Daycare was closed this week and we will attempt camping again! Its redemption. Redemption from December when we finally decided to get out after being in lockdown, only to find our campsite closing just days before our arrival because of the rise in COVID cases. Redemption from March when the campsites opened back up, made it through the first day, only to have crazy storm pop up from nowhere and Read on...
Road trip 2022 kicked off with us driving to the United States border, crossing at Coburn Gore. This would be the first time I would be entering the USA since the pandemic began. From there we found a way to Nataris Campground for our first night. The sky was overcast with clouds, but no rain was falling yet. We set up camp and boiled some water to eat a few packets of ramen noodles. Not the healt Read on...
Het Marne kanaal dat parallel loopt aan de rivier de Marne. Dit kanaal is gegraven omdat de Marne rivier hier vrijwel onbevaarbaar is. Het is 67 km lang en is gebouwd van 1836 tot 1846. The Marne canal that runs parallel to the Marne river. This canal was created because the Marne river is not really navigable here. It is 67 kms long and was built between 1836 and 1846.
A short day today, 18.9 km Read on...
The front of the cathedral. Looks very similar to Laons cathedral from which the design is inspired, just bigger. It has a huge number of statues built in. De voorkant van de kathedraal. Deze lijkt erg op die van Laon, waarop het ontwerp is gebaseerd, alleen groter. In deze voorkant is een enorm aantal beelden ingebouwd.
Een korte dag vandaag: 19.0 km. We zijn om 7 uur uit onze B&B vertrokken van Read on...
Things were not looking good for a photography week, although the weather in London is not necessarily a reflection of the weather in the islands of Scotland. I left the airport hotel and it was pouring with rain. It was about a 10 minute walk from the hotel to London City Airport and I was sweaty and wet when I got there. Great, Im going to have to spend the rest of the day sitting in wet clothes Read on...
Our tour started along Printers Alley. At the beginning of the 20th century, Printers Alley was home to a thriving publishing industry. The area was home to two large newspapers, ten print shops, and thirteen publishers. During Prohibition print shops ran a collection of bars that became the citys secret bar scene.
We then moved to the part of Printers Alley District known in the late nineteenth Read on...
Today the gang is heading out to Napa Valley. We had an early breakfast at 7:00 am at the Blue Mermaid restaurant. After my delish French toast, the group headed of the nearby Avis to pick up the car to travel to Napa Valley.
Andrea our driver, did not want to take the rental car up and down the scary hilly roads to our appointment and I do not blame her. I would never want to drive in San Franc Read on...
On the 5thday of our trip, Dennis took us to Bremerhaven. Our first stop was the Emigration and Immigration Museum. It turns out Bremerhaven is where many Europeans emigrated out of Europe and many arrived in the US via Ellis Island. There are records there from the 1600s through the late 1900s. When we bought our tickets, you were assigned a person to follow. My person was a lady named Margret an Read on...
I decided since I was already in the western hemisphere to go ahead and again visit my friend who was traveling central America. He didnt need to try too hard to convince me, especially when my Jetblue flight was canceled. I initially planned to fly to Jetblue to Liberia, Costa Rica, but while my sister and I were hiking with friends, she received a message from Jetblue. I had given them her numbe Read on...
I feel a bit annoyed with myself that I havent kept these up, and that my posts have been rarer and rarer as our trip here has gone on. Part of this was COVID, as sh*t, what do you talk about when youre locked in the house (we dont talk about COVID no no). The other part of this is that generally when I have been inspired to write has been pointing out the little humourous differences in life betw Read on...