So why Liverpool? With this trip being quite fluid based on where we were asked to cat sit through Trusted Housesitters and the location and timing of being able to meet up with friends, the rest of the time was pulled together in a much different way than we normally do. Based somewhat on geography, things to see in that area, finding a place to stay at a reasonable price and easy to get to by pu Read on...
Thank you for following my travel blogs so far as this is where my adventure in Europe, truly begins. After collecting my bag at the baggage collection, I made my way towards the Tube station to hop on a train to Russel Square station, which looking like a clueless tourist, was at the wrong station as the ticket machine wouldnt allow me to purchase a ticket to Russel Square station. Starting to be Read on...
Ce ne sera pas une premire.... vous le savez bien !!! Nous adorons ce coin dAndalousie... Notre rve est mme dy habiter un jour...
Nous y sommes revenus maintes fois et cette nous dcidons de nous y installer pour trois mois afin de nous tester entirement...
Nous y passons donc une semaine lhtel pour une prospection dappartements louer... Victoire... trouv mais pas encore sign... Le propritaire Read on...
American Airlines couldnt find people hotels and also couldnt reschedule flights, so we were stranded in the middle of the night at the airport for a few hours.
Flight cancellations have been surging around the country due to weather and the omicron variant hitting so fast. We suffered a flight cancelation, too, but it was due to maintenance issues. Because so many people have faced cancelations Read on...
This is my third blog about my ancestral visitations to Scotland. I reading my previous two blogs at Scottish Ancestral Visitations in Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway, and Ayrshire and Scottish Ancestral Visitations in Sterlingshire, Fife, Perth and Kinrosshire, Angus, and Aberdeenshire before reading this one.
My destination today was Tain, where my Ross ancestors lived. According to my DNA, Read on...
A large number of Persian Jews who came to Jerusalem at the end of the 19th century arrived in vain, and the lowliness of their situation led to an attempt to expel them from the country.
The writer of the newspaper Havatzelet 12 Shevet 1894: A spectacle of terror we saw on Wednesday of this week in our city, a play that irritates the heart and soul. Many of our brothers, the children of Israel, Read on...
We had visited Vancouver some years back on a tour which included a cruise along Inside Passage and at the end we spent several days in Vancouver, so this heygo tour brought back memories of the time we walked from our hotel to Stanley Park.
Stanley Park was created in 1888 and is the oldest park in the city of Vancouver, spanning its the third largest public park in North America and today with Read on...
Monument to Stephan G. Stephansson at Vatnsskar pass near Varmahli in northern Iceland. The work of Rkarur Jnsson. Stephan G. Stephansson (i.e. Stefn Gumundur Gumundsson, was an Icelandic poet who lived much of his life in Alberta, Canada. IMG_6049p1
From Bogarnes we struck off for the north of Iceland along Route 1, Icelands ring road. Our guide, Holm, advised this would be a day of mostly driv Read on...
And thats Paris, France. Not Paris, Texas, not Paris Street in Kallangur, Queensland ; Paris, France.
Killing seven and a half hours at Bangkok Airport after nine and a half hours on a plane, with another twelve hours to look forward to, may not seem like a great way to kick off a trip.
Ive just finished a brief snooze lying across three very hard plastic seats and I think my back had taken the Read on...
We arrived at Tahiti from Fiji, via the French airline UTA. Our hotel on the beach was a series of separate structures modeled to resemble huts. Each one had a conical roof. Sightseeing around the island included the Tomb of King Pomare V, Venus Point, where Captain Cook landed in 1769, and a Tahitian Marare. A Marareis a ceremonial or sacred space. The marae consisted of a rectangular yard of bas Read on...