August 4, 2018. Koblenz, Germany. As we approached Koblenz cruising down the Rhine past the impressive Stolzenfels Castle and through beautiful hilly scenery, a bridge came into sight, above which sits the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. We sailed around the Memorial of German Unity and up the Moselle River to dock. After a brief walking tour we were bused to a vineyard in the nearby Mosel Valley then r Read on...
I hired Khun Thorh (Khun literally means person and it is prefix in Thailand; Thorh is his given nickname and it is the closest transliteration I can make of his name) to bring me to and from the historical park in this samlor (pedicab powered by a motorbike) on both days. We fell into silence after I exhausted his English vocabulary and he exhausted my Thai.
Thailand was one of the easiest spe Read on...
Villa Schmidt. Mansion built in 1914 on the foundations of the Kehl fortress constructed by Vauban in 1683. It was the home of the Schmidt family who owned a cellulose processing plant in Kehl. Between 1945 and 1992 Villa Schmidt housed the headquarters of the French military administration. Adaptive reuse as a restaurant and events centre. 12. DSC_0888
After returning form Strasbourg, there was Read on...
Herefordshire. The masses on the M5 plough on regardless. To the perfect stone villages of Cotswolds. To the rugged beauty of Devon and Cornwall. To other places far and wide. Herefordshire is largely overlooked by the masses, which is part of the appeal. A patchwork of small towns criss crosses the big sky landscapes and hidden within lie some of the prettiest villages to be found anywhere in Eng Read on...
Today we have hired a car and are driving round the island. I have checked out the itinerary of the many island circle tours on offer and plotted a similar route. Our route is 105 miles, but as I will be navigating (without the benefit of wifi), the actual distance could be anything really.
We collect the car at 8 am and set off for our first destination- Halona Blowhole. The car was cheaper than Read on...
We had the most beautiful walk today, following more passes and valleys than spectacular ridges. We started from the hotel and walked gradually uphill through the valley, then angled more steeply up to a pass. We crossed to the next valley by way of a pond called Blea Tarn(there are several by this name). To someone from Alberta, this tarn (small mountain lake) unremarkable, but it seemed to be a Read on...
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Hier au soir je suis all manger sur le port, 300m environ de lhtel, et en my au retour, jtais content que ma voiture soit garde par la police du port. Des bandes gamins rom, les petits on en rencontre chez nous, ceux qui nont peur et qui ne reculent devant ri Read on...
The Amsterdam canals are a world renowned location of cultural and historical significance with a rich history spanning 400 years of development, expansion, innovation and engineering.
Amsterdam has a vast array of water canals over 100km in length, around 60 miles. These 165 canals divide the city into a series of small islands connected by over 1200 bridges, with the in 1648; the Torensluis. T 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...
I bet you didnt expect this amid total global lockdown that has had to be enforced as a measure to deal with this modern day plague of biblical proportions – Currently it is difficult to travel to a neighbouring town never mind foreign travel. ‘Foreign travel– soon to be deleted from the English Oxford Dictionary? For those of you born in 2020 and reading this in the year 2035, ask your par Read on...