Very eventful day today! We woke up early in Oxford and headed out for a wander through the Covered Market at 8:00. Its a lot like Granville Island or Pike place - but likely older. We had a nice breakfast without any baked beans.
From there we made our way over to Oxford Castle. We didnt go in (because we didnt think to book tickets in advance) but got to tour the grounds. It was mostly used as Read on...
Again, I was awake by 6am, but this time without having gotten the chills, so I had a good nights sleep. And again, by the time I woke up, my wife was back with a fresh hot cup of coffee for me. Just another of the many reasons I love her. Since we had a 6 1/2 hour drive to our next location, and wanted to spend some time along the way at the Craters of the Moon National Park, getting up and on ou Read on...
Lets try to step further out of zone, as I see more of Athens than on my last visit. The weather is conducive to walking, sitting at cafes, and enjoying this great!Metaxourgeio is not a weird drink or food, but a neighborhood located between Omonia Square and the Larissa train station. I am told it has been best street art in the city. And a deep counter culture, and lots of neighborhood cafes. Th Read on...
The mountain range of Velebit we have described a bit in an earlier blog as we travelled from Vodice to Zagreb. Now it was time to stop there and do some hiking. Hiking in summer can be tough, as it is excruciatingly hot (temperatures can reach 30C). Hiking there in October is tough as it can be very cold. In winter temperatures drop to -20C. What is always expecting the hiker is the total unpredi Read on...
I thought I would provide an update on what I have been up to before I take off on my next adventure.
As I shared while in Uganda, the women had been saving money weekly to use to start small businesses to support themselves and their children. I was glad to see they were making such good progress toward their goal. But I also wanted them to get there faster.
When I returned from Uganda, I resea Read on...
Or Tor Kor Market was established by the Marketing Organization for Farmers (MOF), which is a state enterprise under control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives aiming to help farmers and the villagers in marketing, sales, and storage of agricultural products.
The area of the market is 6,500 sq. m with more than 600 stalls selling their goods and is divided into separate area such as Read on...
Today I (Susan) was released from my quarantine to go on excursions and the parts of the boat outside my room! Of course, I was masked the entire time I was out. I certainly miss doing things with my sister, but I headed out anyway to take pictures for both of us. We drove around Oslo where I was able to get a few pictures from the moving bus of the fortress and the parliament. Oslo has some beaut Read on...
For once we are up reasonably early. The campsite is crammed and we are in our favoured spot in the cornerhowever its a bit tight extracting ourselves. Ian manages a several point turn and we are out.
We reach Godafoss Falls around 9.30am and its reasonably quiet. Fortunately the rain has eased off but we don full waterproofs anyway as the spray is bound to be fierce.
Godafoss - the ‘waterfall Read on...
I awoke up to a knock on my hotel door by the room attendant cuz I was thirty minutes late on my 11 AM checkout. I called the hotel office and informed that I could check out in a hour. They nicely did not charge me extra for my late checkout.
I had places to see in Trinidad before I drove to my first camp. I started on Commercial Street in the center of downtown Trinidad. (My last visit in Trin Read on...
Hier au soir mme scnario, que les jours prcdents, pour manger. Lhtelier, 400m sur la place vous allez trouver. Problme, ils sont tous en ferms pour vacances. En allongeant la distance je trouve, il y a de la place, mais jai limpression un chien dans un jeu de quille, pas de menu en anglais, jessaie davoir quelques prcisions sur le menu en italien, a se termine par une pizza, qui arrive trs rapide Read on...