Then we were off to Mangel Halto for the first drift snorkel this year. Yes, the seas were rougher than the calm days wed seen of it, but not much more so. David did the usual: dropping me off at the hole in the wall that the divers use to get outside the rocky reef, and then driving back to Mangel Halto, and walking about 8 minutes back to me. We got in at the usual dock area, and the water felt Read on...
The site around Trafalgar Square had been a significant landmark since the 1200s. For centuries, distances measured from Charing Cross have served as location markers.
Nelsons Column is flanked by fountains designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens between 1937 and 1939 and guarded by four monumental bronze lions sculpted by Sir Edwin Landseer.
The empty plinth in the corner of the square, the Fourth Plint Read on...
Isafjordur la mot thanh pho nho cua Iceland. Co 3,000 song tai day, 1 post office, 2 tram xang, 1 tiem ban banh mi. Day la vung dat co tu 50 trieu nam ve truoc. Isafjordur la capital cua Westfjords region va la thanh pho lon nhat mien can tay nhat cua Au Chau. O Day mat troi bien mat 3 thang va xuat hien lien tuc trong 3 thang khac.
7 nuoc nam tren Arctic circle la Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Nor Read on...
We started our tour in the heart of Budapest on the banks of the Danube, across the water the Beautiful buildings looking very splendid all lit up.
Zsuzsi, our guide, pointed out the famous chain bridge which I recalled when we visited Budapest a few years ago on a Danube river cruise.
We stopped to view the exterior of the Vigado Concert Hall, The Vigad Concert Hall is the second largest Concer Read on...
We had a great final day in Mexico, ending it with one of the best meals Ive ever had. We had dinner at the fishing port at Los MTZ, a family owned place with roots in Oaxaca...We had spotted sea bass, cooked on the grill, along with garlic shrimp and other delights...
This morning, Bill and I went to the beach where I ran and swam in the tide pools. Walter fixed a greek omelet for us and we were Read on...
In late 2002 we decided to take all three of our offspring on a serious overseas adventure together for the first time. We eased them into any potential culture shock by spending the first week still in our homeland, at the Couran Cove Resort on South Stradbroke Island just north of the Gold Coast. It mightnt have been all that far in distance from the Coast, but we might as well have been on the Read on...
I dont particularly like this time of the year . The mornings are cool. The skies are like a grey blanket covering us and keeping the sun out. When the suns does appear it swelters . It is so muggy that the trousers I wore this morning are discarded for shorts . The thin jumper thrown back in the cupboard and the T Shirt dug out . The air feels still . The sun burns down . High summer has arrived Read on...
Heyecanlıyım Pandeminin getirdiği zorunlu ev hapsinden sonra bugn ilk kez hasretini ektiğim Yunan adalarına gideceğimgemi seferleri bu ayın ilk haftasında başladı..şimdilik sadece Yunan gemileri alışıyor ve ben ok tembel olduğum iin benim evin nnde yer alan limandan kalkıyorlar
Sveta ile planlar yaptık ve 22 nisan gn 16 :30 da kalkacak Ronda adlı tekne ile Kos a gitmeye karar ve Read on...
Maison Kammerzell. Built in 1427 and rebuilt in 1467 and 1589 when the Renaissance upper levels were added. The timbered structure is considered one of the most ornate and well preserved among late Gothic civil structures. Originally occupied by a draper and then by a cheese merchant. The ground level represents Medieval Gothic trading rows. Adaptive reuse as a restaurant.16 Place de la Cathdrale. Read on...
We arrived back from Libaran Island at around 9.30 in the morning, walked back to our car that we had parked in a parking garage in the nearby shopping mall, and headed off towards Sukau. We were got g to spend two nights in a lodge by the river Kinabatangan to see the wildlife in the area: different types of monkeys, birds, maybe even pygmy elephants or a clouded leopard. The distance is only aro Read on...