Comments for Roving the World

Comment on Something Completely Different: An End. by Ray Miller

Ray Miller — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:25:26 +0000

Thanks Matt for your postings. I enjoyed following your travels, made a little more personal by having a conversation with your parents this summer in OH. Make sure we get to see you when you come up to visit your Grandpa.

Ray Miller

Comment on A Posh Ride by Nathan Vanderhoof

Nathan Vanderhoof — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:31:42 +0000

Hi Daniel,

It’s been great to follow your blog and I’m going to miss it! Sorry that I didn’t respond more often.

Wow! Mongolia, I’d have loved to have done that trip with you. When I was in Israel after highschool I dreamed of backbacking through Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Greece to London before flying home, but unfortunately I never managed that. All the best and I can’t wait to hear about the rest of your trip!

Feel free to send me an email if you have time!

Peace,
Nathan

Comment on Dachau: Something to Think About by Geseke

Geseke — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:32:47 +0000

As recently as 56 years ago would have been 1953. At that time, there were 5,000 ethnic Germans, from the Sudetanland in what is now the Czech Republic, living in the barracks at Dachau. They had been expelled from their homes according to the plans made at the Potsdam Conference after the war; 12 to 15 million ethnic Germans were expelled from German land given to Poland and from the former Czechoslovakia. From 2 to 6 million of them died as a result.

Handicapped people were not sent to Dachau.

The name of the second Dachau commandant was Theodor Eicke; he replaced the first commandant who was arrested for murder when some of the prisoners died after being punished.

There is proof that 90 Soviet POWs were shot at Dachau on Hitler’s orders because they were Communist Commissars. There is no proof that 4,000 Soviet POWs were killed. Some say the alleged number was 6,000.

The results of the medical experiments done at Dachau for the Luftwaffe were confiscated by the American liberators and used in America to save the lives of downed pilots.

Dachau was liberated on April 29, 12945.

In May 1945, there were 2226 prisoners that died of typhus after the camp was liberated and 196 more that died of typhus in June 1945. None of the prisoners died after the war from abuses suffered in the camp. The typhus epidemic was stopped because America had access to DDT and a vaccine which the Germans didn’t have.

Comment on Moscow and Trans Siberia, Our Style by Ray Miller

Ray Miller — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:35:31 +0000

Thanks for the postings. I very much enjoy reading them. I’m sure it was with some “sweet sorrow” that you parted with the Passat; I’m glad for you, that you got as much for her as you did. I also remember how intimidating border guards can be, especially in the middle of the night, although I don’t think that I’ve ever been delayed for an hour and a half. This is one for the books. Keep posting and keep snapping the pics.
Take the Risks. Head for the Border!

Comment on Swimming: a Picturesque Beach, a Trashy Beach, and a Five-Story Diving Board by Paul Bowers

Paul Bowers — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:45:37 +0000

Glad to hear the VW survived a brutal road-jostling and subsequent lock-punching. We’ll have to compare exotic foreign road stories when you get back.

Comment on A Quick Update by Ray Miller

Ray Miller — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:24:32 +0000

I, and many others, are anxiously awaiting the promised update. We know that you’ve had some rough ways to go, and be assured there were many prayers lifted on you guys’ behalf.

If, and when, you get to Sankt Peterburg, I would be very interested in your thoughts on the sights and displays at “The Hermitage” and how it compares to the other “State Museums” you’ve seen on this trip. The layout, directions (easy to follow), tourist friendly and so on. You are going to go see it, Right?
Take the Risks, Grab the Future.

Comment on Thoughts on Morocco by Ray Miller

Ray Miller — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:15:19 +0000

You are now in territory where I have never been, so I have no more advice for you (as far as places to see). Here is one thing I would like you to do though; When you stand in front of Michelangelo’s Pieta, in St. Peter’s Basilica, (or maybe you have already), I’d like to get your thoughts, on the piece, yes; but maybe even more so, the feeling of standing, and viewing a Great Masterpiece, by a Great Master, along with the fact that it was done in the late 15th Century.
Maybe there is something there that will impress you more. If so, I’d be interested in hearing that too.
Take the Risks, Until you get to Russia.

Comment on Short Thoughts on Morocco: Our Hosts by wolfer mom

wolfer mom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:02:14 +0000

Thanks again for the update. I’m grateful that you were able to see the Showalters. They know how to do “hospitality.” Such good friends!

Comment on The Streets of Barcelona by Elizabeth Ziegler

Elizabeth Ziegler — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:11:02 +0000

Barcelona was one of the most alive cities I’ve ever visited. You’re spot on, Dan, describing how natural design is integrated into the man-made archetecture.

If I’m correct, on that very lookout spot, about a year and a half ago, we were slurping up (with our fingers) a breakfast of cold cereal out of an odd assortment of mugs and cardboard bowls. It was a beautiful Sunday morning when we were there. I’m so jealous that Daniel is able to go back to the same place only a year and a half later!

Comment on First Stop in Granada by Ray Miller

Ray Miller — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:02:28 +0000

Thanks for the updates. Before you go to see Cristobal Columbo’s coffin in the Catedral de Seville, stop in Huelva. See the big statue of him looking over the harbor, from where he left on his 1st trip to discover the new world. Also, forget Lisboa, unless you have something for sure that you want to see there. Almost directly East, just a little bit South, is the town of Evora. There is a Roman Temple there that I’m sure you guys will enjoy. 14 of the 18 original columns are still standing. Don’t make it 13. There is also an old, but not ancient, aqueduct. And then, up almost at the Espana border is a small town called Almeida. To understand why you need to go there, get on Google Maps, Satellite View, and zoom in. See what I mean! Back in Espana, If at all possible, go to Segovia, and see the ancient Roman Aqueduct. That is still on my list of places to see.
Take the risks, Don’t get caught!