Star Ferry Musing #98: Cavemen Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ On the morning when we visited the cave houses of Cappadocia in Turkey, we saw this colorful […]
Star Ferry Musing #97: Puzzle Solvers Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ I like to visit ancient site and see things made by mankind long time ago. It […]
Star Ferry Musing #96: Honor the Fallen Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ Turkey In WWI, the Entente Powers (UK, France and Russia) fought the Central Powers (Germany, […]
Star Ferry Musing #95: Byzantine City Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ Rome was a republic for 500 years before turning autocratic when Julius Caesar became dictator in […]
Star Ferry Musing #94: Mosques Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ After spending 16 hectic days in Turkey, we feel we experienced almost everything about its food, culture […]
Star Ferry Musing #93: City by the Bay Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ San Francisco is one of the most attractive cities in the United States. At […]
Star Ferry Musing #92: Flying Jewelry Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ Sally and I saw our first hummingbirds in our son and daughter-in-law’s backyard in San Francisco. […]
Star Ferry Musing #91: Senior Center Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ I retired 10 years ago. At first, I felt empty without a productive job and without […]
Star Ferry Musing #90: Plitvice Lakes Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line.如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ I heard about the Plitvice Lakes of Croatia as a wonderland of dancing waters. It is a series […]
Star Ferry Musing #89: Venice Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line.如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ The bus travels on a long causeway over the lagoon, on our way to watery Venice. The causeway was […]
Star Ferry Musing #88: Medieval Castles Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line.如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ On our recent tour of the Balkans, we rode along most of the Dalmatian coast. This coast on […]
Star Ferry Musing #87: Ethnic Cleansing Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ In the 1990s, the world was anguished by the brutal war in the former Yugoslavia and […]
Star Ferry Musing #86: Scenery in a Tray Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ The first time I saw penjing (盆景), I was fascinated by the miniature trees […]
Star Ferry Musing #85: The Valley of Nine Villages Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line.如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ Ten or more years ago, the only way to go to JiuZhaiGou 九寨溝 (Valley of […]
Star Ferry Musing #84: New York Subway Art Written by Robert Wu for his family and friends To read all articles, please access http://www.starferrymusings.com/ If you wish to discontinue receiving SFM articles, please drop me a line. 如您不想收這些文章, 請告知. ************************************************ I grew up using the New York City subway system. In 1956, I could […]