I think of dogs as being a lot like men. As with men and with dogs, I have a definite type. You know, that look, personality or demeanor that I gravitate toward even though I like most all dogs and men. I bet you have a type also, if you think about it.
Do you like tall, dark and handsome or short and fluffy? Do you like the ones that want to sleep on the couch all day or the ones that want to go Read on...
Its Issys birthday, again, as it was yesterday, or was that the day before, when it was today. This is very confusing. I woke up in a cold sweat a few night ago thinking that Id booked our here for the wrong nights. I then remembered the thing about the dateline, which meant that we got here before we left home . I think. My head spun for a long time before I managed to get back to sleep again.
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I have always solo travel. It began for me in the Seventies and Eighties, when I traversed our great country for business travel. I was a health care consultant for over twenty years. My job led me to about 35 or 40 of our states. my quest to visit all FIFTY states in 2014, with a train ride from Chicago to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Those of you who have never done it are missing out on one of lifes mo Read on...
It is Wednesday - Hump Day. Middle of the week. Halfway between Monday and Friday . I have called it all those things over time. Today is work day . It is shopping day and no doubt it will be shorter walk day. If I were working I would be rushing round doing all those things that need doing before work. I would be driving into work putting my digi key up against the digi lock hoping had changed t Read on...
This as a surprise to anyone, but Miami in June is hot. Ive spent most of my life in the South, but I had always heard of the cool breezes and daily rain showers that kept Miami from being a sweatbox. Perhaps I just had a different idea of a sweatbox. Either way, I was always glad when I could find air conditioning.
It took me 6 months to be able to do anything touristy in 2021, but now that summ Read on...
Today, lets learn about some of our favorite adult beverages, kind of my version of a public service announcrment. India Pale Ales — better known as IPAs — were not brewed in India. In fact, back when this kind of beer was invented in the 1700s, brewers didnt have a good way to brew beer in such a hot climate. Beer had to be imported instead, and that meant that London brewers needed up with s Read on...
We arrived back in Cancun and picked up our bags. The next stop was to collect the hire car. My booking confirmation advised that the car had a stand opposite the baggage claim among all the other car so it should be easy to find. It was, only our car was the only one whos stand was closed and instead presented us with a mobile number to call in place of a representative. Call the phone number and Read on...
Terror is like a liquid...beyond anticipation...beyond fear...helpless...nothing more I can do here...resigned to my fate.
Uzbekistan flight to Moscow to catch our 11:55pm plane home...our double entry Russian visa expiring 5 minutes later at 12 midnight.
Train travellers from Russia to Ukraine caught as their train delayed before the border...detained by boarding police as their visas expired d Read on...
After crossing the Rhone - and stopping in Chateauneuf du Pape for a delicious lunch by a glass of the famous red wine - we had a day climbing though another spectacular gorge. I think the authors of the guide were following have a passion for river gorges!
Unlike the gorge of the Ardche, where we were riding along the edge between the plateau and the valley for most of the time, in the gorge of Read on...
Filled up with fuel as we left Blanes at a fully automated garage. Goodness knows what you do if it eats your card.
Motorway all the way and we have been down some of these same stretches of busy motorway before when weve visited Barcelona and Tarragona. At least 10 years ago though but probably busier now than before. Lots of trucks sharing the road and sometimes our lane. Delighted to find all Read on...