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In a time long ago and a land far away

In the reign of Roman Emperor Claudius II, things were
not going well for the empire.

Claudius had launched so many bloody wars that he was
running out of soldiers and no one wanted to volunteer
for his latest adventurers.

In a stroke of madness, Claudius decided that the solution
to his problem was to ban all engagements and marriages.

This way, he reasoned, young men would not be ‘tied down’
to their families and would be more inclined to sign up
and ship out.

Obviously, folks who wanted to get married were not
happy with the new law.

*** Valentine to the rescue

One clergyman, a man named VALENTINE,  thought the law
was nuts and unjust and took to secretly marrying couples.

It worked great…until he was caught.

While in jail waiting for execution – it was a capital offense
to oppose the Emperor – young people threw flowers and
notes of appreciation to the man who stood up to a power-mad
government on their behalf.

Valentine knew he had done the right thing and, thanks to
the support and love and received from so many, kept his
spirits high to the very end.

For the ‘crime’ of marrying people who loved each other,
Valentine was executed on February 14.  And thus the
origin of today’s holiday.

Saturday was quite an uneventfull day so we’ll skip over it.

But Sunday did make up for that: we went to Denver to do some sightseeing and some shopping.

The way from Silverthorne to Denver was quite a bliss. The landscape is like a dream. We took some pictures that will back-up my words.

In Denver weather was much warmer than in Silverthorne, so we actually seen people walking around in shorts and t-shirts.

The sky was so clear that I had to imortalize it on my digicam’s bytes.

Also, the buildings in Denver are amazing. Not as tall as the New York ones but they’re worth seeing.

The only disturbance were the beggars that were all around the center. But, they do have style: They come to you and start telling you about karma and how it is a good thing to get rid of it by giving away. And the’re there to help you.

You might want to check out some pictures in the photo album

Until the next time,
Ovi Dogar