I love it when I yell to taylor dont forget to wash your hands after touching the horse poop and someone else will call out did you hear your mom? Thats life on the farm.
3 of the women decided one day that the main house where the owner lived, near the gardens, was a gun free space and that they would be the ones to tell Taylor so I didnt have to always be the one giving him the rules. Because i Read on...
After our early night last night we got a pretty good sleep despite the stag and stagette parties roaming the streets. The church bells counting the quarter hour all night were both reassuring (its only 2:00 am - no need to get up) and distracting (why are the bells ringing at 2:00 am?).
We learned that we have too much luggage so spent some time repack if so we only need to haul one bag in for t Read on...
Not the best nights sleep as the bed is small and We get up and have breakfast - which reviews describe as ‘simple but tasty. Theyre half right! with ‘juice of some undeterminable fruit (it tastes like flat Vimto). We ask the proprietor what flavour it is. He doesnt know either, goes and checks the packet and returns to tell us its ‘grape. The old man asks for different juice and a new packe Read on...
Normally I let my photos tell the story of my travels, but not this time. A great deal of time was spent working out which ones NOT to use as I really want to encourage you to visit this garden yourselves next year and I dont want to spoil it for you. You will just get a small taste of what you will see and experience.
Over the years, I have visited countless gardens involved in the festival whic Read on...
After our last amazing breakfast in Madrid we were on the bus by 8:30am and headed to the city of Toledo in Mancha, an hour south of Madrid, passing large old homes and almond and olive groves. As we approached the first vista of Toledo, our bus had to jockey into position among the numerous other tourist buses so we might get out and get our first glimpse of ancient Toledo across from the Tajo R Read on...
After a lovely journey up the coast on the train, we arrived at Edinburgh. It was a short walk from the station to where we were staying. was smooth and I loved the view from our room across the Grassmarket. I have only really briefly been to the Grassmarket before on previous trips to Edinburgh, so was looking forward to spending more time here. After getting sorted, it was time to head out and Read on...
This is a very different type of blog for us. Firstly, we wont be writing it in a HE SAID... / SHE SAID...style. I (Ren) will be doing most of the writing with input from Andrew. Secondly, this Tasmanian trip will span the whole year, with day trips, long weekends and possibly excursions being undertaken whenever we have the time.
As is our usual routine before we travel, weve started immersing Read on...
A super day today weather wise and where I drove. It was supposed to rain starting around noon so I tried to do what I could in the sun the cloud cover was all over the place too. Total mix of photos haha.
I stopped in Vik to grab some food for the road - luck be had it the cruise ship was there today and was just disembarking oh, so many people. I find it interesting the giant cruise ships in t Read on...
Finally, we were free to go where we wanted, so what did we do first? The Harry Potter Museum. Id already purchased tickets for the evening but the museum had 2 tickets available in the afternoon and since we didnt have anything else scheduled I grabbed the tickets, hopped in an Uber and off we went.
The Harry Potter Museum is actually the film studio, and the sets are the display. There are also Read on...
We have made the hop across the pond. It is just before five pm on Wednesday as I type the initial portion of this entry (10 your time) perhaps three and a half stones throw from Windsor Castle (Okay Hank Aaron is doing the stone chunking, but we are pretty close). Trip over last night was the most pleasant we have ever made. I even slept a good deal, not so Bird who is now snoring. Our seats on V Read on...