We dont know whether you are aware but a new volcano - Fagradalsfjall - broke out in the South western peninsula of Iceland in March this year. Some of the photos on the web have been pretty spectacular, with tourists standing within just a few feet of slowly spreading lava, and not surprisingly it has quite a tourist draw.
We were aware of the volcano when we booked and were hopeful that there w Read on...
Another early start as I was off to another UNESCO World heritage Village today, the village of Xidi. I headed back to the bus station to get the 8 am bus. I was going to take the official bus today, as the minivans dont run to Xidi, but drop you on the main road, which is about a 3 km walk away from the village. Some bloke found out the hard way in the mini van the day before. The bus journey was Read on...
SUN, 10 JUL 2022 – HOTEL TRANSFER: My Globus La France tour ended after breakfast, so I checked out of the hotel and made my way to Htel du Lion dOr Louvre for a stay my visit to Paris and to relax a bit before I embarked on an adventurous, independent journey to London, ahead of my next tour. This evening, as I was signing up for the La France Facebook Group one of my opened, I saw a post f Read on...
Church of Our Saviour (Lutheran) also known as Nuuk Cathedral (Annaassisitta Oqaluffia). Built in The building next to the church is the seat of the Bishop of Greenland (Church of Denmark.) DSC_0419
Our first port call in Greenland was Nuuk, the capital. Formerly named Godthb, the city is the largest town in Greenland with a population of about 18,000. Nuuk is also the worlds northernmost capita Read on...
Sunday: Started my time in New York off by hiking a portion of the finger lakes trail. The entire trail runs 580 miles end to end but including the entire network is 950 miles all in New York. Of course New York State isnt that wide but the trail is very wiggly. Did a 7 mile hike which was gorgeous and forested. Lots of good scenery and only passed 2 other hikers the entire way! Even on a Sunday a Read on...
The area we walked through yesterday and today, and will tomorrow, were on the frontlines during World War One. The line that Arras and Bapaume are on saw heavy fighting, especially towards the end in 1917 and 1918. There are many smaller war cemeteries in this area. This one contains the graves of 399 British, 14 Canadian, 2 New Zealand, 1 Indian and 4 German soldiers. It is sad to think about th Read on...
Having lived in New Zealand many years ago and loved the countries beauty, I decided to go to its South Island, which I had never been to before and walk the world famous Milford Track. The Milford Track is quite short only just over 50 kms, so I decided to add the Routeburn Track to the trip. For ease of booking, I decided to book the trip with a called Ultimate Hikes New Zealand and their Classi Read on...
Weve had very little service for a few days plus weve had two long days of driving and sightseeing so I am behind in my blog! We wont have service for the next couple days either.
After breakfast at our house, we headed toward the Columbia River Gorge, particularly Multnomah Falls. I had visited this area when Nanci Bowen and I took my mom to a flower conference. Driving along the Columbia River Read on...
There seems to be many translations of this area. Basically the banks of a river at this stage runs through an area of I guess sandstone. The river has carved through the land and erosion has exposed many different colours of material. It is interesting scenery. There are interestingly shaped and coloured features. Once again however, if I missed this I would not feel that I had missed much. The a Read on...
Be fast, have no regretsIf you need to be right before you move, you will never win. – Mike Ryan, epidemiologist at WHO in March 2021.
The last blog was posted on 3rd August, which is almost a month ago. Not surprisingly, when to a whole lot has continued to happen and this pandemic is still blazing its destructive path across the world. One of the cravings we humans have in the midst of this Read on...