Around the World in 80 Years, Take III

Take lll…who’d a thought? Certainly not me. In the preface to Take ll I wrote: “A third book? No, I don’t think so”. “Nevertheless”, I continued, “I’ll keep on writing until the well does indeed run dry, be that next month, next year , or whenever”. Apparently the well was deeper than I thought, so here we go again…”one more time, for the good times” as the lyrics of a once popular song implored. There’s always the danger of going to the well once too often. Hopefully this is not that time. You, the reader, are the judge and jury. Read on.