit my old elementary school, Ella B. Allen, which I had attended through the fourth grade. The security is a lot tighter today – we had to show IDs before they would let us onto the campus. But once there, I found it’s outward appearance and the location of things had not changed that much. They’ve added a central garden, which the kids and staff take care of, which I found to be lovely. They still have flowering vines entwined around the eaves and posts which line the corridors between the classrooms, just as they had when i was there as a kid.
It was a wonderful trip, in the middle of April, and very hot.
We stayed at my brother’s home in San Marcos, and I’m glad we went when we did. The following Spring, in 2015, the wildfires raged through north San Diego county, and my brother almost lost his home. And, all because a troubled, 17-year-old girl was playing with matches in her back yard during the severe drought, and the wind carried an ember into the dried brush, which was like a tinder box that immediately went up in flames.
I was also able to revisit our grandparents’ old house in Chula Vista. And I was delighted when I found that the current resident is the same lady whose husband had purchased the house directly from our grandpa, and she still recognized his surname. She gracious allowed us inside to see what it now looks like (I had promised we wouldn’t touch anything or take pictures indoors). While the house has been modernized, the layout is still the same as it was all those years ago, and even the outside looks the same. She had the stucco repainted, but matched the original green color as closely as she could. I couldn’t tell the difference.
I also got to revisit the land on which our family lima bean ranch had been located, but where Southwestern College now stands. I recognized some of the original soil in the dirted areas.
Hubby and I revisited our old apartment in Oceanside, where we had lived from 1983 through June of 1995. We had our residence upstairs, and hubby had his business in one of the two suites downstairs.
He also visited his very first apartment that he lived in after being discharged from the Marine Corp. That was in Fallbrook.
All of that area is much more crowded today, and much more built up. Wall-to-wall people, even on the beaches.
In 2019, we took another trip to California, to Oroville, where I visited the grave of my (and my siblings’) biological grandfather and gifted him with a poem and a lovely, multi-colored bouquet of roses. He is buried, along with his second wife, in the veterans section, having served in the Navy in the early 1920s.
Both trips were beautiful, and we took lots of pictures to commemorate and preserve those experiences.
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Tommy999
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A trip down memory lane for a vacation… great idea, provided the memories are pleasant ones, like yours obviously were.
I would imagine it’s like time standing still when things look just like they did when you used to live there.
For me, it’s more depressing when I return to where I grew up because the old neighborhood has gone downhill, the old grade school that was there for over a century was demolished and not replaced, which now requires students in that area to go elsewhere to school.
However, I am glad your experience going back to your old stomping grounds was a pleasant one. Sounds like it rekindled some fond memories for you, which is always nice.
I would imagine it’s like time standing still when things look just like they did when you used to live there.
For me, it’s more depressing when I return to where I grew up because the old neighborhood has gone downhill, the old grade school that was there for over a century was demolished and not replaced, which now requires students in that area to go elsewhere to school.
However, I am glad your experience going back to your old stomping grounds was a pleasant one. Sounds like it rekindled some fond memories for you, which is always nice.
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Tommy999
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Just finished watching a Rick Steves’ travel show that featured Germany, specifically the region of Bavaria. I really liked it. Towns like Rothenburg, little towns, monasteries, and beautiful scenery.
Just curious if anyone has been there before and if it was as nice as it appears on TV.
Just curious if anyone has been there before and if it was as nice as it appears on TV.
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