Last night after dinner, Tim and I took a short night walk around the Old Town to check out the scene and see if how the place looks under lights. Our ambitions exceeded our energy levels, so it was cut back, trimmed, and we were back home in 40 minutes. Theres a few pictures up but its worth noting that on Wednesday night, the Plaza was buzzing. Tonight is our last in Tours so well join the crowd 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...
This is ony a picture of what the people had to do back in the day to rescue folks shipwrecked on these rocky shores.
We had to backtrack somewhat on our way to the Irish Loop and Portugal Cove South because the highway we wanted to take was gravel. Only about 40 kilometres but we had a rental car and didnt want to take any chances. However, taking the TCH had one benefit. It took us past Salmoni Read on...
This morning we are have a leisurely breakfast, pack our bags and make our way over to the railway stationless than five minutes walk from our hotel. We are headed back to the airport. No we are not going home, but thats where we collect our rental car.
Neither of us have been looking forward to the drive out of busy Malaga on the wrong side of the road! One of the courtesy buses has just drawn i Read on...
Nachdem ich gestern noch in der Ville Nouvelle etwas zum Abendessen bekam und abends noch den Fuballspielern vor dem Hotel von meinem netten Balkon aus zusah, schlief ich letzte Nacht etwas besser, als in der ersten. Man hrt hier den Muezzin Ruf ber den Lautsprecher, aber das war kein groes Problem.
Nachdem Frhstck, wo ich wieder den trkischen Honig oder Nougat - ich wei leider nicht, was das fr Read on...
Today we head south to Eighty Mile Beach which is a hundred or so kilometres south of Broome where the Great Sandy Desert meets the Indian Ocean. It seems that there are a few different ways to spell the name of our destination - the way Ive spelt it, or Beach, or even Beach. Im not too sure why theyre so concerned about the spellings when its not really even 80 miles long; apparently its actual Read on...
Lately I have been haunted by a dystopian short story: ‘There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury. The story in itself but part of Bradburys meditation on Mars and the future of Planet Earth: ‘The Martian Chronicles. It is set during a single day in 2026, describing a lone house in Allendale, California, that stands intact in a city otherwise obliterated by a nuclear bomb. We know that a nucl Read on...
Early breakfast in a diner in Fort Smith. Definitely a part of the bible belt. Got talking to a group of guys who were having a prayer breakfast and noticed other diners saying grace before they started their food.
Keith got talking to a cop who was getting a coffee. He told a bit of the history behind the town which prompted my interest and thanks to google, found that Fort Smith was established Read on...
We covered a lot of ground today. We set out from Sceale Bay about 8.30am and pretty much repeated yesterdays trip, but joined the Eyre Highway at Wudinna rather than Minnipa. Wudinna is the home of the Australian Farmer Statue. First conceived in 1992 the eight metre, 70 tonne granite sculpture, carved by Marijan Bekic, was unveiled in 2009.
With another 100 kilometres on the odometer we found o Read on...
Kamień runiczny to stojący kamień z wyrzeźbioną runiczną inskrypcją i dodatkowymi ozdobami. Tysiące kamieni runicznych zostało wystawionych w Skandynawii w czasie Ery Wikingw. Dzisiaj większość kamieni stoi w swoim oryginalny miejscu lub stosunkowo blisko niego. Powoduje to, że szwedzki krajobraz jest upstrzony tymi majestatycznymi kamieniami.
Niektre są w muzeach, inne zostały zni Read on...