Its been fun this morning as like us, most of the other passengers are finding there way around the ship. We enjoyed breakfast in The Grill, a light and airy space with a great choice of food hot and cold & excellent service.
We found the specialist restaurants East to West (Asian cuisine), Coast to Coast (Seafood) & have made reservations for later in the cruise.
The lido deck was a little chil Read on...
Thanks to the awesome little heater we had in the cabin, we both slept long and well last night, even though the temperature got pretty low. We left the KOA this morning on our way to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic Park. Manoli had decided that the trip to Hoh Rain Forest was just too long, at 2 1/2 hours one way, leaving little time later for anything else. We arrived at the Olympic Park Ranger stati Read on...
The CMCA RV Park in Bundaberg is adjacent to parkland and just a stones throw from the main shopping area/business district At $6/night member price and with access to potable water and dump point it is ideal for our last stop in centralQueensland.
We have been extremely lucky with the weather since the downpour in Charleville and temperatures remain in the high 20s, so it is going to be a few da Read on...
My favorite college town: Although Berkeley may be considered more bougie than bohemian these days, the counterculture vibe that made it so famous in the 60s is still recognizable in its local haunts, and food and art scene. Dine at Chez Panisse — considered by many to be the birthplace of the California cuisine food movement — where the focus is on locally sourced, sustainable ingredients.
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7:30 - 6:30pm with many many short breaks, 30mins on first decent next to river, 30mins at Ibn Azal Baxo, 120mins at Refugio Bachimaa and 20mins along pipeline.
Described as the most difficult day of the GR11, according to the cicerone guidebook, with the highest point of the trail, we were nervous but eager to go this morning. A ‘lovely warm up hill climb to the Ibn dero Brazato got our hearts Read on...
We started our tour in Hungry Bay - Hungry Bay is the best example of a large coastal mangrove swamp in Bermuda but we were off to visit the botanical gardens and listen to our guide tell of his experiences with John Lennon.
In June 1980, when John Lennon docked his yacht in Bermuda, the former Beatles genius hadnt finished a song in almost five years. After spending more than a decade as one of Read on...
The days are getting shorter as they do when we move through August . The weather though is still hot and muggy. Wildfires are breaking out here and there . Hosepipe bans are being introduced in some counties and the reservoirs are starting to look dry . It feels best to do things early in the morning . Walks feel better in the cooler morning air . Swimming is pleasant before the summer heat kicks Read on...
Fener was historically the most important Greek quarter of the city, just a short walk up from the Golden Horn. It flourished after the capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans when the Sultan encouraged the Orthodox people to settle there, and it became a prosperous and prosperous district.
From the 18th century until the end of the Ottoman Empire, it was to decline and almost fall into ruin in Read on...
We werent going to hang around too long before getting on the road as we had read conflicting reports of the time it would likely take to get to the Molesworth Cob Hut and back to Hanmer Springs, a distance of about 170km for the round trip.
The road out through the Awatere River Valley to SH1 is still closed from the Cob Hut due to very heavy rainfall events last year that washed out the origina Read on...
After a really long morning (because we were already packed of course), and half of our safety information on the Celebrity Cruises app, we had an early lunch of a tomato and cheese sandwich before our lovely Jess and little James came to pick us up. We were very lucky to have Jess offer us a lift to Circular Quay, because we found that trains were stopping at Blacktown and then we would have had Read on...