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    Unusual People I Have Met While Traveling
    Unusual People I Have Met While Traveling
    Unusual People I Have Met While Traveling
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    Unusual People I Have Met While Traveling

    By Robert W. Schmitt

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    THE BOOK details the

    authors recollection of unusual

    people he has met while traveling the world. He has met

    people from just about all walks of life. Some were free

    spirits; some were quite serious; some had problems; and

    others were just solid ordinary people. He found these

    mixed personalities extremely interesting. While most of

    the ordinary types remain in his memory, he especially

    recalls those that have stood out as a result of their unusual

    behaviors, and/or life styles. It is from this latter group

    that he has chosen to relate the outstanding ones.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 10, 2011
    ISBN9781452095493
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      Unusual People I Have Met While Traveling - Robert W. Schmitt

      © 2011 Robert W. Schmitt. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 02/05/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4520-9547-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4520-9549-3 (e)

      ISBN: 978-1-4520-9548-6 (dj)

      Library of Congress Control Number 2010918182

      Printed in the United States of America

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any Web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      FOREWORD

      I have traveled the world extensively. Many, but not all of my travels, are covered in my previous book, "SEE"-ZE THE WORLD THAT BELONGS TO YOU. As a result of these excursions, I have met people from just about all walks of life. Some were free spirits; some were quite serious; some had problems; and others were just solid ordinary people. All of these mixed personalities were extremely interesting to me. While most of the ordinary types remain in my memory, I especially recall those that have stood out as a result of their unusual behaviors, and/or life styles. It is from this latter group that I have chosen to relate the outstanding ones.

      I have taken some liberties while telling their stories so as not to cause any embarrassment through personal identification. However, these are real people, indeed, whom I shall never forget.

      I dedicate this book to my daughter, Mary Ann; my son, Robert J.; and those persons remembered in this book.

      Contents

      FOREWORD

      Rita and Stavros

      Martha and Jack

      George and Mathilda

      Richard

      Virginia & Tod

      Jacob

      Grace

      Pauline

      Estelle

      Laszlo

      Marie

      John

      Bridget and Patrick

      Erwin

      Yang

      Wolfgang

      Ivan

      Other Personalities

      Conclusion

      Chapter 1

      Rita and Stavros

      I met Rita and Stavros aboard a cruise ship on the Caribbean Sea. We were heading for the beautiful tropical island of Barbados. It was late spring. The day was bright and warm and the noticeable Trade Winds briskly swept the deck. This made me select a lounge chair on the protected side of the ship.

      I was enjoying a leisurely mid-afternoon cold beer on the ship’s Promenade Deck when Stavros, a total stranger, asked if he might join me. Our brief introduction was interrupted by Rita, also a total stranger to me, who appeared excitedly as if out of nowhere. She grabbed a nearby deck chair and dragged it over to where Stavros and I were sitting.

      Impatiently, with neither an introduction, nor apology, she began questioning Stavros as to why he had suddenly disappeared from the bar located in the ship’s Atrium. It turned out that they also had just met while having a drink. Stavros appeared flustered for lack of an explanation for his departure. Later, I learned that Rita had come on strongly to him at the bar, a maneuver of which he was not accustomed. Rita let his lack of an excuse pass, and was noticeably elated to have found Stavros again on this very large cruise ship.

      So here we were, in just a matter of minutes, three total strangers, thrown together, wondering what was going on and what would happen next. After these strange get-togethers and piece-meal introductions, we three settled down to getting better acquainted on a more relaxed basis. The three of us got along very well during the next hour or so when Rita suggested that we meet again the next day at about the same

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