We FINALLY made it here - Ive had my eye on this place, reading hearing friends rave about it, booking here in 2020, and again in 2021and were finally here. Milos, apparently the ‘next Santoriniwere just happy to be here NOW!!
Id also heard the horror stories about lost luggage in Athens airport and we were not holding out much hope of successfully making both flights with luggage in tow. It wa Read on...
We are not in the quietest neighbourhood in Porto and that sure was not helped by their being a soccer (can not bring myself to call it football) game on the TV last night featuring the local team. Thank goodness so few goals are scored or we would never have gotten to sleep. As well theres a street drunk thats quite aggressive towards tourists so we have to be a little watchful and a little caref Read on...
According to Wikipedia, in 1847 Wiley Thompson brought his large family and many slaves to his new 636 acre (almost a square mile) home along Larrison Creek and founded of Forest in Cherokee County. In the 1870s the Thompson family opened a general store, saloon, a water mill, a gristmill (powered by water), and a cotton gin. The Forest Post Office opened in 1879. The Forest Baptist Church (with s Read on...
Absolutely perhissed it down all night.. We were prepared though and had tucked the outside table and chairs away as the bad weather had been forecast. In fact it forecast much worse than we had.
We caught the bus into Valencia again to pick up the hired car we had ordered. Went slightly later than planned as needed the rain to stop first, didnt want to stand waiting for the bus in the pouring ra Read on...
Yesterday we had an adventure deep sea fishing on the Indian Ocean! It was a bit more than I expected in a lot of ways (the length of our boat trip, the swells on the ocean, and the disturbing nature of fishing itself).
Lets start at the beginning. We were up early as we were leaving at 7:30. It was raining when we got up, and while we were having our early light breakfast, but it soon stopped, a Read on...
The reason to Kingussie was to visit the Highland Wildlife Park but now thats ticked off, we decided we should see more of the place. Things to do include walking and biking and we dont have bikes, so a walk it was.
Theres plenty of walking markers dotted around, so Glyn researched online and found a short circular walk via Creag Bheag. A small chance of see red squirrels in the woods sealed the Read on...
We woke up this morning to a rainy Arnold, MO. It was dark and gloomy when I got up just before 7 AM. Eventually the rain went away, but the clouds stayed for good part of the day. So my photos may not be the best.
Because of the weather turning cold, we needed to do some trip management. We had to get some warmer clothing out of our suitcases, which were in the car, and reorganize our night bags Read on...
A couple of years ago while tackling Mt. Kerkis on Samos there was an incredible view of Ikarias long ridge running nearly the entire length of the island. Back in the day Ikaria had a reputation as an isle exile and is still currently known as a blue zone, i.e., a place where many people live long lives. While I did not run into any there were, of course, a couple of hikes that I wanted to do on Read on...
Our next stop in the UK was St. Albans as we had organized to cat sit for a couple that had two cats, Georges and Leon. We traveled there from Cardiff by train, the first leg was 1st Class which was a great way to start the day with the delivery of beverages and snacks. The rest of the trip was via subway which went seamlessly as well. We sure are enjoying the ability to use public transportation Read on...
Aujourdhui, on se fait plaisir et on retourne voir deux des merveilles du parc national de Banff: le lac Louise et le lac Moraine. Nous y tions passs en septembre dernier, pour observer un lever de soleil plutt gristre et morose... Cette fois, cest drastiquement diffrent. Le soleil est de la partie et le ciel, dun bleu figurer sur une carte postale.On arrive au stationnement pour prendre le vers Read on...