Well a whole week in Bali! Absolute bliss and we have survived! Lots of stories of phones and bag snatching going on but as always we are very vigilant. Let me start with the procedure to get out of Aus, if you are organised it is not difficult, we decided to go to the airport 2 days before travel, Sunday night and get our PCR test with histopath set up at each airport, very easy and quick got swa Read on...
Up early again for an 8am breakfast (its nice being able to have a guilt free full English - apparently we actually need the calories!!). Ellis still feeling nervous about having to cover the furthest distance so far - over 20 miles in a single day.
Noisy start with the first bridge over the train line and then the second bridge over the M6. But soon managed to put those behind us within a few mi Read on...
Die Zeit recht entspannt verbracht, an zwei Tagen rumgefahren, heute am letzten Tag in Rhodos, Museen. Der sdlich Kstenabschnitt ist ein Albtraum, nur Riesenhotels, mittlere Hotels und Anlagen mit Studios. Es gibt praktisch keine Geschfte des tglichen Bedarfs und nur Sachen, die die Touries dringend bentigen, Badeschlappen, Sonnencreme, Sonnenhte, Kleidrr, Bier, Eis, Bier, Mietroller, Bier, Mietau Read on...
Psiloritis to pasmo grskie zawierające Timos Stavros, najwyższą grę Krety, o wysokości 2456m n.p.m. Popularny szlak, także wśrd tubylcw, dostarcza przepięknych widokw, przy dobrej pogodzie.
Chociaż formalnie Psiloritis to nazwa całego pasma, zwykle nazwę tę odnosi się do najwyższego szczytu, Timos Stavros lub Gra Ida. Timos Stavros, czyli Święty Krzyż, to nazwa gry pochodząca od Read on...
On our last day in the Outer Banks we stayed around Nags Head. In the morning, we went to the Outlets Nags Head. This is a smaller outlet mall than many, but it had a Carters outlet, a bookstore, a Vera Bradley and a Pepper Palace. Then it was me for serious souvenir shopping at The Farmers Daughter, Forbes and Wings.
Forbes has a plaster statue of the Nag of Nags Head. Nags Head is named after t Read on...
Istria is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. It is the most northern part of the Adriatic, its territory shared by Croatia (far majority), Slovenia, and Italy. Records show settlements in this area going back to Roman even Greek times. Most of the Middle Ages (from 1267 to 1797) it was possessed by the Venetian city state (Venetian Republic) and later became part of the Habsburg Monarchy u Read on...
This morning we packed the car for the second last time before we pack up for the big drive home on Wednesday. First stop, the General Store to buy another cask of water and some food in case we need it for lunch. Food and water sorted we popped along to Menindee Auto Repairs to see if we might be able to organise a replacement bolt for the LED strip light that is currently gaffer taped on at one Read on...
This long weekend Cheryl and I decided to run away to Helen, GA for the weekend. For those that do not know, Cheryl is my twin sister and we have a habit of impromptu road trips from time to time. We decided on Helen, Georgia because we have beach plans for Spring Break and we have fun memories of Helen in our college years.
For about 3 years we would go with our college girlfriends and brother t Read on...
The start of a few days getaway in Colorado. Our trip here was prompted by our of his Masters Degree in Music at Colorado State University. As we would be here, Susan and I planned to extend our stay in the state a few days. My only previous trip to Colorado was to Denver in 1982 to attend a conference. Susan had never been to Colorado.
Our United flight from Washington Dulles arrived at 10:10 a. Read on...
Ready and yet not ready to leave Croatia, we set our car in motion towards the Slovenian border and to Trieste in Italy. Nenad left with a heavy heart. Seeing Nui adapting and liking Croatia so much, made him so happy. With no plans to stop anywhere in Italy, we drove along E70 autostrada passing Venice, Verona, the Lake of Garda, Bergamo and Milano turning North towards Como and the Swiss border. Read on...