Kankakee River in a late October.

Last week Aaron traveled to Bourbonnias, Illinois to visit his grand parents. In a waking distance from their home is a nice park with a Kankakiee river going through. It is a very scenic place and it hard to believe that only 35 miles away ( North-East  to be exact) is a "hosel and busel" of Chicago. This  mobile picture does not give the place a justus, but take a look anyway.

ABBAland (part2).

If you liked my ABBAland post, here is a trite for you, two more views of Europe from the eastern part of the continent - Russia and Poland, and as a bonus you can get an American view of its Southern Neighbours (South America).

Enjoy!!!

Double click on a map to see the details.

Russian View of Europe.



Polish View of Europe.

American View of South America

Greenland - the land up North.

On September 14 we were flying back from Europe by Crossing Atlantic, I have done it several times for last 10 years. And most of the times pilot will let you know then you are flying over Greenland. So I can say, I sow Greenland from high above ( 33 thousand feet or 10.000 meters to be exact) This time I had a camera with me and to make it memorable I got couple of pictures of the land probably most of us never going to visit. Here is a most southern tip of the biggest island in a world located north of N60 parallel.

Enjoy!

ABBAland and IKIAville is a same country, isn't it?

A stereotype or "stereotypes" is a commonly held public belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions.




The term stereotype (στερεότυπος) derives from the Greek words στερεός (stereos), "firm, solid" and τύπος (typos), "impression", hence "solid impression".



Recently I found several maps which represent these "solid impressions" toward the countries and areas in Europe in a minds of Americans, British, French, Germans and Italians. Take under consideration, assuming that the post and maps are scientifically correct is a stereotyping some sort.



American View of Europe.

 French View of Europe.

 German View of Europe.

 Italian View of Europe.

 British View of Europe.