Within the last few weeks we have visited Crete a few times, but usually we are docked in Souda Bay to visit Chania. This cruise we stopped at new place a bit further east called Aghios Nikolas.
Here I signed up for a short hike from the town of Elounda to Kolokithia Beach. When we left Aghios it was raining pretty heavily, but once we arrived in Elounda the sky cleared and the sun came out. The Read on...
Breakfast has not been properly thought through; it consists of Everything Bagels, topped with a thick coating of garlic and onion, and blueberry cream cheese. This morning daughter no 1 wants to go on a whale watching trip. On an island with a reputation for big waves. With storms forecast and a wind advisory in place. I cannot be tempted to join her, so she sets off for the marina alone. I am, o Read on...
Michelangelo Buonarrotti is considered to be one of the greatest Renaissance artists. He is particularly famous for his painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in 1508. He is also famous for sculptures of heads of the biblical hero David, of which there are many copies around Florence especially.
Just inside of Palazzo Ducale, located in Piazza De Ferrari in Genoa, there is part of Andrea Salvator Read on...
Phetchaburi was always on our list for this trip, and a few days there got us back on schedule just in time to head back to the capital and get ready to leave Thailand! Thanks to the likes of bucketlistblog we had an idea what the town had to offer. Have to say though, we were very impressed and glad we decided to stay for three nights. This is the sort of place that backpackers would have been se Read on...
We had a bit of a late start and got the subway down to Brooklyn. We went to a little bakery that Zack knows about and got some lunch and were going to walk back over the Brooklyn Bridge but a storm started and the rain was pelting down so we couldnt.
We got the subway back and stopped at Little Island. Again, we couldnt go in because of the storm and lightning so we ended up getting an Uber back Read on...
This morning we woke up and prepared breakfast - fried eggs on brioche toast with Swiss cheese. Shelley made her tea, and I brewed up some Chock Full ‘O Nuts coffee that I had bought at Walmart the night before.
With breakfast done, we turned our attention to getting the RV ready for our trip from our campsite to park it up at the Ferry Terminal in Hingham, Massachusetts. The parking lot was hu Read on...
After kicking off the summer with a trip to Italy, I didnt really have any further travel plans and thus I wasnt expecting to be writing again so soon - but here we are! Life has a habit of keeping you on your toes.
The pandemic has changed the world of work forever by forcing millions of office workers to work remotely and for across the globe, this forced experiment proved to be a huge success Read on...
Theres a big, golden roof atop a Cathedral that can been seen from all over Old Tbilisi, so we had to go sooner or later. Today was the day. Following Google maps, we came across an underground walkway that had very good street art. This led to the pedestrian part of a road bridge that showcased winning images from the International Kolga Awards Exhibition. It was quite fascinating with signs in E Read on...
Prishtina ne me laissera pas beaucoup de souvenirs. Hier au soir la tristesse dans les rues, je nai trouv quune brasserie douverte 8h. Que des ptes au menu, pas dentre, pas de dessert, jai fait avec. Lhtel pas sordide, mais cousin, heureux de le quitter ce matin.
Au dpart ce matin je sais que je vais avoir une rude journe. Je quitte la ville sans problme, et me retrouve sur une autoroute, rapid Read on...
The Great British rail sale and I booked train tickets from Hayes and Harlington to and return to London Paddington for 23 GBP on a Tuesday, market day.
I was on time, at the train station but my connecting train got cancelled. The brand new Elizabethan line had opened and the trains were experiencing several delays. Without wasting a minute, I enquired if there was a cycle space on 11.04 am tra Read on...