ITALY

POP-58,147,733.....AV/YR INCOME .$31.000

ITALY IS A VERY FASCINATING COUNTRY.....I COULD NOT FIND THE VARIETIES OF PIZZAS THAT WE HAVE HERE.......I ENJOYED TH E DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT I GOT VISITING..... POMPEII.....,PISA.... ROME FLORENCE .....AND VENICE.

ITALY-PISA

WHEN IS THE TOWER GOING TO FALL....???? PROBABLY NOT SOON... THEY ARE CONSTANTLY PROPPING IT UP

ITALY-ROME

IN ROME I REALIZED HOW THIS CITY HAS MORE THAN ANY OTHER HELP KEEP CHRISTIANITY ALIVE. ....WHEN I VISITED THE SISTINE CHAPEL I COULD NOT HELP IMAGINING PAINT DRIPPING FROM THE CEILING INTO MICHELANGELO'S EYES......OF COURSE I MADE A WISH AT THE  TREVI FOUNTAIN.......THE COLOSSEUM BROUGHT UP IMAGES OF ALL THE GRUESOME SPECTACLES PREFORMED THERE.

ITALY-VENICE

VENICE IS ALWAYS PORTRAYED AS A ROMANTIC CITY OF COUPLES RIDING IN A GONDOLA KISSING.....I DID NOT SEE TO MANY COUPLES KISSING.......I SAW A LOT OF PIGEONS KISSING.

ENGLAND

POP-60,776,238.........AV/YR INCOME$   12,000

OUR FATHER ,WHO ART ENGLAND

THANK YOU FOR OUR ........LANGUAGE .....CUSTOMS,......HISTORY,......SUPPORT.... AND FRANKLIN,.......WASHINGTON .......AND JEFFERSON

HAITI

POP.-8,706,497.....AV/YR INCOME $1,300

I WAS IN A RE-HAB FACILITY FOR A BROKEN ANKLE BECAUSE OF THE FEB 2011 SNOW............ONE OF MY NURSES WAS FROM HAITI.............MY IMPRESSION OF THE POOREST COUNTRY IN THIS HEMISPHERE WAS ONE WITHOUT A MEDICAL SCHOOL......MY NURSE INFORMED ME THAT HAITI WAS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COUNTRY WITH ....THE RICH....,A MIDDLE CLASS AND ../.....AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE NUMBER OF POOR PEOPLE 

SAN DOMINGO

POP-9,365,818......AV/YR  INCOME-$8,100

ONE SIDE OF THE ISLAND IS POOR....THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND IS RELATIVLY WELL OFF........ONE SIDE OF THE ISLAND IS BLACK ...THE OTHER SIDE IS RELATIVLY WHITE..........ONE SIDE OF THIS ISLAND IS HAITI ...THE OTHER SIDE IS SAN DOMINGO WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS ISLAND'S PICTURE..????????????????????

PUERTO RICO

POP.-3,944,259.....AV/YR.INCOME17,000


\COME ON PEOPLE....WE SPENT MILLIONS UPON MILLION OF DOLLAR AND LOST THOUSANDS OF OUR CHILDREN IN PLACES LIKE KOREA......,VIETNAM,.....IRAQ,.......AND.......AFGHANISTAN TRYING TO GIVE THOSE  INHABITANTS THE VOTE ..........YET PUERTO RICO , WASHINGTON D.C....AND OTHERS.......... STILL DON'T HAVE FULL VOTING RIGHTS

MOROCCO

POP.-33,757,175......AV/YR INCOME...$4,000

WHEN I TOURED MOROCCO ,I DID IT ON A BROKEN ANKLE IN IT SEVENTH WEEK OF HEALING...NOT A HAPPY SITUATION.....HOWEVER I SAW A ASTONISHING COUNTRY ,,,PURCHASED A FABULOUS CHESS SET AND ATE SOME DELICIOUS FOOD

