During the night I woke to what I thought was the sound of rain. It was hard to tell with the air conditioner running, but I thought it sounded different from the sound of a/c alone. Sure enough, this morning we were greeted with wet decks when we ventured out of our stateroom. There has been the threat of rain quite a few times during the week, but we have been so lucky that we have had no rain w Read on...
Within the last few weeks we have visited Crete a few times, but usually we are docked in Souda Bay to visit Chania. This cruise we stopped at new place a bit further east called Aghios Nikolas.
Here I signed up for a short hike from the town of Elounda to Kolokithia Beach. When we left Aghios it was raining pretty heavily, but once we arrived in Elounda the sky cleared and the sun came out. The Read on...
Scandinavian breakfasts and I were made for each other. It fits in with my more is more philosophy on life and gastronomy. We must hurry with reckless gluttony and eat our full Scandinavian hotel breakfast: tomato juice, muesli, cereal, pancakes, sausages, bacon, eggs (scrambled), Danishes (better than you have ever had back home), ham, terrine of ham, herring will dill and tomato. Its all so wond Read on...
As promised, although I dont think I actually did... but here are my favorite Maine State Parks and Historical Sites. I think Im going to try and rank them... we shall see.
This may have gotten on the list because it was the final stamp we needed. Not many people are going camping up in Northern Maine, with that being said, it makes for a relaxing and quiet destination.
Why I Love It: Its seclud Read on...
Diego Maradona is dead. One of the greatest footballers of all time – perhaps the greatest – died yesterday, November 25th, in Buenos Aires at the age of 60. Nine ambulances arrived to try and revive him after he was found lifeless, apparently from a heart attack, shortly before midday at his rented home. Maradona had been recovering from brain surgery.
The Argentinian President has decreed t Read on...
The weather forecast had had warnings for the past 2 days and overnight the rain arrived in Lake Tekapo although it wasnt loud enough on the roof of our to wake us.
However, as daylight increased and the mountain and lake scenery that had been there yesterday didnt reappear it seemed clear that the rain was going to be with us for a good part of the day.
And so it turned out and finally we had a Read on...
Well 3 weeks broke my previous record but I think all my other travel blogs had about 3 or 4 entries in a shorter time. Im back! Lets see if I can remember what I did...
Sept 1 work threw some mandatory OT on us for the first time ever. I am still working a full time job through all of this after all! So had some long work days. Also checked out a monthly discussion group in the denver poly grou Read on...
Sang nay toi di den court house o Pigeon Forge vi toi biet o day co tuong Dolly Parton, va toi moi biet sang nay la Dolly Parton, mot ca si, nhac si, thuong gia sanh ra tai thanh pho nay va hien van con song. Toi di den Court House va thay tuong cua Dolly Parton truoc san. sau do to di tren duong den Dollywood Theme Park. Noi day co nhieu tro choi nhu Disneyland. Ngoai ra Dolly con lam chu nhieu b Read on...
For those of you who have got the Tina Arena reference in the title...congratulations, you are old and probably spent some time in Australia and New Zealand in the 90s. It was the first thing that came to mind when I found out I was going to be staying in Sorrento on our romantic getaway to Italy and I had assumed that Ms. Arena was singing about this beautiful cliffside town. Turns out she was si Read on...
Meguro River is one of the most popular places to see cherry blossoms in Tokyo. Its located in Nakameguro area which is near Shibuya, central of Tokyo. The best highlight of Meguro River Cherry Blossoms is over 800 cherry trees lined for about 4 km along the river which displays the spectacular view.
During the main season for cherry blossoms, a cherry blossom festival is held near the river and Read on...