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...
Its easy to romanticize the Badlands. The narrow canyons beckon travelers to explore the echoes of solitude. Fifteen years ago, looking into the wrinkled surface of the earth from a tourist platform, I fantasized about hiking and camping there, but I didnt have the knowhow, the gear, or the fitness.
So now that I have all those things, this was a place I wanted to revisit during the coronasummer, Read on...
A church, a pretty churchyard, two burial mounds and two Runic stones . That pretty much sums up Jelling.
Said to be the resting place of King Gorm of Denmark and his wife Thyra. They were the parents of King Harald of Denmark . The mounds were created as royal monuments in the 10th century . Once they may have held the bones of King Gorm in a deep underground chamber but nothing was found during 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...
Another decent walk today - I actually merged two walks from Castleton together (to make FrankenWalk!)
Our trip was almost sabotaged by a collapsed dry stone wall partially blocking the track, but we cleared the stones out of the way then called our landlord to see if they could contact the farmer to make sure the cattle in the field didnt escape through the broken wall.
We set off from Castleto Read on...
Took CK Shuttle to Cesky Kumlov from Prague. Cesky Krumlov is a UNESCO heritage site about a three hour drive south of Prague in a mountainous region. It is a well preserved city of 13,000 people with most of the structures from the 14th and 15th century. A river meanders through the middle of the city. Cesky Krumlov has the second largest castle in the Czech Republic and sits on top of the hill i Read on...
It is ANZAC Day and back home we would have already been to and arrived home from the Dawn Service, had we been at home!
Instead we have woken at 7am in the Hokitika Seafront Hotel with our first decision to be made for the day to be what time should we go down for breakfast.
The 48 seater coach that had disgorged the over 60s on their tour was still in the car park which meant that probably the Read on...
Another lovely day for a bike ride. Todays route was up to Cow Ark, past Marl Hill Farm, through Newton and Dunsop Bridge and home via Middle Lees and Cow Ark. So a little more challenging than some of our other routes.
Our virtual journey would be continuing south east winding through more and tiny villages all with signs trying to entice us in to try, and buy, their champagne. Hilly for most o Read on...
Gestern war das Wetter wieder sehr schn und ich schaute einmal bei der Universitt der Bundeswehr in Neubiberg vorbei. D.h. ich sah zumindest den Eingang von auen. Das Gelnde ist ja abgesperrt. Vor rund 30 Jahren zog ich ja in Erwgung, mich fr die Offizierslaufbahn der Bundeswehr zu bewerben, aber das hat nicht geklappt. Vielleicht ist es auch besser so. Als Hubschrauberpilot htten sie mich aus ges 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...