I drove into Henderson on South Main Street for a short easy walk to Heritage Square for the Syrup Festival. Just before reaching the festival secured area I reached the House, built by the Howard brothers in 1855. The Howards were carpenters and brick masons. They were the major brick makers for the area, and many old homes and businesses standing today in Henderson were built with Howard bricks Read on...
Shopping can be exhausting, and nothing recharges you faster than a buttery pastry with a heavenly cup of coffee. Le Panier serves authentic French ptisserie, fresh bread, and offerings like sandwiches and feuillets, which are puff pastries with savory fillings like cheese, chicken, vegetables, or mushrooms. Dont let long lines deter you — Le Panier is busy because its one of the best bakeries i Read on...
Saturday. Looking for sea ice, we headed south but none nearby in the early morning. No sea birds in sight when we joined the ornithologist on deck 10 after breakfast. I was beginning to feel that maybe this trip was a mistake, no entertainment, nothing to see. But after we crossed the Antarctic Circle, we began to see huge icebergs in the distance between us and some islands. As we sailed along, Read on...
I made it down to Massachusetts then realized I missed two of my stops in Maine. Since the states are so small, the furthest point I wanted to reach was only a three hour drive. With much encouragement given to me by friends and family, I decided to go back into Maine and mark everything off of my list. I did that...and MORE! Since this was my second time driving to Maine, I choose Hwy. 1 on the s Read on...
Ive got a little behind with my blog but here it is at last, only 8 days later. Trying to catch up with myself now that we are home again !
Got ourselves out and about at a reasonable time and for once used the campsite showers. Well we did use them once on the last site but mine was cold so weve showered in the van every other time. The shower block here though is excellent and heated too. That Read on...
This is the longest section. There are either two or three more shorter sections behind. Will show a picture of one. By the way Winchester was the capitol of medieval England.
Departed Windsor on schedule in the am with stops in Winchester to view the cathedral (Im sure everyone recalls the snappy tune Winchester Cathedral where the of the Cathedral letting him down). A right amazing place is the Read on...
Sunday: First day in South Carolina. In the morning we walked around Falls on the Reedy park and saw the waterfall in downtown Greenville. It seemed like there were a lot of shops and restaurants around the downtown and west end that just werent open yet on a Sunday morning. But many things were decorated for christmas and it was kind of nice seeing everything so tranquil. In the afternoon Copper Read on...
Port Everglades is very noisy. Every truck in Ft. Lauderdale must be racing backwards up and down the pier. Its a mild and sunny day and I am actually enjoying the hustle from my balcony.
Yesterday I was reading by the sea view pool when crew members started testing the handicap lift. It was fun to listen to the calls and suggestions from the bartenders and waiters. When the crewman was safe on d Read on...
I was met on arrival at the Sundowners base in London by my Sydney girlfriend Sue and we hung around for about an hour, lining up collecting letters and luggage, and saying my various goodbyes to all my fellow travellers of the last 80 days. We then booked into the Hotel Trianon in Earls Court (where else would an Aussie backpacker go?!) at a very moderate GBP5 per night B&B for a good room with i Read on...
We hoped the late spring of 2022 would be the time to begin to travel abroad once again. The pandemic had shut off foreign travel for all of 2020 and 2021. Iceland was a place we wanted to visit, especially since we had visited Greenland in 2019. Iceland dropped its Covid test requirement at the end of February. We booked the 8 day Iceland Adventure tour with Globus.
Icelandair flight 644 depart Read on...