So this trip is winding down. We left on the evening of July 2, flew out of PIT to JFK on July 3, arrived in London on July 4. Now we are back in JFK awaiting our flight to PIT!! We are ready!
London Heathrow airport is a nightmare. Its very disorganized and they are way understaffed. We started there at 6:45 for an 11:30 flight. We had about 30 minutes before we boardedlines were that long. I re Read on...
This morning we plan to take a boat ride out to the island in Lake Bled, the one (I dont think there are any other islands in the lake) with the iconic Assumption of Maria Church on it. It seems that the system here involves the boatman waiting for the boat to fill up (with people) and then off we go. He says we need to pay him in cash as we get on back, otherwise he‘ll leave us there. Theres no Read on...
Last stop on this sojourn was a return to the Shangri Las Fijian Resort on the Coral Coast. We didnt think that it was all that big when wed visited it four years earlier, but maybe the builders had just been very busy since. Our room was about as far from the action as it was possible to get. Im pretty sure I remember counting more than 800 steps to dinner one night. I hope we were actually stayi Read on...
Early breakfast in a diner in Fort Smith. Definitely a part of the bible belt. Got talking to a group of guys who were having a prayer breakfast and noticed other diners saying grace before they started their food.
Keith got talking to a cop who was getting a coffee. He told a bit of the history behind the town which prompted my interest and thanks to google, found that Fort Smith was established Read on...
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass Dogen - Funny how rain can either enhance your day or ruin it. I love rain. Not the bucketloads that sometimes fall out of a leaden sky. But that was what Hump day gave me . Not that lovely drizzle of April showers from a light coloured sky. No it was the sort of rain that drenches you . Wet and heavy and the sort that li Read on...
Around 7.30am as I pulled back the curtains the sight of Portsmouth Harbour & Docks appeared. Cruise ships, Container ships, naval ships, sailing yachts we are definitely surrounded by sea vessels of every size and description, we even saw the huge aircraft carrier The Prince of Wales.
The coach took us on a drive up to Portadown Hill, the summit of a long chalk ridge where we could view the whol Read on...
I have been 5 years of the last 6 in the region, hoping to do the world famous Sardine Run once. Well, now its done. Let me explain a little the process of the Sardine Run.
Each year, in June and July, the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa witness one of the biggest animal migration...underwater! Millions of sardines makes their way up from Port Elizabeth all the way to Durban. The highlight Read on...
We planned to visit Padstow by bus on 21st September. The hotelier also said good things about the bus. Mark had checked the bus timetable and we were to take the bus from near our hotel.
I had written postcards for two people in Japan; we went to the post office before catching the bus. I was a little surprised that postage fees have been risen quite a lot.
We took the 10:39 open Decker bus for Read on...
The legendary sage Vilvamangalathu Swamiyar was a great devotee of Vishnu. After several years of meditation, Lord Vishnu appeared in front of him as a small boy. The sage loved the child immensely and requested him to stay with him in the hermitage forever. The child agreed but mentioned that if the hermit failed to treat him with respect, the child would vanish.
One day, when the sage was in de Read on...
On Thursday we were up at 4:30am to get to the airport on time *yawn*. My flight got into Krakow just after 12, got through border control fairly promptly & ended up at Jet Bistro for a cup of tea. Using the chat group I discovered Lisa was there too so we met up and were gradually joined by others until about half the group were in the cafe! We chatted until Martin, Andy & Jan from Much Better Ad Read on...