My first tour with Francisco. A enjoyable walk through the gardens to reach the beautiful Palace of Monserrate - The villa a whimsical Arabian design, surrounded by classical English gardens, and set in the jagged hills of the Serra de Sintra.
The Palacio de Monserrate was inspired by Islamic architecture and the ideal of symmetry. Inside there is exquisitely fines lattice carvings, geometric pa Read on...
Last night was not great; the old mans wriggling kept making the bed shake (not exactly what one has in mind vis a vis their husband making the earth move!) That, plus the noise from the a/c, which sounds like a boy racer revving up a Concorde, make sleep impossible. At 5.30 I get up, douse myself with insect repellent, fight my way through the mice in the bar to retrieve a Diet Coke, and sit on t Read on...
We head down to Cable Beach for a walk, and see it for the first time with the tide in. Rocks that were several hundred metres back from the water the last time we were here are now being pounded by the surf. Wed wondered why someone had bothered to install a path up over the cliff behind the rocks; now we know. We wade through the surf around the rocks. In stark contrast to when the tides out the Read on...
Last night the cabin was very warm, and the fan we had didnt help much. Sometime late in the night it cooled down and I had to shut off the fan. Still, I guess we got an okay nights sleep and were on our way to Crater Lake by 7:30am or so. Crater Lake National Park is just over 50 miles from the KOA, but that is just to the entrance. We arrived at the Masama Village area by 9:30am. Masama Village Read on...
I missed my walk yesterday due to the ice on the pavements . I have had to get my head round a different regime since arriving in Wales . Back in Derbyshire I shopped on a Saturday , Walked on a Saturday . Here shopping as moved to the early hours of Tuesday morning .Xmas and New Year have been so different this year and it is hard to get my head around lockdown It is Day 228 of Lockdown and our w Read on...
I was doing like a cruise around the Maldives as well as the World Cruise. I really enjoyed doing this cruise becacuse I wanted to see the world before it got worse. I couldnt walk to the hotel of my choice so instead I had to hire a taxi car driver to take me to the hotel from Kathamandu, Airport. It was an amazing experience because I got to visit the nice beautiful country I visited but also I Read on...
Well, whose bright idea was it to go to Jersey!! At first we assumed that Jersey was part of UKonly to discover slowly and painfully that Jersey is a British Crown Dependency and it wouldnt be possible to have a day trip to Guernsey or Sark as we would have to isolate there for 14 days. Guernsey and its bailiwick ( includes Sark, Alderney and Herm!!) are COVID free so I dont blame them for not vis Read on...
The State Department issued a Level 2 warning for France as well, citing terrorist activity and civil unrest. The warning adds that dangerous activity could occur in public transit hubs, religious centers, markets, shopping malls, cultural events, airports, schools, clubs, restaurants and other public locations.
In the midst of Mahsa Aminis murder by the Iranian government, Paris has seen increas Read on...
Dopo il lockdown la quarantena, e dopo la quarantena niente: bloccato a casa! Ecco allora qualche interessante escursione in giornata dalle parti del Lago di Como....
MONTE COLMEGNONE (1383m): Partenza dalla Chiesa di Santa Marta a Carate Urio (280m). Il sentiero ben segnalato e, passando dai Monti di Carate (765m) e dal Rifugio Murelli (1200m), conduce alla vetta in poco meno di due ore. La dis Read on...
Today we head back to Broome. Were feeling a bit sad as we leave our little shack in amongst the sand dunes. Well maybe shacks underselling it a bit. The resort calls it a villa, and whilst its certainly very nice, I usually associate villas with mansions high on the cliffs of the French Riviera. The name does at least differentiate it from the tents.
Like just about everyone up in this neck of t Read on...