Travel The World

Back in '06, my employer sent me to Presov, Slovakia for five months to work with the Slovak Air Force.  During that time, I took many trips within the country and met many wonderful people.  Last year, I posted some pictures of Betliar Manor, a residence of past nobility in the southern part of the country.  I thought I'd posted all of those but recently discovered a CD containing some pictures of the same trip, pictures that were taken by the family that hosted me that day.  They're mostly of the area around the manor with some including me and my friends.  Take special note, though, of the picture with the elderly woman sitting at a table.  She was the grandmother of one of my friends and we had stopped off in her village to visit her during our touring that day.  At some point in our discussion, she told us she'd been a young woman during WWII and then started sharing some of her experiences from that time.  One especially interesting topic was her perspective on th

I visited the small town of Sutton, West Virginia back in December but was so traumatized by the visit that I'm just now posting the photos.  Sutton is the county seat of Braxton County and is at the exact geographical center of WV.  It has two museums, one being the Flatwoods Monster Museum (the reason for my trauma) and the other being the West Virginia Bigfoot Museum.  Unfortunately, the latter was closed on the day I was there, but I'll be sure to return to see it.  Anyway, enjoy the pictures!   

These are the absolute last pictures from my trip to Colombia.  Actually, these were taken from the plane on the flight out.  The first two are of the terrain north of Bogota.  The next two are of Costa Rica and the two after that are above Nicaragua.  The final picture was taken in a relatively quiet area in the Mexico City airport where I spent the night. I will definitely be visiting Colombia again next year with more of a focus of visiting other parts of the country outside of Bogota.  I didn't do that so much this time because I was having too much fun where I was.

Last shots of some of the streets, buildings, etc. in Bogota.  I had a great trip and plan to return next fall in order to explore more of the country outside of Bogota.