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Virtual Journey to Pitcairn Islands Highlights April 2021 ‘All California’ Zoom Meeting
During out April 10 meeting, TCC NorCal member Mark Blum, took us to a very remote part of the world, Pitcairn Islands. His excellent presentation explained the history of this exotic place made famous by HMS Bounty. Mark’s knowledge and love of the sea and sailing added an exciting dimension to this presentation which included…
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U.K. Chapter Was Back on Zoom for April 2021 Gathering
The TCC UK held our Zoom Lockdown Meeting 2.0 on Sunday, 12th April. There were 14 members in attendance, including members who joined us for the first time as well as guests from other TCC Chapters. As the UK and Ireland are still in strict lockdown on the meeting date, our conversations drifted toward travel…
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TCC ‘Destination Zoom’ Meetings to Focus on Algeria (April 17) and Brazil (May 15)
The next “Destination Zoom” meeting for TCC members is scheduled for Saturday, April 17, 2021. This month’s virtual gathering investigates Algeria, the largest country in Africa. It is a country emerging from years of being largely off limits due to a brutal civil war in the 1990s, subsequent problems of violence and kidnapping, and issues…
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Dominique Laurent: Our new Francophone Chapter Coordinator
Dominique Laurent graduated from Centrale (one of the top engineering schools in France), from MIT (International finance MBA) and from the Sorbonne (PhD Economics). He held finance jobs for most of his career. His favorite working years were for Total, a major oil company, which provided him with opportunities to travel abroad quite a lot…
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SoCal Members Together in Spirit for November 2020 Meeting
Twenty-three members joined a November 2020 virtual meeting of the Southern California (San Diego) Chapter. TCC member Diana Trombley presented a fascinating program on “Indigenous Peoples From Around the World.” Her magnificent photography and background information on the indigenous peoples overcame the boundaries of a Zoom meeting. We are together with TCC spirit.
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Report From the February 2021 Canada Chapter Zoom Meeting
Hello World Travelers, What a pleasure it was to have Gord Miller — one of Canada’s most famous sportscasters — join us for our Zoom call on Feb. 28. Gord spoke with us from Ottawa in his hotel room following his play-by-play broadcast of the Ottawa Senators/Calgary Flames game the night before. He recounted a…
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Revised Meeting Schedule for the Central Europe TCC Chapter
The Muenster meeting previously scheduled for April 17, 2021, has been postponed until Sept. 4. Details will be provided in June. The meeting in Prague previously scheduled for Sept. 4 has been postponed until 2022, hopefully in the spring.
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From Our Newest Members
Harold “Hal” Hart Marshall, Wisconsin, USA I joined the Navy when I was 18 to see the world. My 65th birthday is around the corner and now I’m trying to see the parts of the world I’ve missed.Thinking back to the late 70’s and those thick guidebooks I used to purchase prior to a trip,…
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March 2021 Club News
Meet Frances Francesc Borrull, Our New Mediterranean Chapter Coordinator My life has been blessed with combining my two great passions: travel and railways. When I was young, Inter-Rail passes enabled me to travel by train across Europe. Once married, my wife and I took trips to Asia, the Middle East and North America, and work…
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Member Spotlight: Randy Williams, San Diego, Calfornia
I really wish I had written down the exact moment a decision was made to visit every country in the world. You would think the date (or even year) of such a major decision and milestone in my life would’ve been somehow recalled, recorded, noted, or even scribbled down on a napkin at very least.…
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