HOLLAND/NETHERLAND

pop-16,570613.....av./yr income$40,000

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY ,MY VIEW OF HOLLAND WAS A LITTLE BOY TRYING TO SAVE HOLLAND BY STICKING HIS FINGER INTO A HOLE IN A DIKE............WHEN I VISITED THE COUNTRY ,I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYED TO MANAGE FLOODING ......I LOVED THE VISIT TO THE MINIATURE CITY OF MADURODAM....AND I WAS AWED BY THEIR FLOWER INDUSTRY...AT PRESENT .....I APPRECIATE THEIR LIBERALISM IN THE TOLERATION OF WEED AND FACILITATION OF ASSISTED SUICIDES

SPAIN

POP-40,448,191......AV/YR INCOME-$34,600

 ARE YOU ABLE TO CONNECT OUR IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS TO A GUY NAMED COLUMBUS CONNING A GAL NAMED ISABELLA OUT OF SOME MONEY ?

......I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING HOW ONE CAN DISCOVER A TERRITORY THAT ALREADY HAS INHABITANTS

ST.THOMAS/VIRGIN ISLANDS

POP-108,448......AV/YR INCOME-$14,000

I HAVE TO COME BACK HERE DURING CARNIVAL TIME....IN THE MEAN
TIME .........LETS WORK ON GIVING THESE PEOPLE THE ............VOTE.

FRANCE

POP-63,718,167......AV/YR INCOME....$32,700

TAKE AN INVISIBLE LINE CALLED A BORDER  ...THAT SEPARATES A GROUP OF PEOPLE .........AND SEE WHAT RESULTS ....I.E. FRENCH,,,,,GERMANS.....SPANISH......PORTUGUESE...ETC.......LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE ........PERSONALITIES ......LAWS...... GOVERNMENTS ........CLOTHES, FOODS ...RELIGIONS

INDIA

pop.-1,129,866,154......av/yr income $2,800

 A TRIP TO INDIA CHANGES YOU.....WHAT DO YOU DO ,..WHEN YOUR GUIDE TELLS YOU NOT TO GIVE ANYTHING TO THE UNBELIEVABLE POOR PEOPLE SURROUNDING THE BUS ......BECAUSE IT MIGHT INCITE A RIOT.....ONE LEARNS SOMETHING ABOUT THEM SELVES IN INDIA ......INDIA BRINGS YOU TO TEARS BUT ALSO MAKES YOU STRONGER......YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT POVERTY IN AMERICAN WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT POVERTY IN THE WORLD ....YES YOU CAN ....TALK ....BUT I WILL NOT LISTEN,......THE HERO'S IN INDIA SET THE STANDARD FOR HERO'S

NEPAL

pop-28,901,790....av/yr income$1,100

NEPAL

-JUMPING OFF POINT FOR CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST

-I HAD A VERY HARD TIME JUST WALKING UP A UP SLANTED ROAD

-LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS USED DURING A HINDU RITUAL

-HOTEL MANAGEMENT PUT A HOT BRICK UNDER MY BED COVERS AT NIGHT

BELGIUM

AFTER WAKING UP IN BRUSSELS,ONE THING WAS ON MY MIND.....BREAKFAST...CAN YOU GUESS WHAT I ORDERED FOR BREAKFAST ?....BELGIUM WAFFLES...

AFTER BREAKFAST THE WANDERING AROUND BEGAN.... A INTERESTING SITE HERE ..............A BEAUTIFUL SITE THERE....A BELGIUM DAMSEL THERE.....

