It has been cold and raining the last two days but we got just a few showers and broken clouds today with the temps still in the 40s. While most of the passengers went off for a tour of the town, about 30 hardy souls including us went off in search of WWII history.
There are a lot of explanations as to why Hitler held his rallies here and also as to why the Allies decided to hold the WWII war cri Read on...
Were up at 5.30 am for todays little exercise, a tour to Windjana Gorge out in the remote Kimberley about 350 kilometres inland from Broome.
Our guide introduces herself as Michelle. She looks about 30, but she tells us that she first came to Broome on her honeymoon in 1993. ... and Id always thought that we didnt allow child marriages here in Oz. Wed thought that Broome might be suffering from a Read on...
Well, we left our beloved Gili Air Sunday and are back in Sanur. The night before we left was filled with live music on the beach, our favorite beer, Bintang and much care for this place we have grown to love even more. We said goodbye to some of our new friends who are hopeful we will return. It was hard to leave this place of peace and our way of being here. We will be back soon and look forward Read on...
Our Icelandair flight arrived at Keflavik (pronounced Keplavik) at 6:20 a.m. All flights from North America appear to arrive in this time slot and the airport ramp is densely packed with more arrivals than there are gates. Keflavik has rows of ramp stairs out on the tarmac to them. A bus brought arriving passengers to the terminal
A Globus representative met us and drove us and four other tour me Read on...
Alongside the creek at JuliaCreekthere is a spacious but dusty free camp, just a short walk into the town. Like all the free/freedom camps we have stayed in this holiday it was very busy. We first checked in for four nights but because of increasing temperatures (into the low 30s) we have decided to move on after 2 nights to Richmond where we can have access to water and power and therefore air co Read on...
December 2021, all booked up and ready for a train journey from Newcastle upon Tyne UK to Bruges Belgium. Three nights away in beautiful old city.
March 2022, our changed arrangements go ahead. On a train leaving a little later in the morning from Newcastle than we would like, but all in hand.
The trip to London is on a new Azuma train. All is on time despite stops in Durham, Darlington, Northal Read on...
Sunday: Decided to check out some St. Louis open houses. Its an interesting city with some super old mansions and some super run down neighborhoods and trash... I went to 5 houses 3 which were reasonable ok condos or houses in the range and then I spent some time in some gorgeous mansions. One which was over 7,000 square feet!!! Had its own humongous arcade room. Even so, it was going for 950k. I Read on...
Jour de joie ce dimanche .. Les cloches des glises avoisinantes de lhtel nous rveillent aux environs de 8h ... Le petit djeuner plantureux que nous recevrons sur notre balcon annonc par les clients qui ont publi sur Google est bien au En effet , il y en a presque pour plusieurs repas...: œufs durs, tranches de gteau, genre dempanadas au fromage, croques messieurs et jen passe.. Vient alors lheur Read on...
From Tours we drive north to the city of Chartres. On the way we stop off for lunch at Vendome which is a very pleasant town on the confluence of 3 rivers and home to a huge abbey. Though a small town today Vendome was for centuries a major centre in this area.
In Chartres it is all about the cathedral. This is one of the most impressive gothic buildings in the world and draws huge numbers of vis Read on...
Jamais je naurais pens le 9 juin 2014, lorsque jai fait mon premier blog que 8 ans aprs jen serais au 500me. Cest et au bout du monde, sans jeu de mots. 357271 mots, 12059 photos, 34681 visites. Dans les donnes je nai pas le nombre de faute. Ca vaut mieux pour moi si non je prendrais peur. Me manque aussi les kms parcourus, ce doit tre impressionnant, le nombre dheures passes les crire. Je pense Read on...