Think critically for oneself and make informed decisions that best suit ones life? Or listen to your betters and do what youre told. Remain terrified! Question nothing! Stay home! Nah, that never sounded like me. I think for myself and try to do things that scare me or at least give me a thrill from time to time. Take calculate risks and test boundaries. My mom is the same way. So tomorrow we set Read on...
Not really, unless you consider a bicycle a beast of sorts. When I was here in May, it was too darn hot to go on any bike tour, morning, afternoon or night. But I think October, now, is going to work out. Here is what I am going to do. First, take a bike tour and get the lay of the land for two wheels. With the plethora of cobbled streets, I plan to be extra careful, ride slowly, and try to stop a Read on...
Our bus left the hotel in Seville at 9am and we were on our way to Granada. On the bus, Vera passed out dark chocolate covered figs to tease us about the sweets at our next stop. She told us that bus drivers, by law, must stop at least every 2 hours. Therefore we had frequent bathroom and refreshment breaks. We stopped at an Autogrill in a pleasantly rural farmland region where Vera suggested we p Read on...
Comme vous laviez constat lors de mes blogs en Argentine, je terminais toujours par des encouragements lintention de Gilles qui luttait contre la maladie. Ces encouragements ont t vains, cest tristement la maladie qui a gagne. Il nous a quitt en juin . Une grosse pense pour lui, et bon courage Marie Jeanne ainsi qu ses enfants.
Gilles faisait beaucoup dentre vous, des lecteurs fidles et assidus Read on...
Were woken at what feels like the crack of dawn by yet more fireworks, the noise from which would wake the dead. Midday we could understand, but a quick check of our watches confirms that its only 9am. We drift back into dreamland only to be reawoken a few minutes later by a noisy parade passing slowly, oh so slowly, down the narrow street in front of our apartment. Were not quite sure exactly whi Read on...
An absolutely excellent idea to visit Chinon, too delightful a town to be missed and really surprised that we have managed to miss it out up to now, given the many weeks, months even we have spent in France over the years.
The sky was cornflower blue when we woke and stayed that way all day. Summer has arrived with a vengeance. No hesitation risking suntop on a day like this.
We took the road no Read on...
Ah Porto, so glad that our apartment doesnt suffer from airbnb construction syndrome. It was a great nights to Aveiro and theres a coffee machine in the place. What else could you want?
We made ourselves a quick breakfast and went to talk to the ladies at the office of running the airbnb. They are super friendly and gave us some ideas of where to go and what to see, and better yet, how to get the Read on...
We slept in a bit this morning all the way to 8:30 - almost as if we were on vacation! Yesterday was tireing but was well worth it. On our journey to the Charles Bridge yesterday, I discovered that on the Vltava River they run some afternoon lunch cruises. You would think that since we are going on an 8 day cruise in two days we would not find this enticing but you would be dead wrong! Our Viking Read on...
In some ways Anchorage feels like any other US city, with wide streets set out in a grid pattern, but look up and there are mountains in every direction. fly overhead, sit in backyards and houses have moose fences.
Alaska is huge, over twice the size of any other US state or, in European terms, larger than France, Germany, Spain and And it is remote, it took us over three hours to fly here fro Read on...
Am zweiten Tag dieses Wochenendausflugs fuhr ich zuerst die Panoramastrae zum Timmelsjoch hoch. Oben angekommen war es etwas nebelig, aber auf dem Weg dorthin hatte man eine schne Aussicht. Danach kehrte ich um und erreichte die Talstation der Gaislachkogelbahn, wo ich kostenlos parken konnte. Die Bahn selber htte hin und zurck ber 40 Euro gekostet, aber zum Glck war sie mit meine ztal Inside Card Read on...