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Finding Self

Child-People Who Play Too Seriously

2025-06-15 Udar Gromov 2
Your Career, Your Family, Your Retirement.  Do these words make you wake up at night? All-along I was thinking that I am too childish and immature to participate in those games. Now, reading Buddhist literature, I am discovering a convenient alternative view on this matter. The whole life is a […]
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Ideas

Perihelion and Solstice are not related – Wow!

2025-06-14 maestro 0
Attention! I just realized that Perihelion and Solstice has NOTHING to do with each other. Earth Perihelion is when Earth is closest to the sun.  For example this time it falls on January 2, 2016.  That does NOT affect season change on planet Earth and this date moves forward rather quickly (1 calendar day […]
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People

Udar Gromov daily jogging results + Pilates

2023-11-27 Udar Gromov 0
After starting yoga sessions, the recommendation was to start log jogging miles using Apple Health.  Let’s see if we can discover some interesting trends.  And now, we also monitoring Pilates efforts.   2024 Pilates 03-17 Sun   03-18 Mon                        3.5 03-19 Tue                        5.5 03-20 Wed                        4.5 03-21 […]
Places

07-20 SUN – Bordeaux – city with large squares

2014-07-20 Udar Gromov 0
[7 vs. 17] Last visit in Biarritz – Russian Ortodox churchDriving North through a violent weatherArriving to Bordeaux Visiting WWII German submarine bins Large squares of Bordeaux – reminds of St. Petersburg      Sunday, July 20, 2014 Overview  Checked out at 10:51 – Le Caritz,  Biarritz – €132 – the most expensive hotel on the […]
Places

07-19 Back to France – Busy Biarritz

2014-07-19 Udar Gromov 0
[8 vs. 16] Second trip to a sacred water spring Start driving from monastery in YesaCross back into FranceQuick stop at sea resort of Saint-Jean-de-LuzTricky parking at BiarritzHotel at the center of the cityWalking, raining and eating – no swimming?   Saturday, July 19, 2014 Overview 08:00 Wake up in Yesa (Spain) 09:26 […]
Places

07-18 Monastery in Yesa, Navarra (Spain)

2014-07-18 Udar Gromov 0
[9 vs. 15]All day in Spain Start from  Hostal Parque Natural in BenasqueNew reservation for today on booking.com for €77Drive 200 km along the Spain-French border towards Bask country and Bilbao Arrive to monastery Hospedería de LeyreConfusing walk for a sacred water source – Fuente de San VirilaDinner at the monastery   Friday, […]