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Book Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe

A good read especially having visited London for the first time. I get the gist of this novel. Thoughtful. Disappointments. Expectations. All shared in characters' day to day existence. Having recently spending time in London for the first time, I realized the setting that the story line is played is spot on. Helps me reference the experiences the characters encounter and the locations. The Names of the area, the language of what's spoken, helps me understand the story much better with appreciation. Totally relatable at times with love gain, lost, and all in between. The human spirit is always at constant reflect.  Now, if only the writer would have expanded more with the characters in their lives and what could have been reading. Just my thought.  Again, a good read on creating a climate of change in human behavior, politics, and relationships. 

New Direction and Adventure!

I've created a new blog website to encompass this new adventure. Join me as I continue to celebrate a part of my retirement to more traveling and on my own terms.  Visit my new blog website, appropriately called, Edgar Would Go!  https://edgarwouldgo.com/ London, UK - Tower Bridge 

A Las Vegas Bathroom and 9 Other Unexpected Places to See the Berlin Wall

Photo Credit Portions of the Berlin Wall in the men's restroom at Main Street Station casino in Las Vegas . ( Flickr user Bryan Hughes ) In the Main Street Station Casino in Las Vegas, men can do something they would have been severely punished for doing in Berlin pre-1989 : pee on the Berlin Wall. In reality, a glass barrier prevents any urine from splashing on the historic wall, but the men's room at the Main Street Station Casino does have a section of the Berlin Wall, upon which three urinals are mounted. Boyd Gaming Corporation , who currently owns Main Street, told CNN that the Wall was already in the bathroom when the company bought the property. Female patrons aren't completely out of luck—according to CNN, they can request that a security guard escort them into the bathroom to look at the Wall. Source