The Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings were moved here from McElmo Canyon, Colorado, in 1907. The Cliff Dwellings are an imitation of such prehistoric houses as those mentioned at p. 493 [Mesa Verde] and contain a few Indian 1909 IMG_6920
Tuesday morning we returned to Manitou Springs to see the Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings. The cliff dwellings were moved to this alcove location in Manitou Spri Read on...
Today was a busy day, quick breakfast in the hotel then off to our Cooking Class at the Santa Fe School of Cooking. There is also a great shop which has everything you need for New Mexican cooking.
Normally, we prefer to take a class, but there were just not much in the way of offerings that also included eating what you cooked. So, we took a Demo class entitled Traditional New Mexican I. The c Read on...
The Cycle Bridge: As someone who hasnt ridden a bicycle for several decades, it feels strange to blog about a cycle bridge. But this is far more than just a bridge for cyclists to use.
The bridge is part of the Mountains to the Sea cycleway. It has already proven very popular with locals but there are also plenty of keen cyclists, many of whom stay just up the road at the Holiday Park.
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I am not going to try to describe Greek food to you in one email. Yes, Greek food might be some of the food you are familiar with back home. The lamb, stuffed grape leaves, eggplant, Greek EVOO, olives, and Barry the Vs favorite, Greek salad. But after just a few days here, Greek food has opened my eyes. First, they value and only eat FRESH food. Nothing is frozen, since most homes do not have fre Read on...
Eindelijk weer naar de andere kant van de Noordzee in de meivakantie! Omdat Devon binnen een dag treinen te bereiken is, besloot ik dat te doen. Toch net even wat duurzamer dan met het vliegtuig. Al kreeg ik op Brussel Midi wel heel gevoel dat ik ging vliegen vanwege Brexit. Je wordt daar lekker bezig gehouden met lange rijen bij het inchecken op de Eurostar met bagagecontrole en paspoortcontrole. Read on...
Today we started our tour in Volksgarten, A beautiful landscaped park to one side of the Hofburg In June the roses must look wonderful but now in March they were all covered to protect them from the winter temperatures, looking quite spooky too.
Opened in 1823, the Volksgarten owes its existence to the exuberance of Napoleons army.The French emperor entered Vienna in 1809 after a victory over th Read on...
Got up early and packed up our bags since we had to bring our rental car back this morning. We also wanted to drop off our bags at the new hotel while we have a car and try the hotel to see if the room was ready early. Turns out we got lucky and a room was clean and ready for us. Anne and Camille went up to the room and got settled in and Cameron and I went to bring back our rental car. When we go Read on...
We have still had problems with the heater so decided to skip travels in Utah. Camping in really cold weather without good heat is not an option. Hence, we decided to stay another 2 days in Taos.
I went to the campground office and asked if we could stay another 2 nights. Unfortunately, there were no sites with full wed have to move to another side without a dump. We could do this easily.
The w Read on...
1. Revelstoke - The town was built around the railway and Mr Farwell was the founder of the first settlement here. When Canadian Pacific rail found they had a disagreement over the cost of doing business in Farwell, they started their own town right next to Farwell and named it after Lord Revelstoke. The part of town nearest the highway is still known as Farwell.
On March 4th 1910, as workers wer Read on...
Our first stop was the Point Labatt Conservation Park to view the only permanent colony on the Australian Mainland of Australian Sea Lions who share the area with some New Zealand Fur Seals. The easiest way to tell the difference is that the fur seals are a lighter, sandy colour and the sea lions are brown. There are other differentiating characteristics, like the ear flaps on the sea lions, but w Read on...