#chunnel

Scrooge: Grrr! Brekkk... what should I do with him? Breeeekkk!

Scrooge: Roarr! Bury him alive? Grrruuff... I'll dig his own tom...

Scrooge: Ulp! Did I say 'dig'? That's the solution!

Scrooge: Nephew! You're gonna dig for me a tunnel to connect France with England!

Donald: Meeee? Are you joking?!

A bit of October 30th history...

1420 - Wars of the Roses: Henry VI of England returns to the throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle

1873 - PT Barnum’s circus, “Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts; NYC

1938 - A radio broadcast of HG Wells’ “The War of the Worlds”, narrated by Orson Welles, allegedly causes a mass panic

1961 - Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin’s body from Lenin’s Tomb in Red Square as part of de-Stalinization efforts 

1990 - Britain and France complete the “Chunnel” under the English Channel (pictured)

2012 - Walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd and it’s rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion

2017 - President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort and associate Rick Gates, are indicted on fraud charges, advisor George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to FBI

-watching the man across the courtyard from us sneak out for smoke breaks on his balcony in paris

-wondering a seemingly endless flower market

-sitting on the edge of the river seine eating lunch

-almost getting lost in the monster of the lourve

-being stunned by the venus & mona lisa

-watching others stick their heads out of the eiffel tower, but being too scared

-climbing a tiny staircase in an old chapel

-being overwhelmed by the room filled with monet’s lilies

-writing poems on the chunnel

-scowering drug stores for european candies

-loving the tiny icelandic apartment

-climbing up to the geysers in the countryside

-watching the beautiful, green pastures roll by from the bus