Saturday, July 11, 2009

A European Summer - Thoughts from Travels in Italy and Britain

There is an urban myth that when Gandhi was asked what he thought of Western civilization, he quipped, perhaps cynically, that, "... it seemed to be an interesting idea."

I have had the pleasure of spending the past 2 weeks vacationing leisurely in Europe and, as usual, many thoughts and observations came to mind; especially with regards to Europe's historic and cultural heritage, which as KY's previous post quoted unquestionably, whether one agrees whether that its a good thing or not, contribute significantly to our own intellectual and economic heritage even though we are not of European descent.

So this is going to be a few postings that I will write up once I get back to New York. Until then!

London, opp Green Park 11 July 2009

1 comment:

View from HK said...

there is a chinese saying - traveling thousand miles is prefered to reading thousand books.

hope you have a great vacation!