In Kiev ist heute auer mir noch eine wichtige Persnlichkeit, die halbe Stadt ist fr Autos gesperrt, berall Polizisten und Blaulicht. Auerdem ist immer noch Feiertag, schon seit Freitag wird die Unabhngigkeit gefeiert. Der Autoverkehr in Kiev war gering, was mir zugute kam: in Gegenrichtung die Autobahnauffahrt bentzen ist normalerweise eher ungesund.
Ich wollte weiter, auch wenn Kiev schn ist (st Read on...
Driving home for Christmas. I was beginning to think we were starting to put this whole pandemic business behind us and I could stop mentioning the C word. Alas, here we go again or more to the point - here we dont go again! When we can book any trip with confidence, all of a sudden looks further away from us than ever. We are back to waiting on the word of TFB, as to whether further restrictions Read on...
Yes, were still working on our blog. These photos are from France, in the Time Before the Pandemic, with no social distancing requirements, and restaurants and stores were still open. It was fun to work on the blog, reminiscing over our travels from a better time, planning for when we can safely travel again.
Our last blog ended in Provence; this continues with our drive from Provence to Paris, a Read on...
Today were going to Hanauma Bay – basically a drowned crater full of coral reef and exotic fish. Its not easy (or cheap – at $25 a head) to obtain tickets; theres a strict quota with tickets going on sale at 7 am each morning and selling out in minutes. We have managed to score some tickets for this morning. To reduce pollution, they have withdrawn the bus route which used to service the reser Read on...
We intend to stop at the Kittery factory outlets, and then make our way to the L.L. Bean factory in Freeport, Maine.
Stopping for gas in Wrentham Massachusetts. 35.007 gallons at $4.999 cents a gallon for a total sale of $175 US.
Once we reached Kittery outlets, we discovered that they are spread across a great many blocks. We park the RV, and Shelley rested a little bit with Maggie while I went Read on...
After breakfast, and full of anticipation, we boarded the boat that would take us to the Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca. An excursion that did not disappoint.
Although the inhabitants of these islands still can be said to live in fairly primitive conditions, they have savvy enough to have a very good organization of how to distribute the tourists around The individual islands construction and main Read on...
Since you have been reading my emails over the years, you know how much we enjoy walking big cities, and interesting towns. There is no better way to discover the culture and beauty of a place, save for a walking tour by a local. But, since I am not a tour guy, exploring on my own, or with Mr. Mike is the best alternative. What might some of those cities be? Over the years, some cities we have wal Read on...
Well here we go setting off on another road trip and this one will be an extended road trip of 16 days which is easily the longest we have done on our travels and will see us reach our goal of having been to all 50 states (we currently sit at 44) Its a sunny day starting out at 14 degrees with a little breeze making it feel quite cool and will reach a top today of only 20 degrees.
We dont have an Read on...
Saudi Arabia has only just opened up to tourists, the first visas available in 2019 for just a few months before Covid struck. We start in the capital city of Riyadh where the temperature when we land on a November evening is 25c.
Riyadh is still a work in progress. There is already some great modern architecture but the citys metro is just a series of bridges and holes in the ground. The only wa Read on...
Vardar is the largest river in the Republic of Macedonia. It is 388km long and its river basin covers an area of approximately 25,000 km².
Skopje began as ancient Scupi. In 518 it was totally destroyed by an earthquake. A brief Slav incursion occurred in the 7th century, and in the 9th and 10th centuries the town grew rapidly. The Serbs first captured Skopje in 1189, and in 1392 the Turks after Read on...