Cold Turkey in Heidelberg: Audio Story
Posted on December 17, 2009 - Filed Under Audio, Germany, Holiday | Leave a Comment
Heidelberg Castle ©Russell Johnson
What do you do when you are alone during a holiday, stuck in a place that doesn’t celebrate it? A few years ago I flew to Germany the day before Thanksgiving for a 1/2 hour business meeting. The meeting was a bust and alone, in a foul mood on a bone-chilling afternoon, [...]
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Cold Turkey - Holiday in Heidelberg [4:56m]: Giving Wings to Grandma: An Interview With Joe Sutter, The Father of the Boeing 747
Posted on February 10, 2009 - Filed Under Audio, Tech & Science, Travel Biz | Leave a Comment
Joseph Sutter- Photo© 2005 Russell Johnson
Airlines come and go. But one airplane, put in service in 1970 by Pan Am and designed and built by Boeing is still flying, still being manufactured and, like Swiss Cheese or a Brooks Brothers suit, still looks the same. It is that ubiquitous, bulbous Cyrano of the skies, [...]
Read More..>>Tales from the Waiting Room: San Francisco and Bangkok
Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under Audio, Health Travel, Thailand | Leave a Comment
Last month I visited doctors twice: in San Francisco to have a spot of sun damage checked, and in Bangkok for a physical. As Mrs. Kuchenbecker, my sixth grade teacher said, “Let us compare und contrast.”
SAN FRANCISCO
I make an appointment, the doctor will see me in about a month. I show up on time, [...]
Christmas in Fiji (with podcast)
Posted on December 15, 2007 - Filed Under Audio, Fiji, Holiday | Leave a Comment
Choirs, Coups and Long Canoes
Where do you go to find a spirited Christmas celebration? Give me Fiji any day. As the temperature teases the freezing tick on the thermometer and our two cats, Max and Moritz stalk the house looking for non-existent pools of light, my mind drifts on the trade winds to Fiji sunshine. [...]
On Foot in London
Posted on December 6, 2007 - Filed Under Audio, London | Leave a Comment
As a Monty Python fan, London in my minds eye is a city of silly walks: eccentric lopes, tortured tangos and Teutonic goose steps. It is really quite opposite that, in fact. That’s why the Pythons were funny. Last week in London, Pat and I settled into an apartment off Fleet Street and toured [...]
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