We had our morning meeting where we mostly discussed meeting that they had on Friday. At the end of each month, RWO has a meeting with all of club, and government partners. This meeting usually last 6 + hours so it was too long for them to keep translating for me which is why I did not attend. When the Club leader for the younger women I work with spoke she shared how much positive feedback she ha Read on...
In order to avoid what was deemed to be travel chaos, as well as a workers strike in London, I decided to see where else Emirates flew to for options. I was to meet my friend in London on Friday, but I figured I could take an extra day or two elsewhere. Brussels seemed like a good alternative. I could visit a city I had not yet seen and take a train through the Chunnel, one of my dreams... My flig Read on...
We had an easy drive going to Tomar a town created inside the walls of the Convento de Cristo, constructed, according to Wikipedia, under the orders of Gualdim de Pais, the fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar of Portugal in the late 12th century. A very worthwhile visit. Contrary to many old buildings (convents, churches and grand houses. etc. ) we have seen along the way, this convent, a w Read on...
The original building in 1910, enabling direct rail access to New York City from the south for the first time. The station contained 11 platforms serving 21 tracks. The original building was one of the first stations to include separate waiting rooms for arriving and departing passengers, and when built, these were among the citys largest public spaces.
The huge building had Doric columns, ceili Read on...
I was fortunate enough to be sponsored through my undergraduate Chemical Engineering degree at the University of NSW via a CSR cadetship. For those old enough to remember, CSR was originally the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. Amongst the benefits of this cadetship were that they paid you some pocket money along the way so you didnt have to spend nights or weekends working in bars, and also you Read on...
When I started writing this blog, I started of tour v/s organized tour as Ladakh is still fresh in mind. Then I decided to keep that chapter at the end.
It is interesting to know that Sikkim was an independent State / Nation protected by India till 1975. After internal political turmoil, a referendum was held and by overwhelming majority, people of Sikkim decided to a part of India. Sikkim beca Read on...
We had planned a trip into Reykjavik today but we are both tired and the sun is shining. Although theres still a bit of a cold wind we can wear our thin trousers for the first time this trip!
We elect for a lie in followed by a full English breakfast. This is a nice campsite on the edge of a quiet seaside town so we decide well stay a couple more nights.
The camp warden is a few places to visitt Read on...
Today is Sunday February 27 and I have been in my next place for 9 days. This was originally written mid February, but I did not label the pictures until today.
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After Arriving with my new Visa January 21, 2022 to my long standing 30 day reservation at an AirBNB Read on...
I got up early enough to get a ride with Peggy and John to Sharjah to see the Central Souk . This was a huge conglomeration of i.e., totally indoors but not a coordinated mall. Its design respected the souk, if you consider that a souk consists of shops with a covering built over the street. The Central Souk was like a set of strip mall shops that parking, and a covered central walkway – two s Read on...
We had read about the sunrise on the red cliffs at Ardrossan being spectacular so we were up before the sun and off to the Ardrossan jetty to take photos. While waiting for the sun to rise we met a Golden Retriever puppy named Gus and chatted to the locals fishing for squid and blue swimmer crabs. At 7.10am the sun rose behind a bank of clouds so we had to wait a little longer before the sun rose Read on...