Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It’s considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and is known for it’s art, architecture, and cultural heritage. 4 people like this post. Like Unlike
Hancock, Maryland is an interesting little town with a couple of excellent restaurants (Weaver’s and Park-n-Dine), and it has become a sort of home-away-from-home over the years. While there, we rested, ate well, and cleaned the chains on the bikes as we prepared to leave for day two of our journey–destination Harpers Ferry! Over the [...]
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I flew on another plane to the big island of Java, it is in a country called Indonesia. The people here speak a similar language to the people in Malaysia. I visited a place called Borobudur, a temple that was built 1200 years ago – it is a very big for a building that is [...]
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Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town which is located near Naples in Italy. The town was destroyed and completely buried in 79 A.D. when the nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted over a two day period. It was so deeply buried, that it wasn’t rediscovered for almost 1700 years. There has been ongoing excavation since [...]
It was exciting to be hopping on a plane again to travel overseas. This time I visited Asia and the first stop was the capital city of Malaysia called Kuala Lumpur. There is a building called the Petronas Twin Towers and it is very beautiful in the evening. Shane told me that Petronas is the [...]
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Today I headed to Washington DC to enjoy the National Cherry Blossom Festival.It was chilly and cloudy but there was still a hoppin’ croud! We were located by the Smithsonian American History Museum on Constitution Avenue. The dancers and drummers from Tamagawa University had me hopping up and down. Here is the “Grand Marshall,” Atticus [...]
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Polly #11 just returned from a trip to Eastern Europe. You can’t imagine the fun that she had! In fact, she pranced her way through Prague! Yes, it’s true. She was so inspired by the beautiful scenery, she abandoned hopping in favor of prancing! Oh, I almost forgot to tell you–Prague is the capital and [...]
Wow! I have seen some big buildings in my froggy life, but this one is very, very tall! It is called the Burj Kahlifa and it is in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). When we were here, Shane told me many interesting things. Many people think that Dubai is the capital of the [...]
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