Remember how we mentioned in our last blog, we were heading to Marco Island to visit our daughter and Well, we did! True to our word. It was a pretty good haul driving down there. Big road trip! Do we all realize what a long state Florida is? Check it on a map. I wonder what Juan Ponce De Len thought when he landed in Florida. Did he say Boy, this is a long piece of land? If he did, he was right! Read on...
So, Winespeed has taken up my campaign to give Chenin blanc a fair chance on your dinner table. I enjoy it with seafood, pasta, cheese, and fruit. South Africa accounts for 53% of the worlds total planted acreage of chenin blanc. France grows 28%, primarily in the Loire Valley, and together the U.S. and Argentina split another 15%. For centuries chenin blanc was (and it still remains) South Africa Read on...
Days 119 and 120. Saturday we watched the qualification for Motor GP. It is not a normal Motor GP . Then it never was going to be normal . . Two GPs one after the other in Spain. No crowds. Masks . A GP without an audience . It lacked any kind of atmosphere. Then there is F1. Masks, no crowds and two races in Austria. One called the Austrian Grand Prix and the second the Styrian GP. Two or three p Read on...
From April 19, travelers from across the European Union and five other countries, including the UK, US, Israel, Serbia and the United Arab Emirates will no longer have to quarantine upon arrival in Greece if they can show proof that they have been fully vaccinated against vaccine, or present a negative result from a test taken no more than 72 hours before travel. The as Greece prepares to open it Read on...
Titanic Belfast. Opened in 2012. The design of the museum recalls the bows of ships, built to the same height as Titanics hull. 1 Olympic Way, Queens Road. DSC_0017
Returning from the County Antrim coast to Belfast, the coach let us off at the Titanic Belfast museum. RMS Titanic was built in Belfast as were her sister ships Olympic and Britannic. The Harland & Wolff shipyard is still here as is t Read on...
THU, 29 SEP 2022 – Day 4: East Fjords/Modrudalur Valley - Start the day by returning to the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon. Cruise between jagged icebergs in an included boat tour. Then take a scenic drive along the rugged coast of the East Fjords. Enjoy spectacular views of high mountains, deep fjords, spectacular waterfalls, glaciers and quaint fishing villages. Make stops along the way at small b Read on...
I Misunderstood and Believed the Cable Car to the Bom Jesus Sanctuary Was Not Operating that Day and Opted Out of a Long Uphill Trek
TOUR 2 – Great Iberian Tour – SUN, 05 JUN 2022 – Day 6: Cable car ride to the Bom Jesus Sanctuary. Wine and Mussels tasting on a boat trip. Visit Santiago de Compostela. On this day we will travel through beautiful landscapes. In the city of BRAGA, we will get Read on...
Before taking this trip, it seems almost everyone is an expert on Santorini. After all, it is a small island in the Aegean, though inhabited by less than 16,000 residents.Traveler 365 has an interesting list:Santorini receives over 2.2 million tourists a year, though the last year was hardly negligible.There are more churches than houses here, though many of the churches are small and private.Wine Read on...
Un super petit djeuner ce matin, servi en terrasse, au calme dans cette toute petite rue du vieux a me rattrape un peu dhier au soir. Je ne peux pas dire prcisment ce que jai mang, un genre de rizotto, sur, avec des champignons, mais pour le reste ???, moi qui suis chiant pour manger, ici je ne suis pas vraiment ma place.
Je voulais me rendre Sofia par le chemin des coliers, vagabonder un peu Read on...
November 27, 2020 LX 288 touched down at Johannesburg International Airport (called Tambo), at 03:55 AM, after a 9:47 hours flight from Zurich. In it were two mighty excited passengers Nui & Nenad. Despite the Covid restrictions everywhere, we managed to squeeze out of Europe and into the summer of the southern hemisphere. As the SWISS Boeing ER taxied, we looked how darkness slowly gave way to d Read on...