First landed in Dublin, we hired a car and drove towards Galway, where we stayed at a Bed & Breakfast. From there, we took the Connemara loop and rode amongst fields and lakes, stopping at Cong and at the Kylemore Abbey (avoid visiting, it isnt worth it). The landscapes were totally breathtaking with bogs and black sheeps everywhere. We were quite lucky with the weather and didnt get much rain dur Read on...
While hardly an expert on a city that I have a rather checkered past, staying out in a neighborhood is great!!! Very few tourists, mostly locals and working folks. No, we are not celebrating a 16th birthday. Maybe some multiple of 16. I am referring to the 16th Arrondissement (of twenty) of Paris. There are twenty in Paris, for those of you unfamiliar. The 16th includes the Arch de Triomphe, and s Read on...
Today was the day we traveled to the end of the world, not quite literally. We are going to Finisterre, which means the end of the world in Spanish. Back in the old days, about 500 years ago or so, the western coast of Spain was the most western spot in the known world. Columbus hadnt found North and South America yet. The lighthouse, and town on this peninsula was named Finisterre, or Fisteria in Read on...
Today was all about the funeral of our wonderful Queen Elizabeth ll. We couldnt be there but we have the laptop and I made sure we had a reliable wifi signal (thanks to the kind campsite reception who supplied me with a special sign on 😊) so we could watch the broadcast by the BBC.
Before it began I took a stroll along to the little marina just by the campsite. An absolutely stunning morning w Read on...
Not only did we do 9.25km of walking today, most of it was on the steep inclines of Dover Castle and the white cliffs. Im exhausted!
We headed over the Dover Castle right when it opened at 10:00. Before we got here, we had no idea how big it was. We started our tour with the Saxon church and Roman lighthouse at the Center of the grounds both of which were built AD.
From there we went through th Read on...
What do you have to do to get something listed ? I wondered as I stood in the early morning sunshine . I was on my way for a swim before it got too hot to bother . Another day of Lockdown in Wales. Another day of freedom in England . The numbers of infections of Covid have dropped over the last few days . It is hard to know what that means anymore. I stood for a while and I was taken back to the s Read on...
I look at them and she is right. Her fingers are stubby and with wrinkles that bunch over her knuckles.
That didnt stop you, I say, remembering how she played us to sleep with Debussy and Brahms. Feeling generous, I decide a is in order. I like your manicure. It matches that dress.
She swipes her turquoise nails in my direction. I think they look pretty, shiny as scarab beetles in the morning s Read on...
Leaving Goulburn early it was cold – the phone said it was 4 degrees but it felt less. We had so many layers on that we both looked like Michelin Men – if we had fallen off we would have bounced all the way to our next destination!
Heading firstly on the M31 which we soon got sick of, we turned off, leaving the motorway into a small town for a breakfast and to warm up. After our stop we took Read on...
Rising in the vast Arnhem Land Escarpment, the Katherine River (known to the Jawoyn people as Barraya, meaning Blossoming Kookaburra) flows through a fault in the sandstone escarpment, forming a vast gorge system framed by spectacular cliffs. In the Wet Season the river rises up to ten metres, flowing unimpeded through the entire gorge system at a speed of up to 40km/h. In the Dry Season however, Read on...
San Marino is only one of three countries in the world surrounded entirely by another country; the others being the Vatican City and Lesotho. At 64 square miles, it is the third smallest country in Europe behind Vatican (again!!) and Monaco however, it does hold the record of being the oldest republic in the world. To cap this off they are 209thin the FIFA soccer world standings just below the Bri Read on...