Sunday: Back to Shenandoah National park for another day trip. This time I explored the middle section of skyline drive. The lower section will have to wait for another trip- its a little too far for a day trip from where Im staying and is also the least visited portion of the park (many people day trip from DC lol). This time instead of doing one of the few summit/mountain style hikes I picked a Read on...
The Plaza de Mayo is the oldest public square in Buenos aires, and has been the scene of many of the most important events in the citys history.
So many beautiful buildings around the square including the cathedral where Pope Francis conducted mass for 20 years, the seat of the national government, the national bank and the intelligence secretariat & one of the oldest bookstores in Argentina. The Read on...
This is the old castle that houses the museum. It originates from the beginning of the 13th century. It had many alterations over time, and was heavily damaged in the First World War. The front towers were restored. The museum explains very well what happened. And it makes you very sad to learn how many millions of soldiers died. In the battle of the Somme, which happened in this area in 1916 over Read on...
Hello, we have done Delhi to Chakrata which is hill station in Uttrakhand & Kathmandu trip, I am sharing the photos of those trip. Chakrata is a cantonment town and also a sub district/tehsil, in Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It lies between the Tons and Yamuna rivers, at an elevation of 2118 m, 98 km from the state capital, Dehradun. Chakrata was originally a cantonment of Read on...
Four places in Gangtok were on the list: Flower show, Do Drul Chortan Stupa, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology and Handicrafts center. Last two were closed due to weekly holidays.
Flower show has good collection of flowering plants arranged nicely. As the number of photographs is just too many for this blog, I will put up elsewhere. Funny part was that every visitor wanted to be photographed himsel Read on...
We got in the morning, packed our stuff, and headed downstairs for our breakfast. The breakfast was served in Casa Sabina, the same place as dinner. They had the usual coffee, orange juice and toast, and they had a pastry of some sort and an apple. We finished our breakfast and were on our way by 8am. We posed for a photo by the infamous Santiago de Compostela 780 kilometers, then walked for a few Read on...
I have just watched an outstanding art documentary called ‘The Mona Lisa Curse. It is written and presented by the eloquent and discerning art critic, Robert Hughes. He investigates how the worlds most iconic painting, the Mona Lisa, has had a massively negative impact on the art world. He sets out his thesis thus:
Ive seen with growing disgust the fetishization of art, the vast inflation of pr Read on...
A bit cooler this morning but not too bad. Our loop today was Four Lane Ends, Whalley, Mitton, Bashall Eaves, Micklehurst, Rabbit Lane, Bashall Barn, Waddington and West Bradford. Just got the 21 miles in but a bust afternoon ahead.
Our virtual journey would be leaving Avignon on the the Rhone and starting to head south west towards the Mediterranean and entering the Gard department. After 12 mil Read on...
It was an early up and about at 5.30am on the Swedish ferry for another hot shower and to watch the boat approach the Polish coast at Swinoujscie. It was a smooth crossing, and we had quite adequate sleep inside the van. Customs were pretty prompt, and we even managed to persuade the young Orbis lady to give us the student exchange of $4/day required spending instead of the standard $10/day, so we Read on...
Zahra (my seamstress friend) and I drove down to Melindas cute hostel (Pequeo Paraso) to measure for curtains and Mel made the most amazing brunch!
Hello Friends! Fasten your seatbelts because this blog entry has a LOT going on!! Ive tried to put the photos in some sort of order, but my life is kind of right now and so is my brain!! My home patas arriba (paws up) as they say in Espaol which affe Read on...