This was the second year of the corona virus pandemic and again our summer vacation options excluded travels abroad. (Although to be truthful, we took advantage of a temporary window of opportunity in June to visit our daughter in England after 16 months apart.) As we did last year we are enjoying more places in our own wonderful country - see our 2020 blog about the Kfar Blum area. Here we were Read on...
We woke up to the doorbell, breakfast is served! Fried egg, toast, margarine, bacon and sausage. Shortly afterwards we got the all clear from our PCR test. Were free!
Except its Saturday. Banks are closed, so we got some cash from an ATM (at an exorbitant charge) and headed towards the famous Kaosan Road. On the way we saw the city waking up, food stalls opening, lots of flower sellers making and Read on...
Toujours pas fini de dcouvrir.... Aujourdhui je vous emmne vers lOuest et ce sera CADIZ... ou vous prfrez...
Niche sur une troite bande de terre et cerne par les flots de locan Atlantique, Cadix est une ville historique dAndalousie ge de plus de 3000 ans, lune des plus vieilles dEurope. Au cœur dun littoral de lagunes, de plages agrables, ddifices culturels, de chteaux mdivaux et de parcs nature Read on...
I was up early again and went to a similar location to yesterday for some photographs of the Dallas skyline. I was not the only one today as I walked across to a different bridge to see what that looked like and there were four other photographers there with their tripods. This particular bridge had a tramline going a across it, alongside the road. A tram came along, stopped and blew its horn at o Read on...
Here we are, the last blog of our little European trip to Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg. January in Italy is truly beautiful. But you may wonder why we came to Belgium in January in the middle of a covid surge. Well, beside seeing many friends, I had to apply for a long term visa for our next stop. The only place I could do so is actually in Belgium as Im carrying a Belgian passport. Thats one of Read on...
I finally went to my first visit for my new knee. It went just fine. They my knee with its new device inside of it. Snappy...huh? The little, dark, oval piece you can see close to the artificial knee is my original kneecap (patella). I thought they would replace that but no....only if it had been highly diseased....mine was good....they did shave off the backside of it and put a button in the ce Read on...
Gestern bin ich bis T gefahren, in der Hoffnung, hier jemanden zu finden, der einen lwechsel macht bei Flo, oder mich machen lsst. War aber alles zu. Das letzte Stck war ich auf der Autobahn, weil das Navi keine Ahnung hatte, wo wir sind. Zum ersten Mal waren da viele deutsche Autos und mir wurde pltzlich klar, dass die alle heimfahren und am Montag wieder arbeiten. So nah bin ich also schon dem E Read on...
You thought I was referring to wine. But I am referring to a visit to dear, longtime friends. Vintage Vegas generally refers to the older hotels and motels, or the type of fashion. Or, in my case, it refers to having a good time, the way. Our dear friend Debbie is headed to a golf tournament at La Quinta, so I will keep while she is gone. Her golf partner, Laura is also going, so her husband Jim, Read on...
Ever since I visited Havana in January 2018, I have wanted to go back. I really like it there, and love seeing it before it spoiled This time my wife came along, and since she speaks Spanish, it was very helpful. We were wanting to do a short getaway and Havana was perfect for that. My wife was not keen on Cuba for political reasons, and while I get it, I told her that we are not going for the pol Read on...
Today was our first boat trip, the 10am Knoydart ferry to Inverie on Loch Nevis. The other passengers were locals who appeared to to the mainland to get their food shopping and the crew helped them with their bags. They all seem to know each other.
According to the lady that sold us the trip, that although it is on the mainland, it is cut off from everywhere else via road. So I was a bit surprise Read on...