Tannin in wine provides two things: structure and ageability. Found in the grapes skins, seeds, and stems, tannin is a natural preservative. Red wines, with considerably more tannin than white, can thus age longer. Tannins belong to a called phenols, powerful antioxidants. Some scientists believe that antioxidants offer a way to also slow fresh food spoilage by reacting with chemicals that cause o Read on...
When I was on the Railway in 2014, I was offered a free trip to Kiev, Ukraine. I met several Americans on the first part of my journey. We drank bad vodka, warm beer, and bad food each evening. A lady from Michigan was kind enough to share her car and driver from my hotel in downtown Vladivostok to the train station. After four or five days, we arrived in Irkutsk, the gateway to Lake Baikal. It t Read on...
After a really long morning (because we were already packed of course), and half of our safety information on the Celebrity Cruises app, we had an early lunch of a tomato and cheese sandwich before our lovely Jess and little James came to pick us up. We were very lucky to have Jess offer us a lift to Circular Quay, because we found that trains were stopping at Blacktown and then we would have had Read on...
Mom and I were leveling up our morning routine by taking our breakfast to the outside patio. We would now eat while listening to the waves and breathing in the Atlantic air. The harsh New York winter was melting away from our memories with every absorbed ray of sunshine. Our St. Augustine itinerary for the day was Castillo de San Marcos, historic downtown, and finally a ride out to the mythic Foun Read on...
A trip closer to home today and an early start. Anthony was our guide and at 8am the London streets around Westminster were busy with people going to work by bus, cycle or walking.
We are all familiar with seeing Big Ben shrouded in what Anthony called its ‘Metal Jacket and now we also have the Houses of Parliament under a massive refurbishment. The refurbishment due to cost £4bn & estimated t Read on...
This blog entry is going to indulgent, so please dont hold it against me as it was all novelty for us! Anyway, we did the online as required, 24 hours before our flight and we discovered that we had been upgraded to Business Class, or Club Class as they call it on British Airways. Yippee - time to start gloating to our poor offspring, who are with us on this holiday.
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the closest parking lot and prepay for 7 nights. One shuttle picks up our luggage while another shuttle
takes us to a nearby building for our required Covid tests. Plus, we had to show proof that we had each
training session was conducted via video on our television. No schedule... so its time for a little nap. In
an hour we arrive at the Garden Cafe Buffet. A watermelon had been artistically c Read on...
Today was about a 22 kilometer trip, from Navarrete to Azofra. We packed our stuff, left our bag and keys to the apartment at the office, and we were on our way. We were too early for breakfast, so we just started walking. Just on the outskirts of town, we passed the cemetery, apparently a rather old one. The first town today was Ventosa, about 6 kilometers from Navarrete. At about 9am, we reached Read on...
What an adventure we had today. First stop was at Woolies again to pick up some more lunch ingredients and then we headed over to Coffin Bay NP for the day. We drove straight through the town of Coffin Bay and into the national park which may have been a mistake as there are no toilets near the entrance to the park and the toilets at Almonta Beach were not accessible due to renovation works!
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I was doing like a cruise around the Maldives as well as the World Cruise. I really enjoyed doing this cruise becacuse I wanted to see the world before it got worse. I couldnt walk to the hotel of my choice so instead I had to hire a taxi car driver to take me to the hotel from Kathamandu, Airport. It was an amazing experience because I got to visit the nice beautiful country I visited but also I Read on...