The Rhine River and Basel from the Schwarzwaldbrcke. The twin towers are the Basler Mnster (Basel Cathedral). DSC_0616p1
The coach driver on the Lucerne to Basel transfer was another American expat. He drives tour buses and his wife works for a in Basel. He told of life in Switzerland. The greatest downside is the expense of Swiss goods, he said. Prices are lower across in Germany and he tries to Read on...
Accademia di Belle Arti founded in 1563 and location of the Galleria dellAccademia. View along Via Ricasoli. DSC_0146p1
Florence sightseeing began with an early morning visit to the Galleria dellAccademia. There is usually a long queue to enter, so this was a wise first stop. Souvenier shops line Via Ricasoli, the street next to the Galleria. Naturally, they sell Michelangelo related items, espec Read on...
Aprs deux jours Bucarest, je peux affirmer, que ce pays avait le culte de la dmesure en matire de construction. Sans aucun doute linfluence Russe.
Si depuis que je suis parti, je me plaignais de ne pas trouver de restaurants le soir, a na pas t le cas hier. Lhtel est situ tout proche de la vieille ville de Bucarest, sur une surface que jestime de la place Bellecour, Lyon, une trentaine de petit Read on...
Indecision from an instinctive hunch that theres more you need to means its time to learn everything you can about the pros and cons of each option. You can continue on this track, however, only as long as youre unearthing genuinely new information. – Martha Beck
Last Sunday evening, CR once again positioned himself in front of a bank of TV cameras for another of his spasmodic, knee jerk diatr Read on...
Alarm went off at 6am and after having had a pretty good sleep and figuring out how to turn the stupid shower on we went down for breakfast which they were actually charging non IHG members USD 20- each.
I had a light breakfast with some cereal bran with toast and strawberry jam with an interesting strawberry and banana yoghurt (Im not convinced they go well together ?). I asked for a coffee and Read on...
In 1886, the Canadian government reserved 10 square miles (26 square km) at the foot of Mount Stephen in Yoho as a dominion park. In 1930 a much larger area was declared a national park.
The park was named after a Cree word meaning wonder and awe, an expression which perfectly describes Yoho National Park.
Shaped by the forces of plate tectonics and erosion and sculpted by glaciers from the ice Read on...
First to Sutton Hoo, site of two early medieval cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries. One cemetery had an undisturbed ship burial with a wealth of artefacts. The burial mounds are clear to see and there are lovely walks across the site with views down to the river below. Fortunately summer has returned so we had a glorious blue sky for our walk.
There is also an exhibition explaining Read on...
For the past two years my travel blogs have been virtually with Heygo (Previously Virtualtrips). I have travelled all over the world with them and it has been fantastic especially during the long lockdowns, but it is now time to get back to real time travelling.
Our initial plan was to be on a Baltic Cruise but with changes to certain Ports of Call & dates our original cruise was cancelled.
A lo Read on...
Well, the next occasion to celebrate was Bobs birthday on Oct 25th. As we just got back from our wonderful trip to Cappadocia, I was feeling bad that it wouldnt be too exciting. Thankfully, as Bob keeps telling me – when we do these trips around our birthdays, they are for both of us! The one thing we did know that would make the day special was getting to reconnect with Darren and Sue. Darren, Read on...
While quarantining in Sri Lanka, we had hoped to do a few tourist activities. However, those activities were limited and adhered to strict requirements. One requirement was to have a certified driver at all times - you were by no means allowed to leave the car. The second was scheduling an approved appointment for said tourist activity. There was a list of about 13 activities we could do in the wh Read on...