Our next stop was Naxos. We wanted to spend a week in one destination and we didnt know if we should spend it in Naxos or Paros. After reading a lot of blogs and guides, I decided that Naxos was the right choice for us. And it was!
We left Santorini in the rain. Sailing past Ios, we could hardly see it. Actually, it was sort of like the last time we were there. You could say we spent our honeymoo Read on...
I have jumped from Monday to Thursday, as Ken spent exploring Nice, Villafranche and just wandering the wonderful area. By the time I got here he had had an average of 20k steps per day! I was going to have a nice dinner with Ken once I arrived at 9p on Thursday, but due to delays due to air traffic, so by the time I exited it was 1020p, so it was a bit of a slow start to my part of the trip.
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The fine and sunny weather keeps on keeping on and is not spoiling our plans to get to a new location for us or back to places we have been to before.
You might think we would lie in bed a bit longer and enjoy the views over to Kelvin Heights because it is Sunday.But,no,with a planned trip to Glenorchy, some 50km north of Queenstown at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu, we need to be a bit more o Read on...
Considering how poorly Asian men are portrayed in Hollywood, I was genuinely surprised to learn about Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese actor who became one of the biggest stars during the American silent era of the 1910s.He became one of Hollywoods first sex symbols after starring in the film, The Cheat (1915) in which he plays a cruel villain (theres a scene in which he literally brands a woman). Desp Read on...
Turn off of route 16 at Deer Haven and drive to the very end of the road, near the Ten Creek campground, and park at the overnight area. Fill out the form at the trailhead and take the carbon copy with you. There is no fee.
My buddy Dan and I hiked the Lost Twin Lakes Trail and camped in the backcountry on July 4th and 5th, soon after the snowmelt on the trail, paving the way for an unbelievable Read on...
(including lots of small breaks) and with 3 hour siesta midday at picnic site (just off trail) and 1.5 hour break in Bera
Ready and raring to go (and pretty nervous!) we set off from the safety of our hostal in Irn in the cool morning air, nice and early, with the intent to get most of the climbing done before the midday heat. And what a climb out of Irn it was! Long and steep in parts, we start Read on...
Day 715 of Covid. I had forgotten how long Covid had been with us. As I woke this morning I began to realisethat two years had flown by. We had stopped listening to the Politics Show where the politicians justified what they were doing about the economy, furlough and producing vaccines. Boris had stopped standing on the podium giving out figures of infection, hospitalisation numbers and the deaths Read on...
We are off!! At last!! We had decided to drive to Spain a) because Chris wanted to see his brother in Chassignolles, France b) his cousin Lynn was in Montpellier and c) hire cars have suddenly gone ridiculously expensive in Spain!
We left early so that we had chance to visit another of his brothers in Lewes and duly arrived at the ferry port, Newhaven. Uneventful crossing – it was just so nice Read on...
Is this what Birdsville really like? Thats we made in unison as we entered the main street last evening. Two vehicles parked beside the pub, occupants probably seated at the bar, lone attendants at the 2 fuel services, no one wandering about and only 3 vehicles with their vans in the (12.2ha) caravan park with their owners seated around a fire conversing. Not even a dog in sight. As the night wor Read on...
We boarded the tiny tram again and set off along the tracks which followed the woods. In the distance we could see a windmill or a bakehouse and yet another farmhouse . Sometimes people got off the tram and wandered around before catching the next one . At other times they sat there going round and round . On our way round we were busy reading the literature which told us we were passing the Tower Read on...