Not the best nights sleep as the bed is small and We get up and have breakfast - which reviews describe as ‘simple but tasty. Theyre half right! with ‘juice of some undeterminable fruit (it tastes like flat Vimto). We ask the proprietor what flavour it is. He doesnt know either, goes and checks the packet and returns to tell us its ‘grape. The old man asks for different juice and a new packe Read on...
Actually, we wanted to sleep in a bit, but by 6:30 the birds were in full crescendo, and then a francolin sitting on our roof was very noisy. Its about the size of a partridge. Between him and the wild turkeys, no one sleeps in.
So, after our usual toasted English muffin and guava jam, we started off at the seashore just down the mountain road, near the airport. The sea didnt look too rough until Read on...
I regard Donald Trump as an abomination - a narcissistic, ignorant, corrupt, racist, misogynistic, mendacious, divisive, President. Much has been written about him, so I do not intend to repeat the obvious here, just mention a few things that have caught my attention or crossed my mind of late.
In Vietnam there is a brand of cigarette called ‘Trump. On the packet is an image of the Statue of Read on...
Is this the day when life starts to spring back to normal ? Is the day when we can indeed smile and think the worse is over . I wondered as I stood leaning against a wall watching the Covid World go by me. I do like a good lean against a wall . We had settled into lockdown in Wales .It was hard to believe we had been here seven whole weeks now and it had started to feel relatively normal . We had Read on...
Up with the lark we left our little parking spot beneath the roman fort and headed back on ourselves towards Carlisle . We had not realised just how far back we had travelled yesterday . So glad we were to find a night parking spot we hadnt given a thought to the fact that we had a 45 minute ride just to get back to Carlisle where we left yesterday .
Our plan today was to drive over the border in Read on...
Sipping a cold drink at the end of a quiet day. Tim and I went for a walk after dinner just to loosen the muscles. Each evening many French people head down to their favourite bar to have a and reflect on the day. I felt like Norm from the Cheers.
Today we are going to Avignon, a city that is known as being the City of the Popes. In the 14th century Pope Clement V and his offsiders fled from Rom Read on...
What do any of us really know about the Mob here in Chicago? Yes, I watched Robert Stack (as Eliot Ness) in The Untouchables in the 60s, and it scared the cr*p out of me. Many stories exist, some true, some not. Yet, I think we all have a fascination about their fame and notorious crimes. The most famous mobster was none other than Al Capone. And his influence reached California, Florida, and Neva Read on...
Cusco has gone back into a tighter quarantine/lockdown. Transportation in and out of the city is again limited to supply chain necessities, which I appreciate because the selection of fresh fruit and vegetables hasnt changed.
I was woken up today by a call from my parents. My Dad had bought me a cake and put candles in it to celebrate today being my one year anniversary living in Cusco. It doesnt Read on...
It is ANZAC Day and back home we would have already been to and arrived home from the Dawn Service, had we been at home!
Instead we have woken at 7am in the Hokitika Seafront Hotel with our first decision to be made for the day to be what time should we go down for breakfast.
The 48 seater coach that had disgorged the over 60s on their tour was still in the car park which meant that probably the Read on...
A much better day today with a drizzly start but capes were soon off as we climbed out of Clifden. We are following the coast again and the views are very pleasant with craggy hills, stony shores and a nice smell of seaweed which always makes me feel that I am really by the sea. Gulls are in abundance,as you would expect, and the odd heron and swan in the still waters. Valerie, Brian and Bernard a Read on...