I suppose every morning you have that choice . Look out of the window - check the weather out - check the view out . At that point depending how you feel you make your mind up. Stay in bed a bit longer and hope for better weather - a better view or get up and face the day .
Todays view out of the bedroom window was the same old view . The same view I have woken up to for the last 98 days . 98 day Read on...
Heute habe ich nach dem Frhstck Reims verlassen und bin dann in den Raum Tours gefahren. Dort wollte ich das Chteau de Chenonceau besuchen und habe dieses auch problemlos gefunden. Trotz Sonntag und schnem Wetter musste ich weder beim noch beim Eintritt lange warten (ich bekam sofort ein Das besondere an diesem Schloss ist, das es einen Fluss berspannt. Das ist aber nicht die Loire, sondern ein Read on...
Everything in Cusco has changed. From the way people walk and greet each other, to the signs in the streets and the mannequins in the shop windows.
Its hard for me to believe that weve been in some form of quarantine/lockdown for that long. At this point, its also hard to believe that life will ever be normal again. Everything is so different now. My day to day life has changed that I feel like I Read on...
It was a big day yesterday so were a bit slow off the mark this morning. We spend the day doing very little other than lying by the pool and on the beach, so I take the opportunity to read up a bit more about Naxos.
Greek mythology has it that Zeus, the father of the gods, was raised here on Naxos. In the real world the ever reliable Wikipedia tells us that theres evidence of neanderthal activity Read on...
Next stop was the then Western Samoa (now just Samoa), and first cab off the rank was the legendary Aggie Greys Hotel in the capital Apia. The hotels been there since 1933. Its eponymous founder was a very well known local figure on whom the character Bloody Mary in the movie South Pacific is believed to have been based. She only passed away in 1988 at the ripe old age of 91. The ever reliable Wik Read on...
Again, I love the colours of this historic citys alleys. What you cannot appreciate is the smells of delicious foods.
I had to take the train back to Milans central train station to pick up my luggage. I thought I was heading into a new direction towards France but my train went through Pavia, where I started the morning. Milans central train station is a beast when you hit it the first time when Read on...
We had been over to the green museum and the garden and now it was time to see what was going on upstairs . The house as we looked at it was a red brick Renaissance manor house and an attractive one at that . Built in 1490 although excavations have revealed evidence of earlier constructions going back to 1340. We crossed the moat and entered the front door . The nobleman Lave Eskesen Brock who die Read on...
Our first visit to Cambridge. We travelled by train from Peterborough, collected a map when we arrived and settled down at Cafe. Euro for a delicious coffee while we planned what to do. We decided on a Hop on Hop off tour which would help us get an overview of the city. £13.50 each and we were on our way. We travelled about half way passing the Fitzwilliam Museum, Jesus College, the Cambridge Uni Read on...
Le temps est encore lgrement couvert ce matin. Il fait encore chaud, mais pour la premire fois depuis une semaine la temprature est en dessous de trente.Aprs ntre dsormais traditionnel petit djeuner fait de caf, donuts et jus dorange, on prend la direction du parc de Canyonlands. Cest lautre grand parc proche de Moab. Il est environ cinquante kilomtres. il faut emprunter la highway 191, puis pren Read on...
It makes sense to mention the first camping trip we made as a family first on April 4th to celebrate Nathans 7th birthday weekend. This first camping experience was much different than the one we were about to take because we slept in tents at Sycamore Canyon instead of an RV. It was a perfect was to start Nathans birthday with sprinkle pancakes and presents in the morning before school. Susie an Read on...