Hello, my dearest travelblog readers, after so long, here I am again on a new unexpected entry, hoping you havent forgotten me just yet...This one won´t have stories of hotels and planes, it would consist of a very specific account of some away time that I have taken to myself, not voluntary though, as we all know. It was after conversing with my inner self that these lines were written to descri Read on...
Another gorgeous day, bright and sunny. After a quick breakfast we were off to drive aroundLock Ness. The trip was mostly a very scenic day and not much to blog about. Pictures are worth a thousand words.
· Loch Ness Centre, the Nessie interpretive center. I very interesting look at the legend and science behind Nessie and the Loch itself.
· Urquhart Castle, the site dates back to 500 AD, but Read on...
Today was forecast to be sunny, no clouds and warm, a perfect day to spend outside. Of course, most of Amsterdam felt the same way but it wasnt so crowded.
After a leisurely breakfast we walked over to the botanical gardens, stopping to shoot photos on one bridge over a canal. The sun was so bright with people walking and biking every which way.
The gardens are not on a large area but very effic Read on...
After two days we left the Spitzkoppe Lodge with its unique setting amidst boulders and sand, heading for the Atlantic Coast. Passing the desert of the Dorob National Park we thought for a minute to be in Arabia. The sand structure changed from red into known yellowish tint. The shape of the dunes reminded us of our Arabic Emirates excursion, we had in 2018. Dorob, means dry land, which indeed it Read on...
Skerries is a small seaside fishing town in Fingal. The from the Norse word ‘skere which became the Irish ‘na sceir which means ‘the rocks.
Historically, Skerries was an active fishing port and later a major centre of hand embroidery, while in the 20th century, it became a resort town, and a dormitory town for Dublin commuters.
The two Martello towers in Skerries at Red Island and Shenick Read on...
We spent most of the day exploring the many caves of Maquoketa Caves State Park. It is so nice to go at your own pace and enjoy these caves without a guide. They did a great job carving out paths through the wildflowers and through the wet flooring of the caves. Nate was extremely excited to see little chipmunks running around. He made us return to the dance hall in the large cave many times so he Read on...
Not sure of location as weve jumped from Portugal to Spain several times. No we are in Spain for the night and tomorrow we bus to Salamanca. Its meant to be quite something, tell you tomorrow.
off the dance floor where Lee and I were the young couple. Scary sight seeing 80 plus year olds doing the twist or dancing to Abba. Thankfully no photos.
Below is the stuff I typed during the day. It does Read on...
High winds kept us from snorkeling on the reefs today ☹ - they canceled us. But we enjoyed time at the quarry, which is where much of the coral foundation for the overseas highway came from. The center is deep – 40+ but the edges have rocks around in which little fish can hide. We also saw some fair sized parrotfish. We met some people who had just arrived to the area, only to find that they w Read on...
So why Liverpool? With this trip being quite fluid based on where we were asked to cat sit through Trusted Housesitters and the location and timing of being able to meet up with friends, the rest of the time was pulled together in a much different way than we normally do. Based somewhat on geography, things to see in that area, finding a place to stay at a reasonable price and easy to get to by pu Read on...
In our last missive I decried the residual resistance to vaccine uptake in parts of the wealthy west, as well as its hesitant to their juveniles. Even more pertinently we worried about the limited availability and constrained distribution of vaccines within developing countries. Such were likely to see new, potentially more threatening, variants emerge. And sadly so it proved. Most of Africa trai Read on...