Fridays sea day went smoothly. Some time during the day the cabin steward bought around a Crossed The Arctic Circle certificate for each passenger. Evening Formal Night saw most people partake again.
Saturday was Honningsvg for the North Cape. On arrival we had a 4 hour morning tour with Blue Puffin Tours, organised privately rather than a ships tour.
A really great tour. Excellent guide, very k Read on...
We left Woodsville in Vermont after stopping at a Walmart to get a couple of supplies and then a diner breakfast. We have noticed that although temperatures are cool in the mornings & evenings but getting 18 and 19 occasionally during the day.
Riding out of Woodsville we saw the 2 young guys we had met yesterday riding the other way? After a few more miles we then linked up with these guys riding Read on...
Before continuing on down to Florida, Mom and I headed downstairs for something we had been waiting for over a year for, an actual hot hotel breakfast served in a dining room. It wasnt quite the normal walk around serve yourself buffet experience, but it still was much There was a velvet rope between us and the buffet. You told the server what you wanted and then she loaded up your tray for you. L Read on...
After a wonderful night in Lima, we make our way to Machu Picchu via Cusco. We had a good journey to Cusco looking at the Peruvian landscape, and after a decent ride, we make it to our destination. We three are excited to be here. One of us, not me, could speak the language which was very helpful. Our tour to Machu Picchu was the next morning, and we wanted to be fresh when we arrived. As we did i Read on...
SUN, 10 JUL 2022 – HOTEL TRANSFER: My Globus La France tour ended after breakfast, so I checked out of the hotel and made my way to Htel du Lion dOr Louvre for a stay my visit to Paris and to relax a bit before I embarked on an adventurous, independent journey to London, ahead of my next tour. This evening, as I was signing up for the La France Facebook Group one of my opened, I saw a post f Read on...
Gestern machte ich wieder einen Ausflug in die Berge. ber Murnau fuhr ich nach Oberammergau, wo das Pilatushaus und das Festspielhaus die Highlights darstellen. Von dort setzte ich meinen Ausflug in Ettal fort, wo ich mehrere Kse- und Wurstsorten zusammen mit Ettaler Bier einkaufte. Weiter ging es durch und ber die Grenze nach Seefeld. Ich hatte ja am Samstag noch einen machen lassen und mich di Read on...
I truly hope 2020 is treating you half decently. I have to admit, writing these blogs is somehow challenging. We are all doing the best to get the best of a super difficult year. But depending of where you are in 2020....life can be sweeter...or way more sour! So little disclaimer, I will not be able about 2020...well...there are 29 more days to go. This year was spent mainly between Seychelles an Read on...
Also eines steht fest: heute wird es gemtlicher! JJ hat eine Talwanderung herausgesucht: auf zum Mittelberg, dann bis nach Stillebach wandern und dort Kneipen. Nur etwa 10 KM, keine Anstiege. Unterwegs das Buch rausholen, lesen und entspannen. Hatten wir so auch noch nicht. Klingt nach einem Plan.
Ein Plan, der sofort wieder einkassiert wird. Der Weg ist mit Kinderwagen zu begehen - kann also nic Read on...
I had a long day in Colorado and wanted to camp on the Colorado River in Utah. Westbound on Interstate Hwy 70, the first exit on the North Side of the highway in Utah is a very nice large viewing area. Cuz of the wildfires in California the haze over Utah (and Arizona) was thick and nice pics were hard by. I did not stop at the view area on this trip, but wish to show the pics from my 2017 visit. Read on...
Kunming was my first stop on a tour of Yunnan Province. I chose to go with a tour group to ensure that I was with foreigners and an English speaking tour guide. To be honest I was reluctant to book this trip. I am not sure why. I was also considering simply booking a flight to Sanya and having a beach holiday. I ended up in Yunnan and with hindsight it was a very good decision to avoid Sanya as an Read on...