Mon htel de campagne hier au soir, trs bien, 1200m daltitude, au dessus de la valle du Rhin, la patronne pas trs gracieuse, et mriterait de faire un srieux rgime, et un niveau danglais plus faible que le mien, cest dire!!!!!. Pour le repas du soir, videmment la carte en allemand, tout ce que jai russi lui surtout pas de poulet, jai eu droit un bon trs brais de boeuf pure. 9H30 au lit, un peu de Read on...
This morning at about 7.20am our bedroom window sounded as if it had been hit by a very strong gust of wind, although we did wonder if it was Meredith opening the sliding door in the next room? It turned out that the city was slightly shaken by an earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale this morning!
Today it was time to repack our bags and leave the city of churches behind us and head to t Read on...
On the last beautifully warm day of summer, a good number of C Hikers from the Skrastins club gathered on the eastern edge of Nose Hill Park. Ann led us round the gentler slope of the park, avoiding the unnecessarily aggressive stairs to the top. Grasses waved golden heads around the Scotch Thistles, which were fuzzily going to seed, as so many plants were at this time in the season. Most attracti Read on...
Sunday July 3 – Alarm set for 5:30 but up at 5am. Made sure all was packed, did some internetting, took a tablet for (well, to prevent it) and at 6:15 I headed down to reception. When I left my room there was a guy from the hotel just there. I think he was checking to see if I owed anything from the minibar. (I didnt). They gave me a little breakfast sandwich for the journey (this is like of w Read on...
As agreed upon, we slept in to take the later flight back to Amsterdam. My body had other plans. It was up ready to go by 7 per usual. I did my best to stay quiet and let Alex sleep. By 8am, I realized this muddy be what my dog feels like when she wakes up at 5:30 or 6 and I dont get out of bed until 6:40. I lost my patience at 8 so got up to get ready and pack for the day. Of course that woke Ale Read on...
The day of lava. Not that we hadnt had some experience before, given that were walking on it and the whole place is created by it, but todays activities were specially focused (entirely unintentionally) on lava.
We had to reschedule our in of today for a geology lesson and a quest to find those bloody elusive basalt columns that the good people of Vik had apparently relocated in an attempt to fo Read on...
Een tocht om het Mont Blanc massief en vervolgens door de Penine Alps meerdere bergpassen oversteken om in Zermatt aan de voet van de Matterhorn te eindigen. Ja, dat leek me wel een leuk plan dat ik dit jaar kort voor vertrek maakte.
Heerlijk met de trein richting Zwitserland om mijn eerste nacht de tent op te slaan op een camping in waar de regen na het opzetten van mijn tent direct met bakken Read on...
What a great turtle hunt we had this morning - 12 from about Plus FIVE flying gurnards and an eel. And 2 men on those powered underwater things – which scared away our turtles ☹
This AirBnB in Santa Cruz (more or less the center of the Island) - with 2 bedrooms but just one bath. The second bedroom has 4 bunks! Loaded kitchen, including oil and spices and such, coolers, beach towels, laundry Read on...
While hardly an expert on a city that I have a rather checkered past, staying out in a neighborhood is great!!! Very few tourists, mostly locals and working folks. No, we are not celebrating a 16th birthday. Maybe some multiple of 16. I am referring to the 16th Arrondissement (of twenty) of Paris. There are twenty in Paris, for those of you unfamiliar. The 16th includes the Arch de Triomphe, and s Read on...
We started our tour opposite City Hall, our guides became quite excited when the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, was walking by.
New Yorks City Hall is one of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the USA that still houses its original governmental in 1812, it is one of the finest architectural achievements of its period.
Next we passed The Woolworth Building designed by architect Cass G Read on...