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A POSSIBLY FINAL GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY


Well, Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin crew safely returned.  However, they only went up, then back, and did not make a global tour.




Senator Paul is an ophthalmologist, but he keeps pushing the Republican party line with no real proof.

Still scheduled to board the Island Princess next year on January 19 for a penultimate 111-day global cruise.  This would be my first ship-only around the world adventure.

My travel partner and I need to be in Okinawa next Fall for an important gathering, so we thought, what about a final and ultimate world journey beginning in October of 2022?  We could then work in another stop in Dubai to better see that country, a Christmas River Cruise in Europe, the Expo 2023 in Buenos Aires, and back home through North America.


Here is a first draft that will be adjusted, for Buenos Aires is not yet included, I've always wanted to return to Mauritius, and there will be other sites to consider.  We plan to include more than a few 3-Star Michelin and Best 100 Pellegrino restaurants,  If we pay for the Tokyo-Okinawa roundtrip, that would mean two more stops around the world.  Some of these locations are here because long journeys only land in certain airports.  These all fly during the daytime to enjoy the party.  We hate overnight flights.  The Crystal river cruise departs from Basel.

Finally, home....

I ate two food items yesterday I have been avoiding for a year and a half.  I stayed away from desserts and many carbohydrates during my campaign to lose weight.  Well, I'm low enough now, so had both ice cream and musubi:

I picked up a Haagen Dazs.  In case you missed it, this was an ume musubi located on the right side of this photo just above.  

I also had a big celebration, and might someday tell you why:

IN CASE YOU FORGOT, THE FIRST TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPICS EVENT WILL BE SHOWN ON NBCSC (210/1210 on Spectrum in Hawaii) at 8PM EDT (2PM in Hawaii), with Japan against Australia in softball, followed by the USA vs Italy in this same game.  The last champion was Japan in 2008, and they beat the favored USA.  Softball games continue, then into soccer, where, eventually, the USA women's soccer team plays Sweden at 8:30 AM EDT (2:30AM in Hawaii) Wednesday morning!!!!
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