Today in History: November 30th

Hey Gentle Readers. Lots to celebrate today so lets pull on the football kits of history and step out onto the green, green grass of time.

1835: American novelist Mark Twain is born.

1872: The first International football match between Scotland and England is held.

1874: Future UK Prime minister Winston Churchill is born.

1936: In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

1937: Oscar winning UK film director Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) is born.



1960: Legendary English footballer Gary Lineker is born.

1979: Pink Floyd release their seminal album "The Wall".

1982: Michael Jackson releases his album "Thriller".

#todayinhistory #nov30 #michaeljackson #pinkfloyd #churchill #marktwain #crystalpalace #garylineker #ridleyscott

Wednesday Thought: Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee

Hey there Gentle readers. Todays Wednesday thought is a tribute to 2 men who were born on this date and both became the leaders in their fields and both died tragically young.

#brucelee #jimihendrix #wednesdaythought

Today in History: 26th November

Hello Gentle Readers.
Lets dye our hair green, pull on the skin tight trousers of time and po-go dance to the frantic beats of history.

1789: Thanksgiving Day Holiday is made an official celebration in the USA.

1942: The movie 'Casablanca'  opens.

1976: The Sex Pistols release 'Anarchy in the U.K' and Punk goes mainstream.

2018: Steve Hillenberg: the creator of Spongebob Squarepants dies.

#punk #sexpistols #thanksgiving #stevehillenberg #casablanca #26november #todayinhistory

Saturday Strikes @ Dalma Mall

Hello Gentle viewer.

Yesterday we went to Dalma Garden mall here in Yerevan. It is our favourite mall.

I bought myself some trousers and a new shirt. Robert got shoes, jeans, socks and gloves and Lena got gloves.

We also went bowling and had dinner at Mr Gyros.

Here for you is our newest YouTube video.

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#thomsonsworld #dalmamall #mygyros #bowling

Today in History: 19th November

Hello Gentle Readers

Hold onto the ticket of history and hope you get the bonus-ball of time.

1095: Pope Urban II, in a racist, bigoted rant encourages all christians to go on Crusade to take back the city of Jerusalem from the infidels. (Sounds like an 11th century Donald Trump)

1863: Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysberg Address.

1942: Fashion designer Calvin Klien is born.

1962: Oscar winning actress Jodie Foster isborn.

1969: Footballer Pele scores his 1000th goal in professional football.

1994: The first UK National Lottery draw is held.


#19november #todayinhistory #crusades #pele #uklotto #jodiefoster #calvinklien #abrahamlincoln

Walking in Yerevan 2

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Here for you is our latest video.

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#thomsonsworld #yerevan #family

Today in History: November 14th

Greetings fellow time travellers.
Its time to turn the nob of time and try to avoid the static of history.

1851: Epic novel Moby Dick is published.

1922: The BBC begins transmitting Radio programmes.

1948: Charles, Prince of Wales is born.

With grandad George VI

1952: The first regular pop music chart is released in the UK.

#14thnovember #todayinhistory

Wednesday Thought: Girls

Hello Gentle Readers

My little boy is growing up. Since we arrived in Yerevan, Robert has developed a new interest..  girls.

As I write this post he is on a video call with 3 girls on Whatsapp.
When I was 9, I barely spoke to girls.

Here for you though are some quotes about girls.


Only good girls keep diaries...bad girls dont have the time.

Tallulah Bankhead

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

Meatloaf

Girls run the world!

Quavo

I'm terrified of having a little girl. Girls are more evil thsn boys.


Lara Stone

Texas Girls are a whole different breed.

John Cusack

#wednesdaythought #girls #johncusack #larastone #quavo #meatloaf #tallulahbankhead

Top 10 Fun facts about The Terminator movies

Hello Gentle Readers

Today we are going to see the 6th Terminator movie "Dark Fate". Here for you are some fun and unexpected facts about the movie series.

1. James Cameron dreamed about the terminator whilst filming Pirahna II.

2. Originally the studio wanted O.J.Simpson to play the killer cyborg...but decided he was too 'NICE'.

3  The clanging sounds in the original thene music were made by banging 2 frying pans together.

4. Terminator 2 was at the time the most expensive movie ever made ($94 million).

5. The plot for T2 was the original plot of the first movie.

6. Edward Furlong who played John Connor in T2 started puberty during filming and actually changed appearance and his voice broke.

7. Arnold got $29.25 million to appear in T3.

8. Christian Bale was originally cast as the Terminator in Terminator Salvation but wanted to play John Connor. This meant the script had to be rewritten.

9. The studio behind the first movie wanted Arnie to have a robot dog sidekick.

10. Rock star Sting was offered $350,000 to play Kyle Reece.

Hasta la vista baby... I'l be back!

#top10 #terminator

Today in History: 9th November

Greetings Gentle Readers.

Its time once again to rip down the wall of history and hope no one decides to use the bricks of time to build another.

By the way Gentle Readers this post includes a picture of a power crazed, racist, ignorant, tyrannical dictator....and Adolf Hitler.

1923: The Munich beer hall putch fails to get the Nazis into power. Adolf Hitler is later jailed for his part in the attemped coup.

1953: Legendary Welsh poet Dylan Thomas dies.

1967: The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published.

1989: The Berlin Wall falls.

2016: Donald Trump is elected US President.

Impeach....impeach....impeach!

#todayinhistory #november9th #munichbeerhallputsch #dylanthomas #rollingstone #berlinwall #impeachdonaldtrump

The Wednesday thought: Abraham Lincoln

Hello Gentle Readers.

On October 6th 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the US presidential election.
To celebrate this historic landmark here are some of his words of wisdom.

Plus I am sorry but I coulsn't resist.

#wednesdaythought #abrahamlincoln #electric6

Today in History: November 4th

Hello Gentle Readers

Its time once again to blow away the dust of history as we open up the ancient tomb of time.

1918: War Poet Wilfred Owen is killed in action during World War one.

1922: Howard Carter uncovers the entrance of Tutankhamun's tomb.

1969:Musician Sean (P-Diddy) Combs is born.

1969: Actor Matthew McConoughey is born

1980: Ronald Reagan is elected US president.

2008: Barack Obama becomes the first coloured president of the USA.

#todayinhistory #4thnovember #reagan #obama #pdiddy #matthewmcconoughey #tutankhamun #wilfredowen

Holidays in Armenia: Day 5

Hey gentle readers

So on Friday we awoke early in our Goris hotel and our driver whisked us off to The Wings of Tatev.

The Wings of Tatev is the longest cable car route in the world and carries its passengers to the beautiful Tatev Monastary.

The views are spectacular you can see some pictures below or watch the Youtube video we posted yesterday on Thomsons world.

The monastary of Tatev is yet another example of Armenias Christian Heritage.
It even has a medievil earthquake prediction device.

After we took the cable car back to our driver we visited two amazing Armenian waterfalls.

The temperature wss really beginning to drop and it snowed that evening. We decided to skip Lake Sevan and return to Yerevan. On the way we got held up by an Armenian traffic jam.

#cows #armenia #tatev