I have loved this city from my first visit in the early 80s, to my most recent in 2013 for Super Bowl 47. While the food is good, I think it is the spirit of the people here. They have been through so much here, particularly Hurricane Katrina. It seems nothing would ever make them leave the area, no matter how difficult life has Tennessee Williams one said, America only has three cities: New York, Read on...
This is our first real trip since Covid, yes, we had our Fall Foliage trip, but I couldnt really see and was in pain most of the time; and then there was the trip to Block Island that wasnt but ended up being 5 days in Portland, Maine (never really a bad thing. But this, this is our first trip on a plane since Covid. You would think that nothing ever happened, the plane was booked, OHare was crowd Read on...
Peut tre avez vous trouv, que la fin de mon blog dhier, tait bcl, encore plus de fautes que dhabitude, lexplication est toute simple. Jai pour habitude de le prparer avant daller souper, et de faire une coupure, car pour moi toute cette criture ce nest pas un crivain de mtier. Et mon retour la tte plus repose, je me relis, jessaies aussi de remettre en forme certaines tournures, voir de corriger Read on...
From Tours we drive north to the city of Chartres. On the way we stop off for lunch at Vendome which is a very pleasant town on the confluence of 3 rivers and home to a huge abbey. Though a small town today Vendome was for centuries a major centre in this area.
In Chartres it is all about the cathedral. This is one of the most impressive gothic buildings in the world and draws huge numbers of vis Read on...
Of the four large island groups sitting offshore eastern Sweden, the autonomous Aland islands could be considered the cinderella one with less travel and sight seeing kudos. Further south in the Baltic, we visited Gotland in 2021 enjoying the islands deep heritage represented by the well preserved Medieval walled Hanseatic city of Visby, a landscape dotted by defunct windmills, thatched huts, forl Read on...
Ce soir pas un gros blog. Pas de msaventure notoire ces dernires 24 heures, et une bonne journe de route.
Quelle bonne ide davoir chang dhtel, non seulement le personnel aux petits soins, une chambre digne de ce nom, et cerise sur le gteau, ce matin petit dej au dernier tage, avec une vue a 180° sur les toits de Florence. Magnifique. Bmol la molette de rglage de mon appareil photo tait dcale, au Read on...
Many, most of us have been stuck at home for the past year. The last time I was out of the county was last march, Scottsdale, on a road trip to Spring Training. Of course, my hero, Katy, has spent most of the year either on a beautiful Thai island or up in cool and green Chiang Mai. Me, I have been stuck at home. I had numerous trips postponed for cancelled. My cycling trip to Croatia was postpone Read on...
After a nothing sort of day yesterday it was lovely to now be in Norway. Our first port of call Stavanger.
It was still getting light as we arrived, all the white wooden buildings looking so pretty in the morning light.
Our tour today was a boat trip cruising The Lysefjord. Sadly we hadnt been on board for very long before the rain started. There was the opportunity to go up onto the top deck wh Read on...
The weather looks great for some outdoor activities today and its not so cold. We set off to Larnach Castle which should be on everyones list as its a rare sight indeed in New Zealand. The drive with great views over the harbour took a winding and steep road across the hilltops many kilometres out of Dunedin. What a magnificent location! The original owner and builder of the castle was portrayed a Read on...
Construction on this iconic landmark began in 1914 amidst a materials shortage during World War I, but the station didnt officially open until 1927. Since then, Union Station has waves of immigrants to Toronto, survived a major fire, and endured more than 90 years of wear and tear.
Union Station was designed in the grand manner of the cole des in Paris It was built by Canadian Pacific Railway an Read on...