After a shower, I walked barefoot outside, and the hard ridges on the grey weathered timber deck dug into my feet and transmitted an instant message to my brain; it was cold.
The rest of my body soon caught on, so Im now sitting outside, wearing all the warm clothes that I brought, drinking coffee that has gone cold sooner than it normally would, and eating that old Netherlander breakfast favouri Read on...
Alarm went off at 6:30 and we were on the road by 7:00. The day started out very foggy and drizzly and we were keeping our fingers crossed that it would clear up. It was a pretty long drive because we werent able to see very much.
We arrived at Yellowstone approx 8:00 and the day was starting to clear up in patches. We kept our eyes peeled for bears and bison but they werent being very
After th Read on...
After the gorgeous day yesterday, we woke to light rain and cloud. This was looking the best of the next few days so we decided to stay with our original plan and head up to Mt Cook Village and hope that the weather would be kind to us. It is 70kms from Twizel so the weather could be quite different. But first, we wanted to check out some hired bikes for tomorrow.
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Out of bed at 6:15am, bike packed from the night before. I need to get to Southern Cross Station for the 8:25am train to Seymour.
I ride to Southern Cross and find my way to the platform with rediculous easy, its 7:45am and Im wondering why I got up so early.
The V/Line service is excellent. A place to tie up the bike and seat for me, much better than riding all the way to Seymour. I get off the Read on...
Here we are, our last entry about our 13 months stay in Seychelles. We are boarding our first flight in 7 months. You know me, honeymoon, need to have something special...something like one more maybe. But here we are, this is 2020, the year of So we went on honeymoon, less than 80 kilometers from home. I never thought this could even happen one day, but here we are, its 2020!
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Some days are chill and other days I am driving to close to NY, all the way through Jersey, and really wishing I were at home binge watching Netflix.
After a quick nights rest at West Point, NY military campground I drove straight to the heart of Dutch Country I found an adorable park to camp at. Country Acres located in Bird in Hand, PA. Yes, that is the name of the town. I had to ask the front Read on...
Having spent the past three weeks exploring the Victorian Alps, the time had to say farewell to the mountains and make my way back to Melbourne, via the rural city of Wangaratta. But rather than simply hopping on a coach for the kilometre trip from Bright (possibly my favourite small town in Australia) I wanted to get there in a way that would do justice to the wondrous scenery to be found all al Read on...
Overton a village in Wrexham County Borough now It wanted once to be in Shropshire . Why was that ? Well it was all to do with a detached part of Flintshire . An area miles away from the administrative centre of Mold split away by Denbighshire in between. An odd enclave known as the Maelor Saesneg - the English Maelor as opposed to the Welsh Maelor . They never got their wish . The county of Clwyd Read on...
So youd think after three years of living here (Aug 23rd was our three year Chilean anniversario) that I would get itI would understand how things work, and have adapted my ways to the Chilean way of living, of thinking. Well you know what they say, you can take the Gringo out of Gringolandia, but you cant take Gringolandia out of the Gringowait, is that right? No matterwhat Im trying to say is th Read on...
The Land of Hope and Glory. It certainly doesnt feel like it at the moment. The heavens had opened, as we arrived in the Cathedral city of Worcester some 6 hours after we departed from Bristol and The Well Hung Lover. The M5 hadnt really been that bad. We had stopped off for a socially distanced family gathering on the outskirts of Cheltenham. My sister has long since resided in this affluent corn Read on...