Well yesterday was a quiet one we just walked to the lake etc and took it easy so decided to give you all a day off from reading my blog.
So next day we set off to Saint Emilion and Goose was back on form using the map and also his trusty Sat Nav but to be honest until the last bit we were on not bad roads. We stop for diesel and Goose gives me 20 euros to get a coffee - I think if I need 20 euro Read on...
We head down to Cable Beach for a walk, and see it for the first time with the tide in. Rocks that were several hundred metres back from the water the last time we were here are now being pounded by the surf. Wed wondered why someone had bothered to install a path up over the cliff behind the rocks; now we know. We wade through the surf around the rocks. In stark contrast to when the tides out the Read on...
Heute bestand das Frhstck nicht aus einem Buffet, sondern es war ein einzeln zubereiteter Teller mit Ei, Speck, Wrstchen, Brtchen, Obst, Kaffee und Orangensaft. Das hat aber auch gut geschmeckt. Danach verlie ich das Hotel und ging zur nahegelegenen Real Basilica San Isidoro. Dort konnte ich auch hineingehen. Der Panteon Real und das Museo de Leon daneben waren aber anscheinend wegen Renovierungsa Read on...
We woke up and Jenn worked as our short order chef for all the kids with flapjacks and eggs. Ellie and Grayson showed Steve their schoolwork area and amazed him by how well that they both could read for their ages! Steve had to work today so everyone else made the morning trip out to Luckyladd farms in Eagleville, including one of Ellies friends Piper as seen in the pictures from the day on the ba Read on...
The end of three relaxing and summery days in Dalyan. Well, they were relaxing for all but one of us - Im so amused by Beebs interpretation of her forced bathroom incarceration that I cant let it pass. She got stuck in a bathroom at a restaurantit was very traumatic, pliers were involved in the rescue, there were tears etc etc, but every time she brings it up (which is a LOT, even more than the vo Read on...
Theres usually something that goes wrong on our holidays whether it be delayed flights, luggage going missing, me getting ill, being overcharged.simething.
We had no trips booked today so Claire declared it a national holiday, for the two of us anyway. I was promised some relaxation time so this really was a special day!
The first plan was to visit the ethnographic museum which is a bit out of t Read on...
As Armenia isnt that far from Tbilisi, we decided to go on a day trip there, as neither of us had visited it before. Our guide/driver, Irakli picked us up at around 9am, which goes to show how close it is because of the late start!
Irakli explained that theres a lot of animosity between Georgians and Armenians due to culture clashes and nationalism. People love their own country so much, they bel Read on...
I slept for a few hours at a time, and had no problem getting up about 6am. We had decided to use the backpack service for our backpacks and take the small one. Im glad we did! We dropped off the backpacks at the main office and strolled around outside until 7am when breakfast was served. It was anything special, just coffee (in a bowl!), bread, orange juice and jam for the bread. We finished our Read on...
We enjoyed our last breakfast in our Amsterdam B&B yesterday morning, before walking to Centraal Station and taking the train to the airport. Centraal is huge and there are lots of different platforms, so its a little confusing ensuring you are on the right platform. The train took around 20 minutes to get to the airport, and then we had to figure out where to go - the airport is really big and it Read on...
I got up early enough to get a ride with Peggy and John to Sharjah to see the Central Souk . This was a huge conglomeration of i.e., totally indoors but not a coordinated mall. Its design respected the souk, if you consider that a souk consists of shops with a covering built over the street. The Central Souk was like a set of strip mall shops that parking, and a covered central walkway – two s Read on...