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I cannot tell you how excited I was to finally touch down in Ireland. We were finally leaving the States and beginning the adventure Anjel and I had dreamed about and planned for the last 6 months! From this point until we return home, every step will be on foreign soil, the languages will become more exotic, currencies will change, and customs will differ. I was practically running off the plane and through the terminal on the way to customs.
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Our adventure began with us leaving Walnut Creek, California and heading northeast towards Sacramento with an ultimate destination of Aurora, Colorado – located just south of Denver. Because there’s no rush and no reason to spend our days riding the 8-lane slab of Highway 80, we looked for alternate routes – which quickly turned into a little history lesson on transportation in the US.
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I recently finished reading “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
From Weatherford’s book:
“With so many empires striving to maintain the illusion of the Mongol Empire in everything from politics to art, public opinion seemed obstinately unwilling to believe that it no longer existed. Nowhere was the belief in the empire longer lasting or more important than in Europe, where, in 1492, more than a century after the last khan ruled over China, Christopher Columbus convinced the monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand that he could reestablish sea contact and revive the lost commerce with the Mongol court of the Great Khan. With the breakup of the Mongol communication system, the Europeans had not heard about the fall of the empire and the overthrow of the Great Khan. Columbus, therefore, insisted that although the Muslims barred the land route from Europe to the Mongol court, he could sail west from Europe across the World Ocean and arrive in the land described by Marco Polo.”
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We recently watched the film Lawrence of Arabia as part of our ongoing movie research. The film starts with the death of Lawrence as he’s zooming through the English country side on his motorcycle. According to Wikipedia: “A dip in the road obstructed his view of two boys on their bicycles; he swerved to avoid them, lost control and was thrown over the handlebars of his motorcycle. He died six days later.”
The article goes on to reference an interesting neurosurgery article by Nicholas Maartens (and others):
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In preparation for our time in Mongolia, we’ve listened to the audio book of “Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men
That said, one of the brief, but amazing topics in Weatherford’s book was this: [read the full post…]
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