{"id":2,"date":"2010-04-24T04:43:59","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T04:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2013-09-26T14:27:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T14:27:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Who on Earth am I&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the year 2000 I have been leading tour groups throughout Europe and the world. It&#8217;s been a great ride and along the way have come many tales to tell.<\/p>\n<p>A few years ago my passion for writing was the inspiration for this site&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Now this blog is intended for you all to finally keep track of where I am and see what I&#8217;ve been up to.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1781\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/image3.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1781\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/image3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Reading to a Butterfly\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1781\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/image3-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/image3.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reading to a Butterfly<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As I travel around the world, working or not, I&#8217;ll try to make posts with funny tales, what I&#8217;ve been up to, photos and good advice for anyone else wishing to visit these same places.<\/p>\n<p>Check back whenever you can and I promise to keep it brief, informative and interesting.<\/p>\n<p>So you decide &#8211; what on Earth am I up to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">HAPPY TRAVELS ALL!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-2\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2&amp;share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?page_id=2&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the year 2000 I have been leading tour groups throughout Europe and the world. 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