2020 has not been a great year for travel (!!!). Last weekend I finally managed to get out of my boring city to do some long overdue shopping. On the way home I came through Foxton which, I admit, is a town I tend to drive right through without stopping. But I was on the hunt for Munzees and Foxton has quite a good number of them.
Looking at the windmill, I realised I had never bothered to go int Read on...
Perhaps because of my love of travel, I also love maps. My favorite retail store in Seattle now is a place near Pike Market called Metskers Maps on First Avenue. Not a trip goes by that I do not visit Pike, and Metskers. Over the years, I must have touched every country in the world, in some fashion. I also enjoy looking at a real map, not google maps when I am headed to a new place. But this arti Read on...
One of the most recognized artists of the 20th century, Frida Kahlos body of work continues to resonate with audiences today. Kahlos unique painting style reflects both the culture of her native Mexico and contemporary artistic trends of her time. Her work directly drew from all aspects of her turbulent and yet exceptional life, from marriage to the famed muralist, Diego Rivera, surrounding childb Read on...
I got to experience this innovative new seat between Helsinki and Singapore. Unlike traditional lie flat Business Class products, this seat does not recline. Rather, it is set up like a sofa. When you want to sleep, you move the legrest - which is the seats only mechanical part - up to form a contiguous flat surface, place your legs into a cubby hole, and slide the rest of your body down into a sl Read on...
Long, meaning long enough to be bored, and short enough to keep me at the airport. I have spent the better part of a full day in a Singapore Airlines lounge, well worth it, but 8 hours is too long to be anywhere but home. The ideal layover, when I am in a hurry, is an hour. If I have two long flights, a two hour layover is perfect, if I have airline lounge access. And if I have been upgraded to Bu Read on...
In my last blog entry, I was just about to leave Newcastle, after four full days of wonderful explorations around there. I was bound on the Wednesday morning for my next destination: the North York Moors National Park. I was excited.
I planned to do my journey there in two stages, to be able to stop off in Middlesbrough along the way, and explore this little known northern industrial city for a c Read on...
As Mixy was all packed and raring to go all we had to do was pretty well get up and go. A shower with no heating on was chilly but soon sorted by the fan heater, last few teckie things like tablet and camera loaded into Mixy and off we went. Away by 8.30 and after an hour of drizzly rain the sun came out, sky went blue and holiday here we come.
Down the M1, round the M25, a bit of accidental M2 b Read on...
I have embraced many sports on our journeys round the globe, but one alien. I say that having ventured to watch it on occasions, although I stress that it was never the main attraction of the trip. Romania v Spain in Bucharest springs to mind. Auckland v Waikato in New Zealand. Eden Park impressed. Barbarians at both Murrayfield and Twickenham, courtesyof of sponsor tickets from work. You cant whe Read on...
We woke up late and since our reservation wasnt until noon, we left the KOA around 9am. Soon into the trip we entered the Flathead Indian Reservation, populated by the Salish Indian tribes. It was obvious we were on a reservation when many of the road signs had a very different looking language on them. See the photo of one sign. As we got close to our destination, Big Arm Marine, we got a view th Read on...
Dubrovnik is one of the main shooting locations for the Game of Thrones. Mainly Kings Landing with a lot of CGI added.
Basically a medieval town that had been conquered multiple times. fell and Yugoslavia fragmented there was fighting to determine who controlled the other countries which are now Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina,. They were essentially bombed by their own army. The map shows the stri Read on...