Review of Samuel Butler’s the Way of All Flesh https://wp.me/p7NAzO-32B As part of my goal to read as many of The post Review of Samuel Butler’s the Way of All Flesh first appeared on The World According to Cosmos. The post Review of Samuel Butler’s the Way of All Flesh appeared first on The World According to Cosmos ..read more

Vietnam War Museum Korean War Museum View at Medium.com 2nd ID Museum Camp Humphreys The 2nd ID museum at Camp Humphreys is also worth a visit.  The Director of the Museum is an affable retired US Army Colonel whose last job in active duty was as the chief of the US military historian office. Co PIlot provided the following background information.  Base access is required to tour the museum which is located across from the USO. Tell me Abut the 2nd ID museum at Camp Humphreys Copilot: The 2nd Infantry Division (2ID) Museum at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, is dedicated to preserving an ..read more

Vietnam War Museum, Ho Chi Minh City https://wp.me/p7NAzO-30u https://theworldaccordingtocosmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Vietnam-poems.mp3Motorbike riders waiting at intersection. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Vietnam Poems  Ode to Vietnam Coffee https://theworldaccordingtocosmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ode-to-Vietnamese-Coffee.mp3Ode to Vietnam Coffee Lady https://theworldaccordingtocosmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vietnamese-coffee-lady.mp3 I have been to this museum twice. Once right after the normalization of relations in 1995 and in 2019, pre-COVID shut down. Vietnam Wa ..read more

Korean War Museum https://wp.me/p7NAzO-305 I have been to several war museums over the years. Korea has two war museums.  The first is the official Korean War museum in Seoul near the old US Army Headquarters.  I first visited in 2000 shortly after it opened and recently visited it again.  The exhibits are first class. Co-pilot provided the following background information The War Memorial of Korea, located in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, is a comprehensive museum dedicated to the history of Korea’s military conflicts, with a significant focus on the Korean War (1950-1953). Here are some ..read more

Quirky Korean Museums Quirky Korean Musuems – Jjyameyeong Museum Incheon City I have been to  several quirky museums in Korea. Quirky Korean museums – Jjyameyeong Museum Incheon City  The first is the Jjaymeyong museum in Incheon which is dedicated to that staple Korean-Chinese black noodle dish, Jjaymeyong which was invented by Chinese immigrants in Incheon in the 19th Century and has become one of the staple foods of South and North Korea and China as well. The museum was interesting but did not serve Jjajmeyong at the site.   CO-PIlot provides details The Jajangmyeon Museum ..read more

Quirky U.S.  Museum Tours National Park Journeys https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2Zz I am a big fan of quirky, unusual museums.   in 2016, my wife and I drove across the country to celebrate my retirement from the U.S. Foreign Service, We covered 10,000 miles in three months hitting 35 States and seeing the sights along the way. Rapid City Nowhere In the summer of 2016, We drove across the country Just the wife and me to celebrate my retirement from 27  Years serving the country as a diplomat 10,000 miles 35 states Three months on the road I now know why people don’t live In South Dak ..read more

Travels to Korean National Park https://theworldaccordingtocosmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Travels-to-Korean-National-Parks-2.mp3 National Park Journeys Audio file https://theworldaccordingtocosmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Travels-to-Korean-National-Parks-1.mp3 Besides traveling to the US National Park, I have been to the following Korean National Park IBOLD)     poet Hill Korea           Here is a list of some of the national parks in South Korea, along with their names in both English and Korean: Jirisan National Park (지리산국립공원) Bukhansan ..read more

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 Making the DMV Retirement Friendly ! A Tale of Two Metros https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2XQ Audio File https://theworldaccordingtocosmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Make-retirement-income-tax-free-in-DMV.mp3 Dear Governor Wes Moore, Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Governor Glenn Youngkin, Throughout the District, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) capital area, there are hundreds of thousands of retirees (federal, state, and local government employees, public school and university staff, and private sector workers). Yet, the region is considered retiree-unfriendly by most people, leading many retirees to ..read more

A Tale of Two Metros Seoul Vrs Washington DC Metro Systems Maps/ _ WMATA Venice in Korea More Updates https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2Xi audio file https://theworldaccordingtocosmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Seoul-Metro.mp3 Seoul and DC opened their subways in 1974. I rode both for the first time in 1979. Both had about the same number of stations five or six stations on one line. What a difference 50 years has made. Seoul has build a world class subway system with over  24 lines, and over 600 stations stretching over 200 miles, while DC has build five lines and many people consider it to b ..read more