Bjørn and I wouldnt have had the chance to check out Americas premier military cemetery at Arlington, if not for Amtrak. (More on that later.) Despite wanting some easy (and free) tourism during a layover, I wasnt quite expecting to be confronted with my own mortality at so many turns. I also wasnt prepared for the vastness of the grounds, or for how easy it was to get there. Even in the blisteri Read on...
This Broken Hill AirBnB has been quite a wildlife experience!? When we arrived we found generations of daddy long legs (living and dead) hanging behind the bathroom doors. This despite the fact that the owner messaged Cathy on Sunday to say that she had cleaned the house ready for our arrival because her cleaner was sick. What!? Obviously neither of them can see spiders and their webs!! Yesterday, Read on...
Le moment que tu sors de la rgion de sept lacs, la pluie sarrte et le paysage devient de nouveau tout sec. L, on a fait des kilomtres et des kilomtres, sans voir grand monde. En fait, on voulait absolument arriver notre prochaine destination le plus rapidement possible : le rgion du vin en argentine.
Si tu demandes quelquun avec un peu de connaissance du vin de largentine, il va te dire que le Read on...
Cologne, Germany. We docked near the Lindt Chocolate Museum, an interesting architectural mix of a modern construction over an old brick building. Starting at the boat, our walking tour took us past the city hall, also a new structure built onto an old one, and to Cologne Cathedral, a superstar of Gothic architecture that contains many beautiful stained glass windows and wonderful interior and ex Read on...
Further south and tucked away 4kms off the Bruce Highway is Glen Erin Farmstay – best described as a bush caravan park as we have access to power and water, it is roughly 20 minutes from the town of Bowen and once again, so very peaceful. There is a resident pet kangaroo named Tilly and she deposits herself under any caravan awning she chooses whenever she chooses.
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Wednesday 20th afternoon departed Detroit late overnight flight to Frankfurt, down there for two hours and then onto London, arrived in London pretty much on time but sat on the tarmac for an hour waiting for our gate to free! Finally got out of the airport and caught a bus to hire Wow!! are we shocked at the price of diesel here 2.08 pound a litre thats hitting up nearly $4.00AUD a litre, anyway Read on...
We had a wonderful day today exploring Krka National Park. It was a day of waterfalls, a beautiful monastery, and lots of steps (over 26,000 according to my fitbit).
We started the day with a coffee and yogurt in the room, then walked to the coffee shop/bakery by the bus station to pick up a coffee and sandwiches for lunch later. Our mini van picked us up shortly after 8 and we were on the road f Read on...
I mentioned yesterday that the sun was missing and only just visible through thick cloud. I didnt say that the cloud was oddly coloured.
When we woke we found out what that colour was. Sandy. So sandy we could barely see through the motorhome windows as it rained in the night, not enough, but sufficient to deposit a good coating of Saharan sand all over everywhere. This was the same sandstorm whi Read on...
Bermuda is said to be one of the most isolated places on earth. The nearest land is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, 596 miles (nearly 1,000 km) away. Colleagues at work seemed to know very little about Bermuda when I told them I was traveling there. It is not part of the Caribbean, though it is often grouped with the Caribbean islands. Bermuda is a group of volcanic Atlantic Ocean islands (three ma Read on...
The confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers to form the Ohio River is known as The Point. The Point also known as the Golden Triangle, is the center and origin of Pittsburgh. In the Colonial era, the confluence in the western frontier was known as the Forks of the Ohio. It was a highly contested area during the Colonial era. The British and French vied for control of the Ohio River basi Read on...