Having been to Gallipoli twice before, both times just before Anzac Day to visit the historical sites and then for the Dawn service, I wasnt sure whether a third visit would be a bit same same. But visiting in summer, when its hot, and away from Anzac Day, when its far less crowded and more peaceful, brings a different perspective. Bringing kids (Im hot, how much longer, can I have icecream) also Read on...
Arrived in Houston late afternoon and Ubered to our Super 8 Motel near the Motorcycle shop where our bikes have been stored for 3 years. This motel/gas/station/diner is a truck stop ..hundreds of huge rigs fuelling up & parked in the truck park (see the photo) .Tuesday morning went to Tejas Motorsports - the shop where the bikes had been stored for 3 years courtesy of Bob Binns the owner (thanks B Read on...
As a schoolboy during the 1950s and 60s, I was constantly eating mince pies and currant cake. These were baked by my mother in the oven of our Reading kitchen. We were a poor family, and Mum was a consummate housewife who saved money by baking all manner of things: apple tarts (using windfall apples from our back garden), apple crumbles, rhubarb tarts, jam tarts, treacle tarts, lemon meringue (wh Read on...
Tout dabord mes excuses pour les habitus de la lecture du matin. Ce qui sest pass, hier au soir jai fini trs tard, pour envoyer le blog il y a une procdure, que jai bien suivi, cest arriv peut tre 10 fois sur plus de 500 blogs, ils ne partent pas, pourquoi?. Habituellement je vrifie toujours, hier au soir, fatigu, je suis all au lit direct, sans contrler. Je ne lai vu que ce matin.
Le petit messa Read on...
I probably on tours yesterday, note to self organise your trips better 2nd tour was to La Plaz in Bolivia with our tour guide David.
The Plaza Murillo is the central square of the city of and the open space most connected to the political life of Bolivia.
The most prominent buildings on the square include the Presidential Palace, the Government Building and the Cathedral of La Paz. An interesti Read on...
Today we were headed for Newport, Rhode Island and we headed off east along Highway 20 connecting with Highway 146 down to the State Capital of Providence, and down Interstate i195 to Newport.
We went via some backroads through small towns and started to see some nice foliage colours and the overall travel time was around 2.5 hours today. I tried hard to find a diner on our way but had no luck so Read on...
Our day consisted of a drive with stops at a couple Abbeys, each of which would be amazing absent Henry VIII. Notice, however, we have some roof in the chancel allowing better preserved remains. This portion of the Abbey dates from a bit after the Norman conquest in the 11th Century.
We sadly departed Dublin without kids on the 12th with Bird and HP just moping along. Otherwise day was okay, warm Read on...
If I could give this year a defining word (in my personal experience) Id say the word is: Colombia. Not only did Disney just release a new movie last month about Colombia titled Encanto, which honestly blew my mind, but we also got to take a whirl wind trip all around Colombia. I got to finally meet my blood relatives that live on the Colombian coast. Meeting them actually brought me so much closu Read on...
Our day started with a visit to the Spanish Lagoon to visit the burrowing owl – both of them this time! We noticed that one of them at least has been banded.
David also got much better photos of the Ruby Topaz humming bird, but still not up to his usual snuff, so no doubt well be back again! There were MANY of these humming birds in the bushy walking area there, whizzing by in 2s and 4s. Make s Read on...
The best way to start the day is with a foot massage. I cant it more! Right across the alley from our hotel is a small massage parlor, run by a very sweet woman.
I have to note here that so far we find the Thai people to be very friendly, open and helpful. Especially with the aid of Google Translate!
Anyway, back to our foot massage. It started with a foot scrub with fresh limes, included workou Read on...