Today we hiked over 9 miles at Chapel Beach. Most of the walk was level, but a portion was very muddy. Luckily along the walk we were able to stop at Chapel Falls. It was a stunning place to rest.
Chapel Beach felt like a piece of Heaven. As soon as you approached the beach from the woods you could feel the cool breeze. The first view is from above looking down into the blue green endless lake. H Read on...
Many, most of us have been stuck at home for the past year. The last time I was out of the county was last march, Scottsdale, on a road trip to Spring Training. Of course, my hero, Katy, has spent most of the year either on a beautiful Thai island or up in cool and green Chiang Mai. Me, I have been stuck at home. I had numerous trips postponed for cancelled. My cycling trip to Croatia was postpone Read on...
Delayed start while we waited for the rain to stop and when we headed out it was with raincoats and an umbrella.
We had decided to use the Park and Ride into the city as parking costs at £25+ prohibitive. We discovered later that the area round the main, Grand Parade carpark was gridlocked with queues of cars entering and leaving so a great decision. Instead we drove a couple of miles to the Par Read on...
Breakfast was in house here with a modern breakfast facility and was really big. Only a light breakfast of yoghurt, banana and OJ today. We had planned to get a Taxi down to Fenway Park the famous home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to start the day and we asked reception around 9.00am to call a Taxi for us to make sure we arrived in time for our 10.00am tour and he said dont pay $70- catch t Read on...
This was supposed to be a big family trip with my boyfriends family - 6 adults and 2 kids. Unfortunately, everyone else cancelled the trip as my mother in law had been diagnosed with cancer and would not be able to travel due to treatments and insurance not covering her. We were asked to join them on the trip after they had already booked the holiday - so luckily we had booked our own flights/ hot Read on...
This is the first kosher tour from Israel to Egypt. Our day started early meeting the group and our tour leader Cindy Kline at Ben Gurion airport at 9.30am. We were travelling on a tour entitled In the footsteps of the Exodus with Rabbi Professor Joshua Berman. Rabbi Berman is professor of Tanach at university, Tel Aviv and has served on the international of the Museum of Bible, Washington D.C. Read on...
Dear Covid diary - it is day 255 since BoJo called his first lockdown and here we are the first week of December and it feels that nothing much has changed . Yes we have a vaccine on the horizon and we got in pretty quick time . Vaccinations have started . If you are lucky enough or should it be unlucky enough to be over 80 and currently in hospital you get the jab . Health care workers are being Read on...
I am back from another great weekend exploring the country side. This time I went to the south to two different national parks. The drive was longer this time at 6 hours and through lots of small villages. The road is paved, however every time you get close to a village there are multiple kinds of speed bumps. First there are what I can best describe as small speed bumps that make the car vibrate, Read on...
Due to COVID19, its currently only open to guests staying at the lodge. For us, that meant it was quite empty.
We woke up to a much more promising day at Crater Lake National Park. Now that the snow has stopped and the fog has lifted, the view from our lodge room is stunning. We can see Wizard Island from our window!
Crater Lake used to be a large mountain. Actually, scratch that, it was (and is Read on...
How good is Athens? Rhetorical question really. I love it. Everywhere are reminders of just how special this place is. Be it the history of the Olympics, the marathon, the Romans, the Byzantines, the great Greek thinkers (well the big 3), the Ottomans, even King Ludwig of Bavaria and particularly his son (first king of Greece) and I havent even mentioned the Acropolis or the Parthenon! It is so go Read on...