Gabby the motorhome was still parked up on the park and ride as we the driver and navigator were just about ready to walk into the castle grounds at Stirling . It was uphill all the way as you would expect with a castle and the sun was beating down on us. We were greeted at the gate . Masks on . Hands sterilized . The routine began as it always did. We told the guy in the wooden hut that we had ti Read on...
Visiting Stepantsminda means the obligatory visit to the Gergeti Trinity Church. It sits atop a mountain and stares down at anyone passing through the tiny town. While in the Khevi province, we spent our mornings, afternoons and evenings admiring it from afar as it caught the sunlight and hid behind the clouds. It only seemed fitting we make the trek to the top of the mountain to get a closer look Read on...
Mythical shape shifting horses - what is that all about ? A kelpie is water spirit in Scottish folklore. Sometimes the kelpie is a Celtic lakeside dwelling water horse . It can be described as a spirit living besides rivers . The kelpies also represent the heavy horses that once pulled the barges along the Scottish canals .
We found ourselves on the car park at the Helix , Falkirk in Stirlingshir Read on...
I am no real astronomer, but on the internet I saw that over a five day period the moon would be alligned with Saturn, Jupiter. Venus, and Mercury. (No chance I could shoot Mercury.) I could only tell the planets by their relative position with the sunset and the rising moon, as per the internet information. With my simple camera I could not shoot Saturn with its dim light though it was visible to Read on...
Grant Parks beginnings dates back to 1835, when citizens, lakefront development, lobbied to protect the open space. As a result, the parks original area east of Michigan Avenue was designated public ground forever to remain vacant of buildings.
After the Great Fire of 1871, the area became a dump site for piles of charred rubble, the first of many landfill additions.
In 1901, the city transferre Read on...
After a flight, we left the minus temperature and snow in Calgary behind to arrive in La Paz with a temperature of C. A departure delay and then arrival delays, resulted in us arriving in La Paz just in time for dinner so provisioning Rukba, a 41 Beneteau, had to wait until the morning. The crew went into town to buy provisions while I had the chart briefing and boat orientation. As soon as the Read on...
Avant que a me soit conseill, jai bien vrifi les indsirables, et jai mme tent une nouvelle demande, refuse, car adresse mail dj enregistre.
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...
We see our apartment in the daylight for the first time. Its very big. It didnt seem so big last night when we were wandering around in the pitch black backstreets trying to find it. Its on the top floor, and its got a massive terrace right above the seafront with excellent views out over Marsaskala Bay.
Were a bit tired after a long day of travelling, but we eventually manage to rouse ourselves Read on...
We were eating breakfast at the very earliest hour of 6:30 am yesterday, but sure werent the only ones. Folks get up early here because the sun does too! We were picked up by van to go to the cloud forest walk.
And what did we learn? That a cloud forest is different from a rainforest – because its where the weather from the Atlantic and Pacific crash into each other. The cloud forest is filled Read on...
Our last day in Porto is bitter sweet. We love our apartment and the ladies that run it have been super nice and helpful. We have alot of fun chatting and laughing with them. We dont want to leave but weve covered the city. Todays plan is to see a few things we missed. We walked down to the Crystal palace, which was a few minutes from our place, and toured the grounds. It was really nicely done an Read on...