What is the connection between books , a literary festival and an visit for Gabby ?. It is Hay on Wye another lovely town on the River Wye. We guessed that Ross on Wye and Hay on Wye would be very similar in character . Small towns with narrow streets full of book shops. Another Butter Market and lots of shops, cafes and pubs . What was different a large and empty car park . Hay us with plenty of Read on...
We enjoyed our first big road trip so much we were anxious to do another. Weve wanted to see fall color again and weve always wanted to see Savannah, Charleston, and Asheville so thats the trip we planned.
Once again we planned the trip eight nights and nine days and cover about 2,800 miles. And once again I rented a car because it made sense to save the wear and tear on our own car which would d Read on...
We left Kinvarra and backtracked by about 40 minutes, driving north to Galway City. We wandered around a bit, finding a couple of cutsey little streets to explore, and I splashed out on an Aran knitted dress. Its being posted to my home, so Im hoping itll be waiting for me next week.
As we both needed break, we went into Finnegans, a building pertaining to be the oldest medieval restaurant in the Read on...
The MV World Odyssey arrived at the Croatia port of Dubrovnik yesterday and Maggie will disembark today to begin exploring Croatia. They spent the last 7 days at sea, so we thought it might be fun to share what a day is like on the ship. Heres Maggies description:
I wake up around 9:30 and then I go to Global Studies every day at 10:00am and that goes until 11:00am. Then back to my room for about Read on...
1 500 000 thats, One Million Five Hundred Thousand thats how many opal shafts have been dug since opal mining began in and around Coober Pedy. Advice, dont get drunk and wander off.
Coober Pedy means, White Man in a Hole. The area has over 70 fields, the largest opal mining area in the world producing 85% of the worlds opals. Its surrounds look (not that Ive visited the moon yet) with the lan Read on...
Time. It is constant, yet changes based on perspective. Recently, a stranger noted that you dont realise how quickly time passes unless you have children. I dont necessarily agree that you must have children to feel the effects of time, but they are useful measuring sticks. The passage of time can be acutely felt when you havent seen your friends for a couple of years and, what feels like overnigh Read on...
It was another one of my early starts, this time to the Berlin Cathedral. Someone must have seen and waited until I had my tripod, put the right filters on my first shot, and then they turned off all the lights that were illuminating the cathedral. Grrr.
After breakfast, we headed back out into Berlin again. We walked Potsdamer Platz, which was a bit of a disappointment. The buildings there are Read on...
At the far end of Petite Cte, a stretch of coast in Senegal, lies a sleepy fishing village called Joal lies on the mainland, while Fadiouth, linked by a narrow wooden foot bridge, lies on an island built entirely of seashells. For more than a century its inhabitants have been harvesting molluscs, scooping the meat out and using the empty shells to make their little island. The seashells have acc Read on...
After a 5 hour VIP bus ride from Accra up to Kumasi, we started asking questions and found out se had accidentally timed our northward trip to coincide with the Akwasidae!
The Akasidae is a celebration of the ancestors held every six weeks by the Asantehene (King of the Ashante people). He enters the courtyard of the Manhyia Palace in the royal palanquin protected by the royal umbrellas and there Read on...
In the morning we flew from Luxor to Cairo. Then there was a wait to change planes and we flew home to Israel. provided kosher meals on all the flights. Although the final flight was just over an hour long, the airline had obtained full dinner packs for us kosher to the simple sandwich served to others. Unfortunately that meant 40 minutes to warm the food, and insufficient time to eat it. Many pe Read on...