My Memoirs - Citizen of the World

designated as a National Historic Landmark. When I owned our
Travel Agency, that’s where I always tried to place our VIP
clients. After their return, they either sent us a thank you note or
came to our office in person, to thank us for sending them to such a
beautiful resort.
Cabrillo National Park is the site where the Portuguese
government, many years ago, paid for the monument in his
memory, for being the first navigator to arrive in California in the
beginning of the 16 th century. The Cabrillo National Monument
statue sits on top of the world, or so it seems, with spectacular
views of both, San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean, where one
can watch as boats and ships enter and leave the harbor below.
João Rodrigues Carilho, a mercenary seaman, shipbuilder and
adventurer, has been long promulgated by scholars of being born
in Portugal.
Alaska – Purchased from Russia and became the 49 th State on Jan
1 st 1959. My wife and I sold many tours to Alaska, so we know
how to discover the Alaskan paradise. We decided, based on its
history and unusual beautiful scenery, to take a cruise. We sailed
from Vancouver and took the inside passage, stopped in Ketchikan,
Misty Fjords National Monument on to Juneau, its capitol and then
to Skagway, where we saw the Glacier Bay National Park. It’s
impossible to explain the beauty every where we looked. It was
also very entertaining and a great experience to see the ship go
through icebergs!
It was fascinating to see and learn about the life of Alaska Salmon.
Starting out as small eggs in a stream bed, they hatch and travel
downstream toward the Pacific Ocean. They spend a couple of
years in the streams and rivers growing. At the mouth of the
streams and rivers, they get together for the trip into the ocean,
where their bodies change to adapt to the sea water. Once they are
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