We recently moved from Bonn, Germany to Baku, Azerbaijan. What an amazing world, filled with diversity in viewpoints, geography, living conditions, and cultural aspects. Listen and laugh as you hear our short stories of our first month in Baku. You will find more information and links by visiting the show notes for this podcast at http://www.virtualsaguaro.com

As you have probably noticed the sizes of our favorite products seems to get downsized with the price remaining the same. Add to this the madness of our world and you wonder how we all survive this intimidation. Enjoy the podcast in a rap form about this world in which we live. You will find more information and links by visiting the show notes for this podcast at http://www.virtualsaguaro.com

For centuries our number system has been evolving. How did we manage without the placeholder concept into which Zero found its place. Listen to our presenter and his guest discussing this very unusual symbol. You will find more information and links by visiting the show notes for this podcast at http://www.virtualsaguaro.com

Ever wanted to travel the world and not spend a fortune for lodging? Couchsurfing.org is a great way to start. Allison has recently visited 11 cities in Europe and will be sharing her experience and expertise on travel using Couchsurfing.

Every teacher has asked this question of their class at some time or another. However, this teacher was NOT prepared for the students' answers. Time travel on this podcast into the future as we listen to four students and their amazing responses.

Lloyd has spent a lot of time in and around and on top of the ocean. Listen to some of his stories from his life, his service in the United States Coast Guard during World War II, and his boating adventures during his lifetime.

Axel is a gifted musician who ran into some hard times and had to part with his favorite guitar. 20 or so years later his guitar walks into his shop.

Meeting a friend by chance, Tim begins a writing adventure with a brother of a famous Leeds Football player of the 1970's. Tim and Stuart present an unbiased biography of Gary Sprake in their book : 'Careless Hands The Forgotten Truth of Gary Sprake' . Listen in as Tim discusses how and why he felt it was destiny that helped him create this book

With a week off from work we decided to go on a 'Bed and Breakfast' bicycle adventure along Germany's famous road. The Romantic Road as it is called, is based loosely on an old Roman route. Post WWII Germany was desperate to rebuild a tourism industry and decided to make route this into a destination. It’s not hard to see the reason for the popularity - it combines historic cities, medieval walled towns, rolling countryside, forests and ends at the foothills of the Alps with the famous Neuschwanstein Castle. There is a bike path along the whole route that meanders away from the main highways through fields, forests, country roads, and pathways.

As little as 7 years ago, the federal debt of the United States was one half of what it is today. It is almost 17 Trillion Dollars and rising quickly. Let's listen to a reenactment of an impassioned speech from 2006 by a United States Senator arguing against the raising of debt limits. With a Mystery for you to solve...