In this digital art exhibition, all forty six views of Mt. Fuji prints are digitally recreated in super fine resolutions (2 Billion pixels). are very susceptible to light so original printings are only on display at limited times. But this digital technology gives us more chances to enjoy beautiful In this tour, you can also enjoy an immersive experience, where you feel as if you were in the rag Read on...
As promised at the end of my last blog entry, here are some pix of the finished patchwork quilt. Danielle and I worked together on it for over four months. It was a long and arduous process with many fits and starts, pauses and changes, ideas and discoveries. When we first talked about down to stay in my rental apartment for six months, part of the agreement was that she would help me with the pro Read on...
We woke up early in the morning to head out for breakfast before heading over to the Alcatraz ferry dock scheduled to leave at 10:00. We had breakfast at the nearby IHOP. With time to spare, we headed over to Pier 39 to see the sea lions before taking the ferry to Alcatraz.
Some interesting facts about Alcatraz include it housed famous prisoners with the likes of Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly and Read on...
Former Southern Railway depot at Bryson City, North Carolina. Built about 1890 on the Murphy Branch. The station is at mile post 65 on the Southern Railways former Murphy Branch. Now used by the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad for excursion train service and the gift shop. NC033p1
The objective today was to ride the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. The line operates an excursion train through the m Read on...
We got back from Jordan over a week ago, but it has been pretty hectic, and we led a walk on Saturday so wanted to get that out of the way before I could concentrate on the final bit of the Jordan blog. Watching the news emerge about the new covid variant makes us appreciate how lucky we were to fit in a trip. 200 pounds now added to the cost of our Christmas trip, for day 2 Covid tests, to the UK Read on...
After the first two days being relatively short to help us ease into the hike, today was a biggie at about 25km and over 600m elevation! We felt ready though and made sure we got up and ready early, with a quick banana and snack bar to get us going (after using the pub toilet when they unlocked their doors at 7:30).
And just like that, we were off, with a nice stroll down to Ennerdale water whils Read on...
The end came with a toxicology report that revealed a laundry list of opiates; dilaudid, percodan, demerol, some codeine and qualludes. Years of drug abuse from the time Elvis was in the military when his friends introduced him to little brown and green stimulants to keep him awake during patrols. Once military life ended Elvis didnt walk away from those pills. Elviss thirst and addiction expanded Read on...
Time rapidly slipped away; flights – flights that were likely to actually be honoured and didnt necessitate jumping hoops that we werent prepared to jump, at a price that we didnt deem extortionate – were finally sourced and booked, incredibly through a British travel agent who (being a friend of my parents) bent some rules in order to bring their little boy and his girl home.
Thus, on May 15 Read on...
A few years ago we started to digitalize photos from travels we did before we joined TravelBlog. If youve seen any them and like them, we have good news. We have some more of up since Ake has written about a trip he made in Tunisia in 2002. If you dont want to look at slightly photos, my is that you stop reading now and try to find something better to do.
I began this trip in Tunis, the capitol Read on...
This morning we were woken up by through to our phones about Preston LXRP works on Cramer Street tomorrow (Tuesday). Hmmn, perhaps we should unsubscribe from the level crossing removal project notifications while we are on holidays? Not to worry, since I was awake I decided that I WOULD wash my hair this morning!! Besides which we needed to make sure we breakfasted earlier this morning with our e Read on...