July 8, 2014 Tuesday

Resting today.  Walked the zoo in the heat yesterday.  What I could do 20 years ago, is a little more difficult today.  The Zoo is still wonderfull!


Philippians chapter 4 - "The peace of God which surpasses all understanding".  You need to get this.


On this day:
2011 - Everyone is taking vacation and how many are heading up 75? or any freeway?  It is hit or miss right?  On this day in 2011 Don and I took 5 hours instead of 2 1/2 or 3 to get up to Roscommon because of an accident.  The worse case scenario was that it was so bad we turned off vehicles and sat there.  Right next to us was a Budwesier truck.  All the truck driver said was "they aren't cold". 
1099 - Christian soldiers on the First Crusade march around Jerusalem. Guess I will be singing this song all day. 


Parenting - Loved to see all the parents at the zoo with their children.  The ones I found most entertaining were the ones with little infants, under a year with parents so excited to show them the animals. One mom with her 6 month old was trying to show the baby the seals in the underwater tunnel, it was cute.  Go to the zoo!  Take your kids or your BFF.


Book Club - Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  Very suspenseful.


Bucharest:
In January 1941, the city was the scene of the Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom. As capital of an Axis country and a major transit point for Axis troops en route to the Eastern Front, Bucharest suffered heavy damage during World War II due to Allied bombings. On 23 August 1944 it was the site of the royal coup which brought Romania into the Allied camp, suffering a short period of Nazi Luftwaffe bombings as well as a failed attempt by German troops to regain the city by force.
After the establishment of communism in Romania, the city continued growing. New districts were constructed, most of them dominated by tower blocks. During Nicolae Ceaușescu's leadership (1965–1989), much of the historic part of the city was demolished and replaced by "Socialist realism" style development: (1) the Centrul Civic (the Civic Centre); (2) the Palace of the Parliament, where an entire historic quarter was razed to make way for Ceaușescu's megalomaniac plans. On 4 March 1977, an earthquake centered in Vrancea, about 135 km (83.89 mi) away, claimed 1,500 lives and caused further damage to the historic centre.
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 began with massive anti-Ceaușescu protests in Timișoara in December 1989 and continued in Bucharest, leading to the overthrow of the Communist regime. Dissatisfied with the post-revolutionary leadership of the National Salvation Front, some student leagues and opposition groups organized large-scale protests in 1990 (the "Golaniad"), which were violently repressed by the miners of Valea Jiului called in by the authorities (the "Mineriad"). Several other "Mineriads" followed, which finally caused political changes.
After 2000 the city was continuously modernized and is still undergoing urban renewals. Residential and commercial developments are underway, particularly in the northern districts, and Bucharest's old historic centre is being restored nowadays.


Enjoy the Day!  Make it memorable!