Budapest Hungary We had only a few hours before we had to head to the train station to get to our next destination.  We (My work colleagues and I ) woke up early wanting to explore a city none of us has been to before.  Our hotel was right in the middle of the Buda District which had a tremendous amount of sights to see.  Castle Hill is a historic district located in the heart of Budapest, Hungary. It is home to a number of important cultural and historical landmarks, including the Buda Castle, the Matthias Church, and the Fisherman's Bastion.The…

Budapest Hungary I arrived into Budapest in a hazy fog after flying for seventeen hours over night.   My first impressions of Budapest was what I remembered as a child watching the news with my parents about the European Communist countries.  It was rainy, cold and dreary.  The buildings and city was a bit run down the people looked tired and many a bit sad.   Like most of my travels I arrived into Budapest without much knowledge of the city or the history of Hungary.  This was one of only several trips I have made in to the Eastern Europe which…

Palm Springs Areal Tram Our morning started long before the sun was up.  Having jet lag from just arriving in Los Angeles the day before from the midwest had us up around 4:00 am wondering what to do.  My daughter Jayne and I were on a trip to California for a summer adventure together.  This was a nice treat to spend a full week with just one on one time.  This day we decided to head south to Joshua Tree National Park as the days highlight and decided on the way past that we couldn't just drive by this potential side trip…

Manzanar War Relocation Center Manzanar War Relocation Camp is a good place to stop and explore your way. Manzanar was a Japanese American internment camp located in the Owens Valley of California, USA. The camp was in operation from 1942 to 1945, during World War II, and was one of ten internment camps where Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated and incarcerated by the US government.The decision to establish internment camps was made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The government claimed that Japanese Americans, even those who were born in the…

Stonehenge On one of my trips to England we were traveling from one region to another was passing by Stonehenge.  It was a nice day so we decided to stop.  We were only there for about an hour but it was long enough to get a feel for what Stonehenge is about.Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, and is one of the most famous and enigmatic ancient sites in the world. The monument consists of a circular arrangement of large standing stones, which are believed to have been erected between 2500 BCE and 2000 BCE during the…