December 16, 2003
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December 2003 Sunday, I landed in a green and lush place. Rented a silver Ford Focus and enjoyed “progressive” music on 100.1 to a British-sounding DJ. I drove up a mountain named after an eagle, and down into an enchanted valley that had a wide blue river running through it.
The people in the valley were incredibly nice. The town was clean and safe to walk in at night. The food was great! There were bridges everywhere and I walked a half-mile of one of them to a school for wood carvers where I rode on a tiger. Next to the river is a huge freshwater aquarium. Boats and kayaks traverse locks to get down the river to where they can watch ballgames in the neighboring city. There were three battles fought over this city a little over a century ago.
What a wonderful hidden gem! I would love to live there.
