We headed out for a long day. We began with an hour drive to Garden of the Gods in Illinois coined the Grand Canyon of Illinois. We spent half the day exploring the observation trail. The trail is made of natural sandstone, has many high cliffs, and opportunities for photo. Nate and Daisy really enjoyed climbing over and under the large stones. I would suggest wearing bug spray and sunscreen. Afte Read on...
This shirt happened to be on top of the pile. It gave me boost in my motivation for the day. A solemn reminder of selfless sacrifice, and the cost of keeping us free and safe.
I was planning for an afternoon update for yesterday, but I got behind and had a nice work telecon I had to attend right after dinner. Technology is pretty amazing when it works. Dont really like because people End up talk Read on...
After visiting countries around the world, not much can cause culture shock to me. But the experts say to be prepared when visiting Croatia. Croatia is a blend of at least four distinct cultures, with the Illyrian movement the most significant. Croatia is the origin of the cravat, or the precursor to what we know today as the modern necktie, though few wear them anymore. The first order of busines Read on...
Today we drive to Arles 56 minutes by car from Avignon. Arles was once a Roman city and the old town has narrow streets and is know as a place Vincent Van Gogh lived and worked. We park near a large outdoor market. Mark buys a hat and I buy some handmade soap. We buy a museum pass and visit the Les Arenes (colosseum). The colosseum holds 12,000 spectators. We are not able to enter the colosseum be Read on...
In March 2020 we took the ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn in Estonia. We went on a so called cruise, meaning that we spent two nights in the ferry and one day in Tallinn. Little did we then know that we wouldnt travel abroad for almost two years.
Now lets to March 2022. Now we once again found ourselves on a cruise to Tallinn. Even though we have travelled quite a bit in Sweden these last two ye Read on...
Another early morning virtual trip but this was one I didnt want to miss, a hike through the wilderness with our virtual guide Matt.
As a child he would roam the area overlooking Barranco Valley, but did not say the exact location as he didnt want it to known and the area be ruined with visitors.
Termites, spiders, lizards, mosquitoes all added to the atmosphere but I was glad I was sitting in t Read on...
I cant put off writing this travel blog any longer. And I resent writing it now – as everyone who had fantastic travel plans and had to cancel them resents the way covid has changed the world. Though I should consider myself fortunate that covid has affected only my travel plans.
I had a week in Nepal in November 2019. I went from meeting to meeting not leaving Kathmandu to establish collaborat Read on...
Heute konnte ich wieder lange frhstcken, bevor ich das Hotel in Bilbao verlie und mich auf den Weg nach Frankreich machte. In Spanien tankte ich nochmals voll, denn das Benzin ist hier etwa 20 Cent pro Liter billiger als in Frankreich.
Mein Zwischenziel des Tages war die franzsische Baskenstadt Bayonne. Hier fand ich gut einen oberirdischen Parkplatz vor den Wallanlagen der Stadt. Diese sind ja e Read on...
We make our way through the train station at Basel. We are still on French territory. We flash our passports one more time at the customs official and now we are in Switzerland. Basel is much larger than the way station I imagined it to mix of classic Swiss architecture and modern buildings, all very clean and very quaint, but not too too precious as lakeside in Lucerne. I admire the mannered det Read on...
More than a few months back while planning this voyage to Canada, Merry Jo remarked that while in Newfoundland there existed a possibility to visit France..say what? Seems that off the west coast of Newfoundland there are the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, which are a territorial overseas collectivity of France—so says Wikipedia. parlance, although you are in Canada, you can take a ferry Read on...