Dreams of Seeing the World Come True

My childhood and teenage years have been quite busy. My Parents were steadfastly making sure that I would do well in school, and so, my daily chores were beginning with the home work. Next in line were the piano and French lessons, which my Parents also insisted upon. There was, of course, enough spare time left for basketball and other things, but my greatest pleasure was to play and listen to Latin American music. One of my favored songs was La Paloma. Its lyrics, which I had found in a novel about a Levantine sailor, inspired my imagination and fueled dreams of traveling far away and landing on distant shores -- and those dreams came true.

Was it serendipity? I don’t know, but eventually the destiny took me to many places, many more than I could have ever possibly daydreamt.

Now, near the end of my journey, my spirit is rich with the memories of the wonderful friends I made and the beautiful places I visited. And so, I decided to dig in my photo albums, assemble a couple of short videos, and post them on this page. Just click on a video player's start button and you’ll be: watching ocean liners in Bahamas; meeting remarkable people who became dear friends; visiting orthodox churches in Kiev; touring beautiful places in Europe and Latin America; and sailing on the Adriatica.

Paraphrasing George Orwell, "all travel destinations are equal, but some are more equal than others", I dedicated special web pages to Buenos Aires, São Paulo and São Carlos, where I lived some of the happiest moments of my life, Vietnam ... and a glance at Bangkok, where I travelled a lot on business and pleasure, and the very unique Reveillon in Rio de Janeiro, which I recorded live in Copacabana on the eve of the 2012 New Year.

Enjoy!

2015 - 2017

2005 - 2014

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