After a four hour wait at Jakarta airport, we finally got away around 6.30pm. It was only an hours flight with Thai International (prepaid price $54), with the cabin service excellent and a great meal of lobster and wine. We arrived in Singapore at 8pm (they were 30 minutes ahead), having crossed the equator 10 minutes earlier. The harbour was fantastic at night, with all the vessels awaiting bert Read on...
After too many days of planning to write and finding one excuse or another, its time to catch up to today. Well fill in some of the past days later.
our longest drive of this adventure yesterday: 194 miles from Brigham City to Fillmore, Utah. Its a far cry from the days wed drive 700 miles before collapsing for some sleep before doing it all over again to report by the required date. Nevertheless Read on...
Maastricht on the Meuse River. Maastricht derives its name from the Dutch name of the river, Maas. In view is the Sint Servaasbrug. DSC_0083
Our lunch stop en route to Bastogne and then Luxembourg was Maastricht. I knew of Maastricht as the venue of the Treaty of Maastricht and its role in creating the EU, but little else about it. It turned out to be a delightful small city with many Medieval an Read on...
Today was a great day with the ladies. In the morning Hope wasnt feeling well so she went to the doctor and I worked on lessons plans from home. Irene took me to the office around 11am so I could print material for the lessons. We grabbed a Rolex for lunch, but this time we added in a pork sausage link. It was a great addition. We joined the ladies in the afternoon for their first official lesson. Read on...
Also eines steht fest: heute wird es gemtlicher! JJ hat eine Talwanderung herausgesucht: auf zum Mittelberg, dann bis nach Stillebach wandern und dort Kneipen. Nur etwa 10 KM, keine Anstiege. Unterwegs das Buch rausholen, lesen und entspannen. Hatten wir so auch noch nicht. Klingt nach einem Plan.
Ein Plan, der sofort wieder einkassiert wird. Der Weg ist mit Kinderwagen zu begehen - kann also nic Read on...
Its been a long winter. We always find them so which is why, for as many years as we can remember, we have packed our cases at the beginning of February and headed for the airport. Most recently Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Vietnam. Singapore, Istanbul and the last one South Africa in 2020.
Covid put a stop to a 2021 trip and to be honest if we hadnt gone to South Africa when we did we would never Read on...
Same sort of story as usual, lots of photos (Julie takes them as her camera has better resolution) and a bit of blog in an attempt to explain whats happening.
We are back in day 2 time, so we are walking from Combe Martin to through Due to a very tight BnB market our arranges a return taxi for us so after slogging our way over 23 km with an elevation gain of about 850 m we were driven straight ba Read on...
Today was a clothes washing day and Tim decided to check out how the washing machine works. He worked it out alright. He set it going on a non reversible cycle with nothing inside ; just a test run.
We left the machine to clean itself for an hour, and wandered out to the Tours Weekly Outdoor Food Market. It was a hot sunny day, perfect for getting your washing dry, if you had any to dry, but equa Read on...
The Amsterdam canals are a world renowned location of cultural and historical significance with a rich history spanning 400 years of development, expansion, innovation and engineering.
Amsterdam has a vast array of water canals over 100km in length, around 60 miles. These 165 canals divide the city into a series of small islands connected by over 1200 bridges, with the in 1648; the Torensluis. T Read on...
Remonter la route 389 vers le Nord nous amne ailleurs, trs loin du fourmillement urbain. Ces 580 kilomtres de route, amorcs sur les rives du relient Fermont au reste du monde (et aussi au Labrador tout proche). Au kilomtre 210, le barrage mrite un arrt et lon reste baba devant ce architectural. Cest tout un pan de lhistoire qubcoise que lon revit sur les lieux et la visite au centre dinterprt Read on...