When you think of wine and its origins, I am willing to bet my bank account that your first thought is not of The Republic of Georgia. Dont be embarrassed, Georgia was certainly not my first thought if I had to name where wine began, but now that I have been there, tasted it and witnessed the wine making process, I am an enlightened wine drinker. Or at least I am a wine drinker.
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Planned trip out today. A train ride up to Arosa in the mountains. This is the Raetian Railway RHB line and goes only to Arosa (the terminus) and back.
A 1000 metre climb over 26 kilometres. The train ride starts from outside the station and goes along the streets of Chur before climbing up through the mountainous landscape of Schanfigg to Arosa at the end of the line.
We drove down the wibbly w Read on...
We topped our tank water supply, $1 for 40L, plus brought another 15L from IGA, We visited a few Coober Pedy attractions: Big Winch 360, Old Timers Mine, Opal Jewellery (none purchased), Comfort Inn, Coober Pedy views, Coober Pedy Hill Sign and roamed the streets, just looking. Personally, having been raised in a small outback mining town, I had had enough and just wanted to be on my way.
We hit Read on...
Heute habe ich es etwas ruhiger angehen lassen, meine Fe geschont und nach dem Frhstck nur die Kathedrale von Tours besichtigt. Der Kreuzgang ist auch sehenswert, aber Montags geschlossen. Von dort ging ich zum Starbucks und habe dort eine Kaffeepause eingelegt. Meine deutsche Kundenkarte ist dort leider nicht gltig. Es gbe noch zwei empfohlene Museen in der Stadt, die ich aber ignorierte und den Read on...
The fine and sunny weather keeps on keeping on and is not spoiling our plans to get to a new location for us or back to places we have been to before.
You might think we would lie in bed a bit longer and enjoy the views over to Kelvin Heights because it is Sunday.But,no,with a planned trip to Glenorchy, some 50km north of Queenstown at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu, we need to be a bit more o Read on...
Heathrow Airport in London is capping the number of departing passengers it can process daily to 100,000. The restriction is causing delays and cancellations to international flights travelling to and from the airport.
Contact your airline to confirm your flights.Ensure you take out travel insurance that covers you for flight cancellations.Be prepared for long wait times at the airport.Have conti Read on...
We set sail for Volcanoes National Park today, and it was a bright and sunny day. We went due south of along route 11, passing by our favorite snorkeling area Two Step, stopping at a few buying some Kona Coffee (all beans are picked by hand, hence the price) from Mirandas, a Christian family business. We stopped at a black sand beach – evidently with very rounded lava, and saw our first 2 nene Read on...
Je pensais Vienne pouvoir manger dans une brasserie autrichienne, et bien cest lchec. pour beaucoup elles ouvrent le midi, seulement, pour la clientle locale, et ferment le soir par manque de touristes. Mis part la restauration rapide type Mac Do, les chinois, et les italiens, cest tout ce quon trouve. Je me suis donc souvent un italien, plus tt classe, mais une belle arnaque.
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I was not born a Cossack...nor a Tatar of the Golden Horde...a horseman of the outback nor the Snowy River.
We lived in Castle Hill...in those days a rural outer suburb of Sydney...our father the local doctor.
Led to the stalls with my big sister for our first riding lesson...stable door swinging open...a massive muscled beast on its hind legs rearing out...neighing nay braying...its hooves rig Read on...
Sean Connery has died aged 90 - a good innings, so we shouldnt feel too sad. However, he means a lot to me, and I want to share some personal opinions and a few things that may not feature in the obituaries.
Sean Connery has a connection with Vietnam. When I visited the Furama Resort, a beach hotel in Danang, around 2005, there was a sign telling us that Sean Connery reckoned it to be the best ho Read on...