I decided to get up for another early start for some sunrise photography in There was the huge Damien Hirst Verity sculpture. as in that people either love it or hate it. There was lots of apparent symbolism - standing on a pile of books, scales of justice, held behind her back, pointing a sword in the air and being pregnant. Typical Damien Hurst, if you look back at her from the sea wall, all t Read on...
Two days in Lisbon marked the start of our Portugals River of Gold trip with Viking Cruises. Our overnight flight from Washington Dulles Airport touched down at 10:14 a.m. Viking representatives met us outside customs and baggage claim and directed us to our hotel transfer. Lisbon airport is surprisingly close to the city center. The ride in from the airport took us through several traffic circles Read on...
We woke up to the doorbell, breakfast is served! Fried egg, toast, margarine, bacon and sausage. Shortly afterwards we got the all clear from our PCR test. Were free!
Except its Saturday. Banks are closed, so we got some cash from an ATM (at an exorbitant charge) and headed towards the famous Kaosan Road. On the way we saw the city waking up, food stalls opening, lots of flower sellers making and Read on...
Monday, 18 July 2022, Day 2 GGW Spean Bridge to Glengarry Castle Hotel. 16.95 miles, 6 hours 35 minutes walking, 2059 elevation gain.
Today is one of the longest distances on the Great Glen Way (GGW). Jo and I are walking while Norma, Sandy and Karen are taking the bus. Simon and Morven at the Coire Glas B&B are most They book tickets online for the bus. We have to wait until after the last break Read on...
I like my beer, and I like a good pub. By far my favourite in Ho Chi Minh City is the Winking Seal at 50 Đặng Thị Nhu in District 1.
I am not sure how I discovered this pub because its hidden away in a side street that I would never normally traverse. Anyway, I found it, was delighted and go there frequently.
A good pub must have decent beer, a pleasant ambience, good service and fair pric Read on...
Started the day on time, but it was still hard to get up. Breakfast is included in our room rate. Normally that means a simple continental and maybe some scrambled eggs and sausage. Here it meant a waffle bar, omelet bar, a hot bar with everything to make your own Full Irish (same thing as a full English) and many other items. Just kept it simple and had some eggs, sausage and toast. Jerry added y Read on...
Were still keeping things local as our toddler is yet to be vaccinated. This is helping me find gems in driving distance. This holiday season, were headed to San Luis Obispo area for some animal fun!
We stopped by Casa de Fruta to chop up the drive. It is this that has Casa de everything from hotel to gas station. Weve passed by it gazillion times but never occurred to us to even give it a tryu Read on...
Sunday: Theresa was still in town we drove around town and checked out some local spots- downtown Greer with a Posada market. Then we looked at some real estate- a historic fabric mill turned into apartments and a tiny As much as Ive been interested in tiny homes and Ive seen a few empty homes at shows Id never seen of them and it was sooo cute!
Tuesday: Saw a Cirque du Soleil show called Holidaz Read on...
Arkaroola features many unique geological monuments, rugged mountains, towering granite peaks, magnificent gorges, and mysterious waterholes, and as I write this, very sore in many parts of my body, I am well pleased in the fact that Jane and I conquered one of the towering granite peaks (347m), by slogging it up and then down one of those rugged mountains to reach the summit of Acacia Ridge. The Read on...
In our last missive I decried the residual resistance to vaccine uptake in parts of the wealthy west, as well as its hesitant to their juveniles. Even more pertinently we worried about the limited availability and constrained distribution of vaccines within developing countries. Such were likely to see new, potentially more threatening, variants emerge. And sadly so it proved. Most of Africa trai Read on...