Recently, to pass the time, I have been posting on Facebook photos of traditional English pub signs, by facts about the names.
I have always been fascinated by English pubs. While still at primary school, I used to wander round my native Reading writing down the names of pubs. Later, when CAMRA began, I learned to appreciate the taste of good beer and wandered round the country sampling real ales Read on...
Cest dans des conditions un peu spciales que ce blog, dans la voiture en attendant lembarquement, sur ma tablette (jai horreur de taper l dessus) connect en Bluetooth sur mon tlphone.
Une bonne nuit, et ce matin je pte la forme. Comme la journe va tre longue, en consultant le guide de la rgion, je vois que tout prs de Bari, il y aurait deux villages intressants voir. Comme tous les jours le mme Read on...
Alarm went off bright and early this morning so we could make the 7am pick up for the tour. We were by ourselves at the pickup point for quite a while. But less than 3 minutes from pick up time, heaps of people turned up. We had a full bus of 13 passengers plus the driver. The driver Joe told us that this was going to be a very fast paced tour and warned each one of us not to be late back to the b Read on...
Denali National Park was established in 1917, however it was then called Mount McKinley National Park. Apparently people were huge fans of President McKinley and thought that was a better name than the one the native peoples had called the mountain. I had to look him up because I couldnt even remember his first name or when he was president. The name debate continued and in 1980 the name of the pa Read on...
I cant change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean . I rather like that saying . It has a sort of resonance that I find charming and challenging . We dont always like change . It can disconcert us . It can make us feel inwardly frightened . Worried about how the change will affect us . We can be accept the changes or reject them . WE have Read on...
The flowers are beautiful and I alway love seeing the neighbors horses out in the corral. The clouds were threatening. Went to dinner with two friends that I worked with before moving to Florida. I caught up with Heather and Katy on their lives and their kids. The oldest ones are almost and I remember them when they were babies and even Heather before she was married. We has some fun times togeth Read on...
Because holiday lodges are not being kept full by overseas people we have found that the restaurant at our motor lodge is not providing all meals, as advertised. This meant that a local cafe run by local people have benefitted so its not all bad.
Due to Covid19, a large contingent of 140 Kiwis boarded the Real Journeys Doubtful Sound vessel at 10.00am. We thought that without all the overseas tou Read on...
We opted to take back roads to get to the Land Between the Lakes. At times it was particularly narrow and winding, other times smooth and along the river.
We had taken a trip north to help Dad with his taxes in late March. As was expected, there was snow on our last day there. But after a pleasant week, we headed back to Alabama and time to mow the grass and straighten up and clean up from winter Read on...
Dec 22 came early!! As we got up before 2:30 am naturally and turned off some of our 4 phone alarms! The kids and we were up and out by the planned 3 am, headed for Cleveland Hopkins. The Bruegger Bagels woke us up sufficiently to board the 6:10 plane bound for San Francisco. Megan and Jean sat in one row with a nicely small young woman in between. Andrew and David sat some rows behind with the ca Read on...
A church, a pretty churchyard, two burial mounds and two Runic stones . That pretty much sums up Jelling.
Said to be the resting place of King Gorm of Denmark and his wife Thyra. They were the parents of King Harald of Denmark . The mounds were created as royal monuments in the 10th century . Once they may have held the bones of King Gorm in a deep underground chamber but nothing was found during Read on...