Seventeen hours on a coach is no ones idea of a good time, but if anything could be worth such an extended period of purgatory it would surely be the chance to indulge in a few days of leisurely sailing through a tropical archipelago. And having spent the previous two weeks giving both my upper body (on my Noosa River kayak trip) and then my lower body (on the Cooloola Great Walk) a workout, I fig Read on...
Woke up to a glorious beautiful sunny day in Libby Montana. The weather was warmer and we were ready for a fun ride. Phil and Gale met the owner of the RV park in Libby who is a cyclist and he said he would like to ride part way with us today. He showed us a back road with fantastic scenery to get us back onto Route 37. Andy was from South Carolina and now owns and manages the RV in Libby. He told Read on...
After another uneventful drive from Alexandria we were back in Cairo and headed to the train station for the overnight train to Aswan...cool! Was looking forward to this, trains are one of my favourite modes of transportation, an easy and relaxing way to both cover ground and see the countryside...as most of the trip was at night we wouldnt see a whole lot but did have the morning fortunately to c Read on...
I finally figured out how to get to Santorini: ferry early morning to Naxos then high speed ferry. So I scheduled my friendly taxi driver at 5 am, got up, dressed, grabbed my backpack and left my humble cave. Soon after my start down the stone stairs, I full on fell forward, with no way to stop due to being loaded down. Hard on my knee, twisted my ankle and scraped my elbow. Great start. A woman w Read on...
Zeughaus is the oldest royal armoury, erected from 1695 to 1706 & was later converted into a Prussian Hall of Fame.
Damaged during the WW2 the Zeughaus was rebuilt from 1949 to 1967. Since 2003, it has been home to the German Historic Museum.
World War Two left numerous marks on Berlin buildings, scars caused by bombs and shells which are still visible & Arja our guide knew where to look.
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A quarter of a mile off the west coast of Guernsey, Lihou island is a small heaven of peace and beauty, only accessible by foot when the causeway is uncovered.
Gill took us across the tidal causeway where just a couple of hours earlier the area would have covered by the sea and the island cut off.
On the walk across parts of the causeway had granite blocks deeply imbedded these were created to h Read on...
From Economic Intelligence: What goes into an evaluation of whether or not a city is safe? Crime? Personal liberty? Dangerously dirty air? Bad weather brought on by climate change? The Economist Intelligence Unit released its biennial Safe Cities Index, which attempts to answer the question. According to the index, the worlds most dangerous city is Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar.Formerly know Read on...
Ahhh . . . the travel days. Im so happy that I was able to sneak this one in. I took the opportunity to get away during our spring break from March Any later and I wouldnt have gotten any international travel in for 2020. In fact, as we were sitting on the runway to return on the 15th there was talk of cancelled flights. I didnt know his name at the time but the guy sitting next to me on the pla Read on...
I had no idea how I would fill the middle part of my trip. I started, as you know, in Frankfurt. Though mostly a large, cold metropolis, it seems to be developing a heart. I even found a Chinese hot pot restaurant near my hotel.
One of my primary reasons for visiting is to make a return visit to the little town of Rudesheim, on the Rhine. I last visited in 1971, on my very first trip to Europe. I Read on...
Fridays sea day went smoothly. Some time during the day the cabin steward bought around a Crossed The Arctic Circle certificate for each passenger. Evening Formal Night saw most people partake again.
Saturday was Honningsvg for the North Cape. On arrival we had a 4 hour morning tour with Blue Puffin Tours, organised privately rather than a ships tour.
A really great tour. Excellent guide, very k Read on...