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• Scotland’s Inchcolm Abbey and Rosslyn Chapel
  on Jul 10, 2015 in Travel
  Originally posted on Applecore:Inchcolm Abbey on a perfect Scottish summer day The ABC Tour (Another Blessed Church) continues with a day trip by bus and ferry to the Inchcolm Abbey (‘Inch’ being the Old Celtic word for island). It is uns...
• Dow says it is about GPT: Charter Review Commission amendments 1, 3, and 10
  on Jul 1, 2015 in Travel
  Originally posted on COAL STOP:by Sandy Robson Whatcom County Charter Review Commissioner Chet Dow Some conservative Whatcom County Charter Review Commissioners have scoffed at the notion that one of the main goals of the conservative Charter Review...
• My How You’ve…Changed
  on Oct 12, 2014 in Travel
  Originally posted on Reflections:Before Mike and I lived in any new city, on any continent, we researched the area as best we could on the internet. We tried to find other expats who lived in the area so that we could ask them pointed questions about...
• My How You’ve…Changed
  on Oct 12, 2014 in Travel
  Originally posted on Reflections:Before Mike and I lived in any new city, on any continent, we researched the area as best we could on the internet. We tried to find other expats who lived in the area so that we could ask them pointed questions about...
• The Fleecing of America, or Where Did All of Our Money Go?
  on Aug 19, 2014 in Travel
  Originally posted on Applecore Too:I believed the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that the U.S. inflation rate has held at around 1-2% for the past five years. However, I noticed from our trip abroad to Sicily in 2012 that one U.S. dollar...
• The Day Mt. St. Helens Blew
  on Jul 15, 2014 in History Nature Seattle Tourism Travel United States Vacation Washington State Applecore camping Explorer Scouts Mike Lince mountaineering Mt. Rainier Mt. St. Helens vacation volcanic eruption
  Note: Inspired by memories of my younger days, this story is the second in a series looking back on my experiences growing up in Seattle. It was May 18, 1980. I was standing on a snow-covered ridge south of Chinook Pass on a bright, sunny day with Mt...
• My Most and Least Favorite Things About Spain
  on Jul 4, 2014 in 6 Monthers Expat Food History Nature Retirement Spain Tourism Tours Travel Vacation Applecore baby boomers food living abroad Mike Lince Six Monthers Top Ten tour vacation
  Spain has been an interesting contrast with the other countries in which we have lived over the past three years. As we prepare to move on, it is natural to reflect on the high points and the low ones. Here are some thoughts about what I most enjoyed...
• Thoughts and Recollections of Spain
  on Jun 30, 2014 in Baby Boomer Expat Food History Retirement Spain Spanish Empire Tourism Travel Vacation 6 Monthers Applecore baby boomers dining out Florence Lince food history Mike Lince Six Monthers vacation
  In just a few short days we will be departing Spain, and I am reflection on our experiences here as we prepare to leave. Spain has impressed me in a number of ways – some good and some not so much. Many of these impressions will become my memories...
• News and Sports from a Global Perspective
  on Jun 20, 2014 in 6 Monthers Baby Boomer Expat History Spain Tourism Travel baby boomers King Felipe VI King Juan Carlos I Mexico Mike Lince Neymar Jr. Pope Francis I Prince George of Cambridge Prince William of Cambridge Princess Kate Middleton Queen Letizia of Spain Six Monthers soccer sports World Cup 2014
  While living abroad over the past three years we have witnessed several historic moments up close. When we were in Mexico in March, 2013, we experienced firsthand the collective elation of the Latin American world when the Argentine cardinal, Jorge M...
• Seville Before and After the Spanish Empire
  on Jun 13, 2014 in Architecture Expat History Spain Spanish Empire Tourism Tours Travel Vacation 6 Monthers Applecore architecture baby boomers Catholic Florence Lince living abroad Mike Lince Six Monthers tour vacation
  Seville, an elegant city of over 700,000 people, rose to prominence as a working seaport on the Guadalquivir River.  It served as the launching point for the exploration voyages of Christopher Columbus.  Subsequent wealth that poured in from the Ne...

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