It seems I always spend my birthday filming in Europe. My present this year was being legally inside Rome’s great sights with our big camera and tripod. We had a great day in the National Museum, Colosseum, and Forum. As we spent well over $3,000 for the day’s permissions, we were shooting vigorously until being kicked out at 7pm. Everything had gone wonderfully, and just a few minutes before 7:00, I was celebratory. As cameraman Karel got the last angles on the Arch of Titus, I met a gang of happy Filipino tourists, and asked them to sing me “Happy Birthday” in Tagalog. They obliged, giving me a wonderful birthday memory.
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Happy Birthday Rick! I celebrated my 45th birthday in Youth Hostel Castle in Scotland with a 20 something Aussie who had joined me for a few days of travel. It was one of my more memorable B-Days.
Happy Birthday Rick. We were born a few months apart, in different parts of the country and from a different but comparable demographic, and have lived similar experiences at the same stages in our lives. It comes through in your writing, and is probably the fundamental reason your guidebooks are the only ones I bother with anymore. You`ve never steered me wrong. To me the most important travel essential is good health, followed closely by a good sense of humor, and good friends/family with whom to share the experiences. Here`s wishing you many, many years of all the above.
Felicidades. Happy Birthday. The best for the years ahead Rick
Happy Birthday, Rick. Just wondering – have you ever visited the Philippines? Maybe you can do a guidebook there some day.
Happy Birthday, Rick! Wish you many more. Happy travels!
Happy Birthday Rick! Looks like you are having a wonderful time!