When you have a dinosaur lover in your family, you know you have to do a road trip to see the real skeleton as soon as it arrives at Auckland Museum. You make plans, sort out and pile two adults, two kids and two dogs into the car and go.
Along the way, all you hear about is the You learn more about it than you ever needed or wanted to know. You are over the half an hour into the very long jou Read on...
Today, lets learn about some of our favorite adult beverages, kind of my version of a public service announcrment. India Pale Ales — better known as IPAs — were not brewed in India. In fact, back when this kind of beer was invented in the 1700s, brewers didnt have a good way to brew beer in such a hot climate. Beer had to be imported instead, and that meant that London brewers needed up with s Read on...
Before a more serious sparkling wine and red wine lover, I drank my fair share of beer. With lower alcohol, I found out I was better off drinking beer than Scotch!! I still enjoy a cold beer on a hot summer day. I have been fortunate to drink beer on every continent except Antarctica. Let me share with you some of my most memorable, though the price might be a little hazy and forgotten. My most me Read on...
The Croats use a peka, a dome or terracotta, cast iron, or steel lid that is heated by burning wood beneath it. After it is heated, the food to be cooked is placed in a round tray underneath the peka. The peka is used primarily to cook fish or octopus. But potatoes and vegetables are always a addition, often the star of the dish (who else says that?). The potatoes tend to suck up the flavor of th Read on...
Well the storm forecast kept changing and making the storm later, so maybe we could of walked today and got to another hotel for the storm to in overnight, but, then we would have missed out on the amazingly special day we ended up having with Pedro and the restaurant hotel staff.
Catching the bus with Pedro to the capital Jaca, he then showed us round the city including the fort, massive cathedr Read on...
Planning a trip to Panama City was a bit like doing a jigsaw; post pandemic, most tourist attractions are only open a few days a week and putting together an itinerary which incorporated everything I wanted to do was fiddly. Then, I caught covid and we had to change all our flights. The result – our only full day for sightseeing is a Monday, when everything is closed. No matter, we will spend th Read on...
David Bowie spent one of the most fruitful periods of his career living in Berlin with fellow musician Iggy Pop. During this time, he kept himself separated from drugs and alcohol in a city divided. Bowie knew a different Berlin than that which exists today.
We started our tour with Martin at Potsdamer Platz for many years the location of a ghost station. When the Berlin Wall was built on August Read on...
Dieser Tag hat mich fast an meine Grenzen gebracht (und ich glaube, die sind weiter gesteckt als bei manchen anderen Leuten). Pnktlich beim Verlassen des Hotels begann es zu regnen, die ersten 100 km waren Autobahn, in allen Senken stand tief das Wasser. Gewlbte Fahrbahn oder Entwsserung gibt es halt nicht. And den meterhohen Fontnen der Lkw sah man aber deutlich dass es ernst war und ich fuhr seh Read on...
The day dawned clear but cool but we figured we could run to shorts and sandals as it was going to reach a balmy 16 degrees!
We headed off South on the road to Balclutha, near the mouth of the mighty Clutha river than supplies much of NZs power. There, we called into the Information Centre for some good maps and guidance on the must sees.
Our first stop was to be Nugget Point via Kaka Point and Read on...
The AirBnB we are staying in is actually the front unit of a pair of units. The bedroom we are sleeping in must adjoin a bedroom in Unit 2, the occupants of which like to wake to the sound of heavy metal music. Fortunately we have already been awake on each of the last three mornings when their heavy metal ‘alarm has started blaring through the wall.
Today we went sightseeing in Silverton. Silv Read on...