Boy it was cold this morning – we awoke to about 37 degrees!! So I begged off on the hike. We got to one of the in town bird feeding stations at Dave Jaspers at 8:15. There are a number of public bird feeder stations around Portal – in fact they are marked on the map that everyone hands out. Donation boxes sit out, and we see many people popping $1 in them for the bird feed, and indeed they p Read on...
aujourdhui nous irons de La Chullera Jerez de la Frontera en faisant un arrt au Puerto de Santa Maria
Mme si nous sommes dj venus de trs nombreuses fois en Andalousie, est tellement belle quon ne finira jamais de lexplorer...
Comme nous avons pris le temps de rester sur place plusieurs semaines... nous pouvons dcouvrir ou revoir certains coins devant lesquels nous ne nous sommes pas toujours a Read on...
During last evening we discussed our next moves. We were about 90km north of William Creek and 110 south of Oodnadatta. Do we abandon our attempts to get to The Painted Desert this trip and head back to William Creek and then across to Coober Pedy, knowing the road conditions as they were? Or, do we keep heading north to Oodnadatta and then sus things out and either go across to Coober Pedy direct Read on...
Once again, I was surprised to wake up hangover free. We headed out for some breakfast and decided to check out the town next to Nanjiecun. We walked through the tunnel in the city wall, Choayangmen Gate. Inside the tunnels, there were some great sculpted murals on the walls of the tunnels. I enjoyed looking at those and it was another reminder that Nanjiecun is different to the rest of China. Thr Read on...
This morning I was up early to catch the morning light. It was a soft pale blue fading into a pastel pink. Two guys were craning a long timber boat onto the slipway opposite us, and pretty soon were scraping and power cleaning the hull before lowering it back into its mooring. An hour later and the lake was glistening. The water mirrors the shoreline, as large black birds glide across the sky, occ Read on...
Okay, you may all exhale now. You were holding your breath for this special treat....werent you? It was the plan from our last blog...you did follow through I hope. Lulu tried to take a deep breath but nothing happened (no lungs).
I promised you that you would enjoy this next excursion. We sure did. We gathered our family and drove to Fairport, NY (outside of Rochester). Here we boarded a big boa Read on...
I woke early and used the quiet morning stillness to proofread and edit a quotation request wed received hours before leaving Australia, and one that I so desperately wanted to finish.
We left our hotel (the People Place Hotel) at 8:30am in search of a breakfast caf that had been in our Lonely Planet guide, but alas, couldnt find it. We received some very helpful directions from a young local bo Read on...
Breakfast, family time, Anniversary dinner. That was the day. Other than the interruption from work that stressed me out for most of the day, we had a good day.
We slept in a little then had breakfast at Cecilias famous for their red chili sauce. We walked to breakfast in the brisk morning air, actually wore my new winter coat as it was 27 degrees. We were the only customers in the place until th Read on...
Because of the Covid problems in the our hotel served breakfast for us to take. We had scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuit, fried potatoes, juice and coffee, bagel, cream cheese or butter, and breakfast bar. I was impressed at how they handled the breakfast. Many hotels would have just cancelled doing any kind of breakfast.
East Glacier is on the east side of Glacier N.P. Close to the St Mary Visit Read on...
Were all sad to leave Sorrento, its been awesome to swim in the azure clear waters and Sorrento was surprisingly delightful in its own right. Were off to Florence (train AUD176 prebooked). The local train back to Naples was terrible again. The fast train or frecciarossa is the and quickest way to travel at 300kms/hr. We board that in Naples.
Arrive in Florence, still hot and more people, but the Read on...