Looking back to the high town of Laon, now from the southern side. The cathedral is still very visible. Terugkijkend naar de hoge stad van Laon, nu vanuit het zuiden. De kathedraal is nog erg goed zichtbaar.
Het was een aardig, wel vrij lang, stuk nog de stad van Laon uit, maar het was mooi om terug te kijken naar de hoge stad en de kathedraal. Daarna kregen we een leuk stuk van bospaden met vrij Read on...
We took the train from New York to Providence, RI. We walked from the train station to Avis where we had reserved a car. After picking up our car we drove one and a half hours to Hyannis. We checked into the Sea Coast Inn which is just a few blocks from the port and downtown Hyannis. After checking in we walked to Spankys Clam Shack for a great seafood dinner. After dinner we walked down Hyannis M Read on...
I woke up about 4.30am local time (8.30am Melbourne), but managed to go back to sleep until 6.30am. Figured that wasnt too bad for trying to get the body clock aligned with local time?
Fortunately Bernie noticed this morning that Telstra had charged my phone with a $10.00 day pass. Oh no, we dont want that to be happening at all. We have purchased so that we dont need to be paying $$ for interna Read on...
I was having one of my sleepless nights last night - possibly due to having siestad too long yesterday. It was hot and muggy and then at 3am we had one humdinger of a thunder storm. Hopefully it will clear the air but more likely it will send the humidity soaring again. Plus were not terribly set up for downpour weather!
Our plan today was to visit the Alcazaba but Ive been a bit remiss in my pla Read on...
My third overseas teaching job was at St Andrews School (Escuela San Andres) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I found the school very stressful and decided to leave after two years. Before leaving, I was asked to write something for the school magazine, Carpe Diem. Here is what I wrote:
I have had this conversation with many students recently. They are curious to know why I am leaving the school after Read on...
We left the KOA fairly early, since we needed to drive over 6 hours, plus we wanted to stop several places along the way. Our first stop was in Tillamook to see their creamery and hopefully get some fresh ice cream. I knew the factory didnt open until 10am, but from what Id read they had a store/cafe that opened at 5am. Well, we found the factory where they give tours and it was only 9am, but we n Read on...
Vandaag met zuiderse temperaturen (tot 31°C) Denemarken binnen gereden. We kozen na 380km voor Romo, een Waddeneiland, verbonden met een kms lange toegangsweg over een aangelegde dijk. Onze toonde aan de ingang al een plaatje. Voll Besetzt. Toch kregen we van de uitbaatster een voorlopig plaatsje met een uitgerolde stroomkabel op een ruim stuk gazon, tot er morgen reguliere plaatsen vrij komen. Read on...
After 21 years of rambles that took me across the U.S.A. and six continents, I find myself back in my childhood home where many things have changed while some stubbornly will not. This blog has gone a lot of directions although mostly travel recollections while later blogs explored the nuts and bolts of travel in Eastern Indonesia. I have been pondering bringing it back for a while as a way to sha Read on...
Destination des lites depuis lAntiquit, le Lac de Cme tait visit au XVIIIe sicle par les jeunes aristocrates venant y parfaire leur ducation. Depuis, Cme et son lac sont une destination touristique privilgie en toute saison. Et lt se prolonge jusquen octobre, laffluence touristique ne drougit pas, et particulirement cette anne.
La ville de Cme se dploie sur les rives de la branche du lac qui pre Read on...
Seventy seven years ago - on 11 October 1943 - I was born in the Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough; the first child of Katherine (known as Kaye) and Alfred (known as Alf) Shippam. Within eight years three siblings had arrived - Karen in 1946, Stuart in 1947 and Charlotte in 1951.
Over the years - having lived in Sydney since 1966 - Ive made many holiday trips back to the UK and various other Read on...