A leisurely start to the day. We walk up to the local cafe to get breakfast - they are offering bacon and eggs, lovely. The bacon has a very strong flavour. We think it might be the speciality bacon cured up here because of the mountain climate.
Now to the electronic dashboard. I manage to find my way into settings and hey presto, I can change the language to English - Ian is much happier and as Read on...
Day 99 - a turning point . Tomorrow is a big day . The start of Week 15 and the last few days of June . Sunday morning . Another breakfast . Another walk and another view out of the same old window . Sunday is always a good walking day . I set off out . The rain had been falling lightly overnight . This morning it had stopped but the wind had picked up. The leaves on the trees were blowing . Not g Read on...
Thats right. Monday, October 4th, was surgery day for Cory. Using robotics, Dr.Johnston gave Cory a left total knee replacement. Everything went super. He spent one night at the Celebration hospital as an observation He was almost in the same room I had one year ago!
Before I get into the minute details, I have to finish up with our eating extravaganza we were enjoying prior to his surgery. Beca Read on...
The end came with a toxicology report that revealed a laundry list of opiates; dilaudid, percodan, demerol, some codeine and qualludes. Years of drug abuse from the time Elvis was in the military when his friends introduced him to little brown and green stimulants to keep him awake during patrols. Once military life ended Elvis didnt walk away from those pills. Elviss thirst and addiction expanded Read on...
Sunday 12.30 pm we depart our yacht at San Remo and walk to Venice beach,the weather warm & the promenade full of life ,punks,surfers,gangbangers,esse s & families,muscle bound wanna be Arnie s pumpin it at Muscle Beach. Pommy backpackers (how can i tell because they are glowing white ) lined up straight from the airport with thier backpacks still on outside the medical marijuana office for a pres Read on...
Free day from tour today but still up early for breakfast must say best breakfast of the week so far, met up with new tour guide Mohammad as previous one Zaher had to leave tour due to family bereavement ?
Walked into Petra town, quite hard work as very steep uphill walk, called for coffee at little cafe where the owner Rateb was lovely & so friendly and welcoming.
Called into a different hotel Read on...
I didnt think I would be in quarantine for the rest of my life, but I did worry that I might emerge from it with a terminal case of inertia. I wondered if I would ever travel again, or would anyone for that matter. Perhaps it would be time to retire my travel blog. But when my friend Adele called and asked, Iceland? my inner therapist gave me a sharp nudge and I agreed.
I thought of it as a kind Read on...
We had passes to the Tower with an entry of 10 am. We have walked there before but this time we took the tube, a quick ride to Tower Hill where people were executed back in the day.
I wanted Zaya to see King Henry VIIIs armor and where the kings and queens lived. We checked out the Crown Jewels first, which are always impressive. Crowns so large and heavy as to make a person lose inches in height Read on...
It was a pretty uneventful day when to travel. I had a 6.5 hour flight to Amsterdam, a 2 hour lay over and then a 7.5 hour flight to Rwanda. When I arrived in Rwanda I stayed on the plane while other passengers got off and on the plane. Then it was just a short 30 min flight into Entebbe, Uganda.
Upon arrival there was the normal customs and immigration as well as an additional PCR test requireme Read on...
May 2019 was my last overseas trip...to find ancestors in Devon, England (see Solving a Mystery In My Devon Ancestry) and to walk the Old Way Pilgrim route to Canterbury (see My Old Way Pilgrimage to Canterbury). In October 2019 I wrote a Planning blog about a trip to Scotland I hoped to visit in September 2020 (see Planning for Scotland Ancestral Visitations). deferred that trip for a year. Sinc Read on...