Awesome' Jon, I knew you were in Vietnam because Mark Novak mentioned it in a skype conversation last week. You're an amazing guy, unable to stay put. The north must have been bone-chilling cold. How do your joints hold up?
Let's have a beer when you return to debrief. Cheers, Mike
Sounds really fun! Jon! This all sounds really fun, calisthenics and all.
I am by the way a regular reader of your blog, though so far have been a lurker. I really enjoy seeing where you go --it's interesting and inspiring.
Keep posting!
I read this blog regularly but so far have been a lurker: I love reading about and seeing the pictures of your travels! Very cool, fun, and inspiring,too.
My fault for not keeping in touch! Please let us know when you're wheels touch down on Pac-coast. Oh, We didn't send you a X-mas card. Robin D. had a word with me. Sorry Jon. Keep the Faith brother! I'll happen. Thank you for keeping us in mind. Love Richard und Erika
Tourist? Hi Jon,
Let's see - the traffic, the electricity grid/wires, and the food. Ummm, I think I'll pass. Now I more fully understand what Colonel Kurtz meant when he murmured, "The Horror, the horror, the horror. . . ." or, er, perhaps he was referring to that lively Israeli dance.
recipe JP's pho recipe: hot water, leafy vegetables, noodles, and beef. Add the beef raw and it cooks in the hot water. But really there are dozens of types of soup and they all sort of seem the same to me. But in this cold weather it really hits the spot!
Thank you, Dr. Jon, f. sharing your experiences in Portugal. I also like Fado music and places v. much. Right now I am w. husband Bob at Bear Valley Music Festival where we spend a week every year bef. going two days to Mammoth f. old memories sake and then a week camping
in Tuolumne Meadows, including the Poetry Festival there on the third Aug. weekend w. open house on Sat. night where Bob presents 5 new jokes. Sep 1st we fly f. 3 weeks to Germany. Friends want to take us to the most beautiful place in the world: Santa Maddalena in the Villnoes Valley the Dolmites . When Bob was there
one night 12 yrs ago he said he'd rather be in the Sierras. There is beauty everywhere. All the best, fondly, Charlotte.
John,
thanks for including me in your sojourn's experience; I appreciate the abbreviated contact with you, your father and mother in the hospital; I was quite surprised to hear of your dad's death and wish you heartfelt condolences about your loss. What a wonderful way to attune to your grief by taking " neutral" ground and dancing with the ever changing outside foreign world. Of course it may not be so much that the world around us is changing as much as we are. Maybe that's what the dance is all about.
Be careful in Russia-- the trains are not as punctual and the hooligans are more extant. Drink plenty of vodka, howl at the moon, and let go.
gk
letting the ever-changing world
your writings delight me Hi Jon - I love reading about your adventures. You transport the reader through your adventures...a true art. Thinking about you and hoping all is well. Take care, my friend!
Didn't know of your'e plans. Jon/Deb: Shucks didn't know yer plans. We loved Portugal. Three weeks there in '95. Sorry about your'e father. Really. Are you going to madiera? Went marlin fishing there/struck out. loved Porto, Sintra, and Quimbra and esp. Evora with it's Roman...well, you know. We love you Jon/Deb so keep the linear comin' Erika and your'e Dick
missing you Hi Jon,
Reading this entry, as they all do, just made me miss you. I am glad you are on this trip, as I know that travel is an elemental part of you and will help you on many levels. It was wonderful to see you and Ben and Laura at your Dad's memorial. I am so, so glad I made it, late or not. It was cathartic for me, being there again, seeing your mom and saying goodbye to your dad. I hope we can get together, all of us again, under happier skies when you get home.
Love you, M
wish I was there Dad,
It's great to have a little window into your adventures. Makes me feel less like I'm wasting my summer away in foggy San Francisco. Very glad you are getting the time u need away from all the stress and obligations at home. I agree with limiting the touristy things, the best way to take in Europe is discovering cool little cafe's, people watching and losing yourself in the streets. (I hear they are also supposed to have some great beaches in Portugal.) A lot of this stuff reminds me of Spain, I remember the same thing happening in Madrid, waking up at 2 in the morning to a parade of drunks outside my window. Fun stuff. That video above must be from the bullfight right? I recognize the word "BASTA" on the signs, if it's the same in Portuguese as it is in Spanish, it means "enough". From the way you describe it it sounds like cruelty to animals and humans.
Keep up the great work!
Love,
Laura
thinking of you Hi Jon,
Thanks for including me on your travel blog. I'm glad to see that you still have that travel bug, and you still continue to share wonderful photos and writing.
I am mainly writing because I wanted to tell you how very sorry I was to hear about your father.
I hope that you are able to soon find a sense of peace and calm around his passing.
My condolences to your mother, sibling, and Laura and Ben.
Take care, and maybe we'll run into each other one of these days.
xxoo
Diane
travelblog Jon,
Knowing you are without a physical presence of your father's eyes meandering over a map--opened my heart and flooded my eyes, with tears. I can only imagine how you feel. I am so sorry for the loss of your father, your mentor, your friend. I imagine it's very different trip this time.
Explore as you do, love as you are and keep our hearts open with magic of your words.
Love,
Kimmi
I officially started my travel addiction during a Fulbright year in Zimbabwe back in 1991. Since then I've had a number of visiting professor gigs in interesting places. In a good year I'm able to squeeze in two or three trips. Sometimes I feel like I could simply not return and spend the rest of my life living out of my suitcase.
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Jon, I knew you were in Vietnam because Mark Novak mentioned it in a skype conversation last week. You're an amazing guy, unable to stay put. The north must have been bone-chilling cold. How do your joints hold up? Let's have a beer when you return to debrief. Cheers, Mike