Ah, les Rocheuses! Tout les superlatifs du monde sont ici applicables, avec raison! La partie canadienne de ce grand systme montagneux qui traverse les Amriques attire depuis longtemps les amateurs de paysages et de randonne. Avant la pause pandmique, ils taient prs de cinq millions visiter le plus ancien (1885) et le plus clbre des parcs nationaux canadien, Banff. Aujourdhui, alors que le touris Read on...
Today I (Susan) was released from my quarantine to go on excursions and the parts of the boat outside my room! Of course, I was masked the entire time I was out. I certainly miss doing things with my sister, but I headed out anyway to take pictures for both of us. We drove around Oslo where I was able to get a few pictures from the moving bus of the fortress and the parliament. Oslo has some beaut Read on...
It is the Thursday before Labor Day weekend and we have planned a short get away to Providence, RI. There are several reasons for this trip 1) to get the heck out of NYC during Covid and 2) we have decided it is time to move somewhere else. Seven years in Manhattan is enough and the city is well, not for us. It has lost all appeal, there are no Broadway Shows, you cant go out to dinner, the crime Read on...
This iconic mural was painted in 1990. It was based on an actual photograph of Honecker and Brezhnev kissing. I photographed this just as these two guys kissed in front of the mural. The funny thing is, many conservatives today would probably be saying variations of My God, help me survive this deadly love in the face of marriage equality and rising LGBTQ visibility.
Like many other people my age Read on...
Just over 10 years ago, some guy had the idea to build a new golf destination on the Black Sea in Bulgaria. They brought in Gary Player and Ian Woosnam to design 3 courses, the classics Lighthouse as well as Black Sea Rama golf courses...and the way more spectacular, Gary Player designed, Thracian Cliffs.
So a little more about this little side trip of 3 nights, 4 days...I must admit, slightly in Read on...
We had planned to drive around the Ring of Kerry today, before heading to our next stop about 2 hours drive away. Im delighted to say though, that following a from Man with Donkey yesterday as well as one or two other people in Dingle, we changed our plan and did the Slea Head Drive instead. Slea Head is a promontory in the westernmost part of the Dingle Peninsula. National Geographic magazine onc Read on...
Fueled by my blue pancakes, I was ready to get the day under way. Our next excursion was the town of Pinhao. This is the first year of doing the Duoro River cruise, so they are still fine tuning the activities. We walked up to a train station were given vouchers for free gifts at various shops throughout the town. I spent most of the day with Alex, a Tauck tour guide from Ecuador who was on this t Read on...
I always try to keep my every day wine and sparkling budget under $20. Since I enjoy my sparkling wines, this always limits my choices to a sparkling wine other than champagne. But it does not mean that I must sacrifice taste and enjoyment when I drink other sparklings. Plus, why open a bottle of $60 to $100 bottle of champagne when I can only drink about half of it each evening? Most of you know Read on...
After spending the last few weeks in the mountains, it is time to head to the beach. We had initially thought of finding a place somewhere in the north of Portugal, but nowhere stood out so we opted for somewhere in northwest Spain instead. The holiday season has begun so availability is limited and cheap places in the popular beach resorts which generally are in the area close to San Sebastian ar Read on...
We set two alarms 10 minutes apart so we would not miss rising to shower and drive to the airport to check in by 5.30am.But when you have one eye open all night to make sure you dont miss the alarm you are always going to be ready and this morning proved this.
So we had the car loaded and were on our way within 2 minutes of the target time only to get about half way there and have to turn around Read on...