The big day had finally arrived. After postponing our ride numerous times due to the pandemic we were finally ready to depart. A late change of plan had us leaving around lunchtime from Fairfield rather than 8am from Docklands and I was feeling excited about starting the journey on my bike from my front door, no flying or driving anywhere, straight into it.
I remember stating on one of our previo Read on...
The trip from Mammoth Lake to Death Valley was only 3.5 hours so we werent in any real hurry. We always love the scenery when we are driving and are often in awe that its a story of two side of the road. It seems there can be a vast difference between the left side and right side of the vehicle.
We made a stop in Lone Pine, CA tongas up (cheaper prices). As we continued on I spied a museum of wes Read on...
Otin hotellin runsaan aamupalan, vaikka siit piti maksaa erikseen. Ei huvittanut lhte kokeilemaan aamiaista muualle. Oli sadepiv, ja lhdin liikkeelle Metrolla Osloer Strasselle ja sielt ratikalla itn ja sielt jatkoin Museoon oli jonoa ja siell oli sen verran vke ett ptin pit sisll maskia. Mit uutta opin DDR:st? Sodan jlkeen DDR oli ollut kehittynyt teollisuusmaa, ja se pystyi myymn tuotteitaan m Read on...
The morning started nice with everyone sleeping until 7:30 and even a full night of no kids needing one of the parents to sleep with them. After the kids had milk we all got dressed and got into the van to go to a restaurant called Ernies, which was at the public clubhouse of the PGA West country club. This place had special memories of 20 years of Susie and George owning a house and being members Read on...
Christmas overseas, in hot climes, isnt something I do often and not something Ill likely do again. But on this occasion, in 2019: boy am I glad I did. It was Christmas BC (Before Corona), and quite possibly our last opportunity to travel afar as a family. It had taken a great amount of time and even greater amount of patience and planning to arrive at the point of successfully organising five adu Read on...
Tiistaina olin varautunut kymn museoissa. Kun aamulla ei satanut, niin ptin lhte katsomaan barokkipuutarhaa. No kun psin sinne, niin kyll tuli vhn vett ja kytt kertakyttsadetakille. Sielt palasin hotellille vaihtamaan kestakin Kun ei satanut, niin kvelin keskustaan, ja minua jututti pitkn pyrll liikkunut ikiseni saksalaismies. Hn kiinnitti huomioita New Zealand -lippikseeni ja kertoi omista matko Read on...
The very first bus route opened on 4 July 1829. The service carried paying passengers between the Yorkshire Stingo pub in Paddington and the Bank of England in the City. The full trip cost one shilling, and took about 40 minutes.
London General Omnibus Company (or L.G.O.C.) owned most of the buses and in 1907 painted its entire fleet red to stand out Since 1933, the colour was adopted by London Read on...
We were up with the birds as usual and soon after breakfast were sitting outside in the back watching the birds eat their breakfasts too. It was very chilly but we also walked the perimeter.
We did see another javelina. Evidently the big male we saw yesterday has a bad back leg, which David noticed, so his name is Gimpy. And 2 more outside the property. And a handful of - they are large!
We dro Read on...
Remember a time, long, long ago, in far, far away lands when we were allowed to do a thing called travel? When state/territory borders were merely a photo opp and quarantine was something we only heard of watching Border Patrol on the TV?
To be honest, its a little creepy to the final words of our last blog in July 2019..... I know, this blog is a long one, thanks for reading it, and at the very Read on...
This morning was our last morning in Phnom Penh and we had a couple of hours before we had to go to the airport and catch our flight to Siem Reap. After another delicious and relaxing breakfast on the rooftop, I went for a morning walk to soak in the city for one last time. I walked along the riverfront watching people starting off their day, shopkeepers sweeping and hosing the fronts of their sho Read on...