On September 27, 2011, I will celebrate six years of blogging at Blogspot. Prior to that, I had a travel blog in the now defunct Yahoo Geocities where I took my baby steps into travel writing. The first article I published here in 2005 was about my visit with my friends, Klara and Sonya in Berlin. It was called Berlin - a Tale of Two Sisters . I have not gone back to Berlin since but I keep in touch with both Klara and Sonya who are now octogenarians. They don't travel anymore and live in a senior home. Both of them have had health issues but have survived them. I'm hoping I'll be able to see them again soon. Yesterday I watched this video of the Sing-Off contest on NBC where the contestants sing a cappella. I really enjoyed the group Kinfolk 9 singing " Secrets " by One Republic . I kept replaying the video. Couldn't get the song out of my head. Let me share with you this beautiful music on my blog's anniversary. Here's part of the lyrics: &quo
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” - James Michener