No need to be up with the lark on Saturday as we are staying local, ready for a late afternoon treat - or at least when we woke we thought our booking was for late afternoon.
Hostel kitchen facilities for our travelling breakfast and then out, just 3km up the road, to what looked like an interesting little local museum celebrating the life of a notable Icelandic author. Cute outside wall to the b Read on...
Tag des Abschieds von Riva del Garda. Sowohl die Gegend, als auch das Garda Break als Unterkunft haben uns sehr gefallen. Nun soll es aber auf gehen zu anderen Ufern - na, ja um genau zu sein ZUM anderen Ufer! Wir wollen nach Sirmione.
Einen Termin zum zu bekommen ist bedeutend schwieriger als gedacht, aber unsere Gastgeberin organisiert es am Ende fr uns in Arco. Test ist negativ, was wie wir a Read on...
Think critically for oneself and make informed decisions that best suit ones life? Or listen to your betters and do what youre told. Remain terrified! Question nothing! Stay home! Nah, that never sounded like me. I think for myself and try to do things that scare me or at least give me a thrill from time to time. Take calculate risks and test boundaries. My mom is the same way. So tomorrow we set Read on...
Not really, unless you consider a bicycle a beast of sorts. When I was here in May, it was too darn hot to go on any bike tour, morning, afternoon or night. But I think October, now, is going to work out. Here is what I am going to do. First, take a bike tour and get the lay of the land for two wheels. With the plethora of cobbled streets, I plan to be extra careful, ride slowly, and try to stop a Read on...
Our bus left the hotel in Seville at 9am and we were on our way to Granada. On the bus, Vera passed out dark chocolate covered figs to tease us about the sweets at our next stop. She told us that bus drivers, by law, must stop at least every 2 hours. Therefore we had frequent bathroom and refreshment breaks. We stopped at an Autogrill in a pleasantly rural farmland region where Vera suggested we p Read on...
Comme vous laviez constat lors de mes blogs en Argentine, je terminais toujours par des encouragements lintention de Gilles qui luttait contre la maladie. Ces encouragements ont t vains, cest tristement la maladie qui a gagne. Il nous a quitt en juin . Une grosse pense pour lui, et bon courage Marie Jeanne ainsi qu ses enfants.
Gilles faisait beaucoup dentre vous, des lecteurs fidles et assidus Read on...
Were woken at what feels like the crack of dawn by yet more fireworks, the noise from which would wake the dead. Midday we could understand, but a quick check of our watches confirms that its only 9am. We drift back into dreamland only to be reawoken a few minutes later by a noisy parade passing slowly, oh so slowly, down the narrow street in front of our apartment. Were not quite sure exactly whi Read on...
An absolutely excellent idea to visit Chinon, too delightful a town to be missed and really surprised that we have managed to miss it out up to now, given the many weeks, months even we have spent in France over the years.
The sky was cornflower blue when we woke and stayed that way all day. Summer has arrived with a vengeance. No hesitation risking suntop on a day like this.
We took the road no Read on...
Ah Porto, so glad that our apartment doesnt suffer from airbnb construction syndrome. It was a great nights to Aveiro and theres a coffee machine in the place. What else could you want?
We made ourselves a quick breakfast and went to talk to the ladies at the office of running the airbnb. They are super friendly and gave us some ideas of where to go and what to see, and better yet, how to get the Read on...
We slept in a bit this morning all the way to 8:30 - almost as if we were on vacation! Yesterday was tireing but was well worth it. On our journey to the Charles Bridge yesterday, I discovered that on the Vltava River they run some afternoon lunch cruises. You would think that since we are going on an 8 day cruise in two days we would not find this enticing but you would be dead wrong! Our Viking Read on...