I have just counted my shirts. I possess 66. A ridiculous number. Is 66 symbolic – the Mark of the Shirt Beast?
My shirt collection stretches back into antiquity. I have one white cotton shirt which I bought in Silvers, a posh menswear shop in Reading, in the early 1980s. I bought it in a sale. A label - ‘The Paris House Collection - is sewn beneath the collar, and it has a unique feature (u Read on...
Before the Europeans arrived in what is now North Carolina, the land around Asheville was a part of the Cherokee nation. While many cities underwent major overhauls in past decades, Ashevilles historic and architecturally diverse downtown remains beautifully preserved.
Many of the citys architectural achievements took place in the 1920s when Asheville danced to the tune of flocking tourists and n Read on...
We said in a previous blog, we think, that there are two things you get on every Explore trip - ruins and churches. At that time we forgot the third. That is... at least one today will be a long drive with a full body massage freely included.
Thursday was that day for this trip, consisting of 3 or 4 long drives. Remember also a couple of blogs ago the reference to Pauls interesting roads and Pips Read on...
Hier petite soire tranquille, cet htel perdu dans la campagne, vraiment trs bien. Le resto du soir choix, ptes ou pizzas. Jai test la pizza bosniaque, cest soit disant le fromage local qui fait la diffrence, pas spectaculaire la diffrence, par contre dessus une espce de chorizo trs bon, mais toutes les heures de la nuit, oblig de boire.
Ce matin lorsque je tire les rideaux, jai cru que la montagn Read on...
Seit ber eineinhalb Jahren, endlich wieder mal auf Achse. Coronabedingt fielen unsere geplanten Reisen 2020 alle ins Wasser, respektive dem Virus zum Opfer. Verreisen mit Auflagen; wie vorlegen eines negativen Coronatests, Quarantne, oder Maskenpflicht im Freie und geschlossene Restaurants, schreckten uns vom Verreisen ab und wahrscheinlich nicht nur uns verging die Lust am Reisen. Doch nun zieht Read on...
This morning we set out along the Flinders Highway heading northwest. Our first stop was at Mount Dutton Bay which had seemed like a good idea when we were leaving Port Vincent. Unfortunately, the weather started to deteriorate and it began to drizzle enroute. When we turned off onto (unsealed) Farm Beach Road we encountered a sign warning us to watch for the grader. Ahem, we didnt see the grader Read on...
Day 1 Woke up early . We are not due on the tunnel until tomorrow but Gabby is all packed up ready to go. She has been washed and provisioned . Although the provisioning did not take long due to the new Brexit rules whereby we cannot take dairy back into the EU. It feels odd to have nothing in the fridge and the larder very . We made a late decision to head off south on the day before our train cr Read on...
This morning was our last morning in Phnom Penh and we had a couple of hours before we had to go to the airport and catch our flight to Siem Reap. After another delicious and relaxing breakfast on the rooftop, I went for a morning walk to soak in the city for one last time. I walked along the riverfront watching people starting off their day, shopkeepers sweeping and hosing the fronts of their sho Read on...
Wasaga Beach, ne pas confondre avec Nottawasaga son nom lindique, nest pas Wasaga. Ni avec Collingwood, tel quindiqu sur la map du blog. que pour Travelblog, Wasaga beach nexiste pas...
On arrive notre Airbnb et il me semble que je me reconnais Turns out que notre maison est sur la mme rue que le chalet quon avait lou avec des amis il y a 6 ans (laquelle rue fait peu prs 300 mtres). Si on p Read on...
I cant remember the last time I visited Chicago. I think it was back in 2016, when I rode Amtrak from Chicago to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Why? my tour of all fifty states, an that I call the Nifty Fifty Club. My parents lived in Chicago for a brief period during WW2, having left Relocation camp in the Gila (AZ) Desert to work in factories supporting the war effort. In fact, they lived on Addison Stree Read on...