I have always loved to go to new places and see new things. My first plane ride was when I was two years old and though I don’t remember all of the nine-hour flight, I do remember small parts of the Lufthansa flight. The stewardess (1980) was surely annoyed with my inclination to run down the aisle only to turn and run back to my mother again. Her solution was to give me a pair of plastic junior pilot pin on wings and a basket of chocolate and small toys. I do not remember that visit to Germany but the trip definitely left an impression on me.
I have travelled many airlines, from California to New York and London to Dubai. Ships have provided transportation between exotic islands from Mexico, the Bahamas and the Maldives. I even spent the night on the Nile in Egypt on a small boat! Old fashioned travel on modern trains carried me to historic spots across Europe and across the United States. Cars, cars have been one of the best forms of transportation all over the world. In a Citroen, I zipped across Europe in ten days seeing the Eiffel Tower to the casinos in Monaco and the gothic spires in Prague. Wandering has led me to to many great places, some of which I will definitely need to return to, to discover how these places have affected my heritage.
