We were up early, our hotel in Wangen was AWESOME. We all decided last night that we would meet for breakfast at this new restaurant around the corner from Marias apartment.
We all arrived around 9:00 am and had a wonderful time laughing and continuing our discussions of Hedy and Bill it was close to 11 am when Kirsten and I said we need to hit the road and look for some good weather.
We said ou Read on...
This as a surprise to anyone, but Miami in June is hot. Ive spent most of my life in the South, but I had always heard of the cool breezes and daily rain showers that kept Miami from being a sweatbox. Perhaps I just had a different idea of a sweatbox. Either way, I was always glad when I could find air conditioning.
It took me 6 months to be able to do anything touristy in 2021, but now that summ Read on...
Considering what Anne Frank and her family, and hundreds of thousands of other Dutch Jews, went through during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, Ive always thought it amazing that she still believed that people were good at heart. But more on that later. First, our flight and arrival in Amsterdam!
We had uploaded our proofs of COVID vaccines prior to our flight, so our check Read on...
The main ingredient in chicha morada is purple corn, which you boiled with cinnamon bark, lime, pineapple skin and the corn cob. Complete instructions are on Saturday in this weeks blog!
Ive been hearing a lot from my friends and family about the wildfires in Washington, Oregon and California. The red skies, even at 9am, the ash covering their cars parked outside and the choking smoke all make th Read on...
Arriving in Athens, then a quick flight to Tirana, the capital of Albania. Our plan was to take a multi day hike in the North which included a ferry and then into the Albanian Alps. Trying to escape the forecasted rain we quickly moved on to Shkoder, a 2 hour bus ride north to catch the ferry. Still trying to decide whether or not to do the hike, we received notice that the ferry was cancelled, du Read on...
In the 20s Coppa della Perugina was an international car race invented by Giovanni Buitoni, the owner of the La Perugina.
At the beginning of the last century when the phenomenon of car racing was affecting more and more people, from 1924 until 1927 a handful of sportsmen stimulated by Giovanni Buitoni organized on the flat land below the city of Perugia a circuit race called Coppa della Perugina Read on...
Well up early to say goodbye to new travel buddies was very strange going back to an empty room, was very lucky to meet such a nice group of people, now just stuck with Phil again ?
Quite lucky because when I priced with intrepid travel for transport back to Amman I was given price of 40 dinar per person but ended up costing 4 dinar each, quite a saving!!
Once back in Amman, checked into hotel ( Read on...
Today is our last full day in Gulf Shores. Saint Patricks Day. We woke up to a beautiful day today. Sunny and warm. After an early morning walk on the beach with Leo we had a pancake breakfast made by Pedro. We had honey for our pancakes.
After breakfast we headed to town to explore. We found a second dog park in town at the state park. We had tried to find this one earlier in the week, but Srira Read on...
According to Business Insider: Travel has continued to surge in July and August, and travel shaming and outs are some travelers continue to share their photos and experiences on social media, many are choosing to curb their online presence or to not post at all.I think people are afraid. Everyones under a microscope, said food blogger and influencer Ali Maffucci, who experienced backlash after tr Read on...
This time our focus was the Ramesseum, the massive memorial temple of Ramses II, the Pharaoh of the Exodus. We saw the massive inscription of his 80 year reign, full of references that bring alive the story of the Exodus and the building of the Mishkan. The temple is surrounded by mudbrick storehouses that date from the period of the Exodus.
At this site we entered several tombs. Migo and Rabbi B Read on...