For our second day in Dublin we decided to just walk around the city and take in the sights as Dublin is a very beautiful city with a lot of historic sites to visit. So with a classical old map in hand we set out to try and navigate Dublin with our first site being the old Grattan Bridge. It was originally built as the Essex Bridge in 1676, then rebuilt in 1755 and then finally rebuilt again as th Read on...
Pyshdyttiin jlaguunissa, symss, kahvilla ja kanjonissa. Hfnist eteenpin tie oli jo aika tasaista ja tylsemp ajettavaa kuin sismaassa ja itrannikolla.
Ensimminen pyshdyspaikka oli Jkulsrln. Jlaguunissa uiskenteli jvuoria. Laguuniin olisi pssyt maksusta veneajelulle, mutta sen jtimme vliin. Laguunista laski joki mereen ja meren rannalla oli Timanttiranta, jonne aallot olivat huuhtoneet jpaloja. Ei Read on...
Saturday, 23 July 2022, Day 6 Great Glen Way, Blackfold to Drumnadrochit from north to south today. 8 miles, 3 hours 28 min. 439 feet elevation gain by Garmin 8.1 miles, 3:29 hours, 522 feet elevation gain with All Trails App.
Today we have Loch Ness Travel provide a shuttle from our hotel to the Blackfold area along the GGW. Jo and I then walked from this point south west along the route back to Read on...
Chase Center is the new home of our Golden State Warriors, and this will be my first visit. The pandemic has delayed several previous attempts to attend a Warriors game here. They broke ground here on January 17, 2017. The architect was Manica Architecture. The $1.8 billion arena was privately financed by the Warriors. The area is known for being the home of UCSF Medical Center and Starting in 19 Read on...
The Taj Mahal located on the right bank of the Yamuna River is in an area covering nearly 17 hectares.
It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal with construction starting in 1632 AD in 1648 AD, with the mosque, the guest house and the main gateway on the south, the outer courtyard and its cloisters were added subsequently in 1653 AD.
The Taj Mahal is a perfect Read on...
The CMCA RV Park in Bundaberg is adjacent to parkland and just a stones throw from the main shopping area/business district At $6/night member price and with access to potable water and dump point it is ideal for our last stop in centralQueensland.
We have been extremely lucky with the weather since the downpour in Charleville and temperatures remain in the high 20s, so it is going to be a few da Read on...
Reconstruction of the Fort Necessity stockade. National Register of Historic Places 66000664. IMG_1843
Returning home from a visit to Pittsburgh, we found the Pennsylvania Turnpike has been closed due to an accident. Traffic was detoured at New Stanton. We decided to follow US Highway 40 to where we could rejoin at Hancock, Maryland. Serendipitously, signs came up for For Necessity Battlefield. Read on...
I have long professed that sparkling wines go with just about any food. We call this food friendly for good reason. And cheese is one item I seem to pair with my sparkling happy hour before dinner. You know my favorites, brie, camembert, gouda, Cotswold, and Havarti. But it really does not matter which cheese you prefer. The cheese can be paired with other food, AND with a sparkling wine almost 10 Read on...
This morning, we were treated to two tours on the subject of the British Explorer Captain Cook. We started with Captain Cooks cottage in Melbourne with heygo guide Alex and then immediately went to Whitby in England to meet heygo guide John and visit the Cook Memorial Museum.
The cottage in Melbourne was originally built in Yorkshire, England by Cooks parents, James & Grace, in 1755. The house wa Read on...
Next stop was Boracay, which I see now regularly tops Worlds Best Islands lists in a lot of the worlds best known travel magazines. I wanted to include it on the itinerary for our Philippines honeymoon back in 1989, but was dissuaded by our travel agent. It was virtually unknown in those days; I think only backpackers went there. I was told that the trip there would have involved a two hour drive Read on...