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Tag: Baby boomers

Lost Luggage and More

July 27, 2023
carolkubota
Culture, Europe, Personal Stories, Women travelers

  Journal Entry Florence, Italy May 16, 2023 It has been an exciting day. Lesson 1 learned today:  Don’t wait for your bags to go through customs at Heathrow, London. Bags are automatically sent to your connecting flight, which is

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From Sears Catalog to Amazon Shopping

July 9, 2022July 9, 2022
carolkubota
Personal Stories

Oh, the things I remember growing up! Do you remember getting the JC Penny or Sears catalog in the mail? If you don’t then this post will be obsolete. The catalogs were big enough to stack on the chair at

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The Life of a Slurping Turtle

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021
carolkubota
Personal Stories, USA

The Slurping Turtle is a ramen restaurant in Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio. I am not a ramen fan, but I couldn’t resist the suggestion by my daughter and her friends to indulge in the seven choices of ramen

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A Cow at Rhine Falls

October 20, 2018September 27, 2020
carolkubota
Europe

Cow at the Rhine Falls, Switzerland I’m a very shiny brown Have black chipped horns And a black nose with a white stripe around it I sit posed with my legs bent back I am kneeling I never move A

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Forty Plus Years Later

October 5, 2018September 27, 2020
carolkubota
Personal Stories

Finding an old friend is like finding a lost treasure. Anthony Douglas Williams I don’t remember much about my High School classmates. What are their memories of me? I didn’t really like High School. I wasn’t popular. I didn’t excel

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Malahide Castle: A Gift From a Friend

August 10, 2018August 10, 2018
carolkubota
Europe

Malahide was not on my list of places to see in Ireland. I heard about it from one of the walking tours in Dublin. I was on my fifth day in Dublin and decided to explore the small town by

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10 Cultural Experiences in Switzerland

August 5, 2018August 5, 2018
carolkubota
Europe

1. No Free Restrooms known as “toiletines” There are no “free” restrooms in Switzerland. The price depends on which gender you are. Males can piss in the toilet for 1.5 CH ($1.50). Females cannot perform this technique very well. They

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Murren, Switzerland: North Face Hike

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018
carolkubota
Europe

Water bottle, hiking shoes, heavy socks, ham and cheese sandwiches, banana, apple, and backpack. Check. Ready to start my five-mil hike up the mountain in Murren, Switzerland. Fourteen young women and me. Our fourth hike for the week. The longest,

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