AUSTRIA

Pop.-8,199,783...av/yr income $39,000

AFTER DRIVING THROUGH GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND AND SUDDENLY HEARING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IN THE AIR.....WHAT DO YOU DO???? ...YOU HEAD FOR AUSTRIA.......IN AUSTRIA THE MUSICAL WORLDS OF MOZART...STRAUSS....SCHUBERT..BEETHOVEN...THE VIENNA BOY'S CHOIR ENVELOPE YOU.....YOU FEEL LIKE DANCING THE VIENNESE WALTZ..IN THE SCHONBRUNN PLACE OR IN ONE OF THE MANY VIENNA BALLS OR ..........STRUTTING LIKE THE LIPIZZANER'S HORSES............YOU'LL GET A STRANGE TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH FOR WIENER SCHNITZEL AND  VIENNA SAUSAGES .......AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH VIENNA YOU MARVEL AT THE MANY COLORS OF HOUSES PAINTED BY HUNDDERWASSER

SWITZERLAND

Pop.-7,554,661....av/yr income $40,900

SPEEDING SOUTH ON THE GERMAN AUTOBAHN YOU RUN SMACK INTO SWITZERLAND..

.DON'T LEAVE UNTIL YOU VISIT THE TOWN OF LUCERNE....TAKE THE CABLE CAR TO THE TOP OF MOUNT POLITUS AND CHECK INTO THE HOTEL THERE AND .......ENJOY .......ENJOY........ ENJOY

GERMANY

Pop.-82,400,996....av/yr income$34,000

WHEN I DROVE INTO GERMAN FROM THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES........

I WAS DYING TO SEE A MENU TO MY

LIKING......VIOLA.......BRATWURSTS...NOW....THAT'S.. MY LANGUAGE.

I HAVE RETURNED TO GERMANY MANY TIMES AND ALWAYS ENJOY THEIR CASTLES ..RIVERS ..AND CULTURE

LATELY.ANOTHER ART FORM SEEM TO BE PROLIFERATING.........................GRAFFITI

DENMARK

Pop,-5,468,120.....av/yr income$37,400

NO KFC HERE ..WENT TO A FAMOUS PLACE CALLED TIVOLI SURELY THEY HAVE AMERICAN FOOD .........NO.........THEY HAVE.....SMORREBROD ..[WE CALL IT SMORGASBORD].....AND.......WIENERBROD.........[WE CALL THEM DANISH PASTRIES]

AND.......ALSO....... I SAW THE LITTLE MERMAID IN THE HARBOR

I COULD NOT STOP IMAGINING THESE TALL BLOND DANES IN EARLIER TIMES SWARMING OUT OF THEIR VIKING LONG BOATS AND LAYING WASTE THE LAND

NORWAY

Pop.-4,627,926.....av/yr.income $55,ooo

I ONCE ASKED A FELLOW TRAVELER WHAT WAS HIS BEST TRIP...HE SAID NORWAY AND IT'S JFORDS.........I ENJOYED THE VIGELANDSPARKEN SCULPTURE PARK.......THE VIKING MUSEUM AND .....THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY SIDE.

..I WAS LONGING FOR SOME KFC OR THE GOLDEN ARCHES BUT THEY HAD NOT ARRIVED YET ,THE MENUS ONLY HAD FISH AND REINDEER.

SWEDEN

[Pop.-9,031,088...av.yr. income $38,000]

I WAS INVITED TO SWEDEN TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE UNITED STATE'S PROGRAMS  WHICH WERE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE 700 NAVY SHIPS IN THE EVENT OF A CHEMICAL ATTACK. THE TALK WAS PRESENTED TO THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PROTECTION AGAINST CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS......I WAS QUITE NERVOUS INITIALLY UNTIL I REALIZED THAT... ALTHOUGH THE AUDIENCE MIGHT HAVE CONSISTED OF THE WORLD'S EXPERTS.....MOST OF THEM COULD NOT COMPLETELY COMPREHEND ENGLISH...... AS I SOON FOUND OUT WHEN MY PROJECTIONIST  THOUGHT THAT 'GO BACK"..... MEANT......." GO FORWARD"

I COULD NOT FIND ANY SWEDISH MEAT BALLS........MY RENTAL CAR LIGHTS STAYED ON DAY AND NIGHT......THERE WAS ONLY 3 HOURS OF NIGHT.....IT LOOKED LIKE EVERYONE WAS BLOND AND OVER SIX FEET TALL