There is a Zen saying Sometimes, simply by sitting , the soul collects wisdom Today I was doing a lot of sitting . A year ago to the day I was driving to Shrewsbury to have the car serviced . Today I was doing the same thing . Sitting in the car, driving and just thinking about life in general . Truss had gone . Two candidates now stood plus Boris who had rolled back off his holidays and put his Read on...
We decided to ride to Jackman Maine which is very close to the Canadian border, to get to the end of the old BDR route.
Leaving Eustis/Stratton, we headed North on what was the original last section of the NEBDR. We got onto a gravel road around 20 miles out of town which once again was a fun ride with a backdrop of stunning fall colours. A whole tourist industry is built around this seasonal vis Read on...
I never actually checked to see if there are in fact hot springs in the city of Radium Hot Springs. Im bad with sight seeing and tourist destinations. Im bad at stopping to look at anything which is ridiculous because I have nowhere to be.
It was a late start today. I was up much too late last night and once I finally finished breakfast and got mobile I spotted a coupe in the park with a Yamaha Read on...
The city of Naples was founded by the Greeks almost 2500 years ago and has been one of the most important cities in the world.
In the third largest city in Italy and in the first most important port in Europe there is a very particular street that cuts the city in two parts and its called: Spaccanapoli, or Naples Splitter. Spaccanapoli is the straight and narrow main street that traverses the old Read on...
Lanne 2020... toute une anne, lanne de la dfaut den voir tous les cts sombres et dsagrables, cest pour nous loccasion de partir la dcouverte de notre propre pays, la Canada. On voulait dabord faire un tour du ct des provinces atlantiques... deux mois du dpart, il a fallu nous faire lide que ce ne serait pas possible, les frontires interprovinciales tant fermes du ct du Il nous restait donc 2 Read on...
My last two days in Dubai were spent on friendly conversation, good meals, and walks on the local streets. On Monday, to my surprise, we went to watch John play hockey. Dubai had an indoor winter arena with rinks and a facility with a short ski hill! Perhaps this could be considered the the equivalent of heated swimming pools in cold climates.
On Tuesday we visited the Bastakiya , the old town w Read on...
So we enter into Georgia and our taxi guy is waiting for us wearing a red scarf as promised. Well its more like a neckerchief but lets not split hairs here. The guy has made an effort to be noticed so leave him alone.
It is about 4:30am by the way but our man,whose name I instantly forgot, is happy to see us and then wants to know where we want to go despite me having let his firm know twice. I s Read on...
And the journey continues... we met Patti and Doug in Athens and the next day we flew to Crete. Picked up a rental car, and spent 8 busy days seeing the island.
We started in Chania at a great apartment in the Old town with a wonderful view, for 3 nights. Chania is a coastal city in NW Crete with a beautiful old harbor. We spent one day driving to Elafonissi Beach in the South west corner of the Read on...
This, the second blog from my trip in Australia in 1995, pretty much covers the second month I spent there.
I clearly remember that I wasnt very fond of Adelaide. I stayed only a very short time there and I saw very little. The only thing I saw in Adelaide that Ill mention here is South Australian Museum. There were two really cool exhibits there: one was the leg of a dinosaur and the other a rea Read on...
You would think after numerous trips, foreign and domestic, short and long, that packing would be easy. Unless it is a quick overnight, I always take a decent size roller bag, and check it on the plane. I have about four or five different sized suitcases, depending on the destination, weather, and planned events. Obviously, going to warm weather destinations is much easier. During my business trav Read on...