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Day Twelve Cycling the Danube - Aahhhh Vienna!!!

17 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

  Traismauer to Vienna, Austria, 44.6 miles (72 km), 3 hours 13 minutes, 550 feet (167 m), of elevation (climbing).     As you can tell it was a very flat ride today. I was so happy about that given how long a ride it was. The weather was fabulous a...

Why Hindu nationalism is against democracy and equality

17 Jun 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR: Hindu nationalism, promoted by India's BJP, poses a serious threat to democracy. By undermining secularism, promoting religious intolerance, and concentrating power, it endangers democratic values and institutions. The party's rhetoric and poli...

When the sharp rays of the June sun make surprises. Walks in the Jurassic forests

17 Jun 2024 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Gdy ostre promienie czerwcowego słońca robią niespodzianki Spacery po jurajskich lasach I haven't yet recovered from my trip to the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland last week, and I'm already planning another four-day stay in this region. The weather duri...

Day Eleven Cycling the Danube... A rare short mileage day!

16 Jun 2024 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Day Eleven 23.8 miles (38 km), 2 hours 12 minutes, 405 feet (123 m) of elevation (climbing).      It was a hodgepodge of sights today. As we rode along the Danube, we realized we were in wine country. We rode by so many vine-covered hillsides that i...

Kalle Kniivilae about the political situation in Ukraine

16 Jun 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR: The mood in Kyiv has worsened despite some stabilization on the front lines due to new U.S. weapon supplies. The constant Russian shelling has decreased, but extensive bombings of Ukrainian power plants have led to prolonged power outages and h...

Kyiv - June 2024

16 Jun 2024 1 minute read 4 comments Cryptotexty

Kyiv... How often do we begin to value something only after losing it... so Kyiv became more valuable for me when the opportunity to be there is lost (or at least to visit Kyiv often is lost). Beresteysky Avenue (in the past, Victory Avenue) was pass...

Places You Remember for a Lifetime

16 Jun 2024 3 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

The human memory is an odd, weird thing. Some memories stick really, really well. Others, stay around with practice and then fall by the wayside as soon as you stop using them. Still others barely stick for a few minutes, even when you need them agai...

Day Ten Cycling the Danube - Cloudy With a Shot of Melk

15 Jun 2024 7 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Day 10 of our cycling adventure is along the Danube River: 40.2 miles (64.5 km) with 794 feet (265 m) elevation (climbing):       It rained overnight. I saw that it was going to rain yesterday and told my husband to put the shower-cap-looking panier...

Day Nine on the Danube River... Linz, to Bad Kreuzen, Austria. (A case of 'ICYMI.... Apparently I did....)

14 Jun 2024 8 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I've been trying to post each day about our bicycle trip but had to skip yesterday. We had just arrived at our summer camp, which is a 20-year-old travel trailer. There was lots of unpacking and setting up to do. I was just too tired from it all yest...

My first straight forward bribing experience

14 Jun 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Bala

There is a rule in India that we shouldn't give bribes or collect bribes for anything. These days nobody follows those rules. India is still one of the top countries regarding corruption and bribery. I recently had to visit one of the government offi...