Seasick. Yes, that is what ran through my mind as I woke up feeling slightly under the weather and sluggish in my cabin. Seasickness could truly be the only reason. After hitting the snooze alarm a few times, I rallied and met Dave and Merry Jo for coffee, although I wasnt up to facing breakfast quite yet. We lingered at the table as we sailed along the river. Today was a day with no excursions Read on...
It was a famous market place near the river Skern. Bishop had a massive manor house where the premier Inn and Darlington DL1 leisure centre stands today.
A spectacular bright full moon (Worm moon because bettle larvae begin to emerge from the thawing barks) motivated me to explore the universe. I booked myself for an event in the dark sky reserve of Keld village in Yorkshire dales. Time to put on Read on...
When you have a dinosaur lover in your family, you know you have to do a road trip to see the real skeleton as soon as it arrives at Auckland Museum. You make plans, sort out and pile two adults, two kids and two dogs into the car and go.
Along the way, all you hear about is the You learn more about it than you ever needed or wanted to know. You are over the half an hour into the very long jou Read on...
Sunday: Theresa was still in town we drove around town and checked out some local spots- downtown Greer with a Posada market. Then we looked at some real estate- a historic fabric mill turned into apartments and a tiny As much as Ive been interested in tiny homes and Ive seen a few empty homes at shows Id never seen of them and it was sooo cute!
Tuesday: Saw a Cirque du Soleil show called Holidaz Read on...
Our trip to NYC in February was a quick long weekend and we were on the move the entire time. I am pretty sure we had walked 40 miles or more of the city that weekend. There is just so much to see!
Sunday morning we wanted to go south so we took the subway at Penn Station down to lower out of the Franklin Street Station in the Tribeca neighborhood.
We walked through Tribeca to Battery Park City, Read on...
OK, all of you chardonnay sippers out there, beware! We can all use a little bit more wine knowledge than we already think we have. Do you need it to enjoy wine? No. But would you like to be slightly more knowledgeable than your average Two Buck Chuck neighbor or friend who seems like a Here are some wine basics: It takes about 2.8 pounds of grapes to make one bottle of wine. Over 21 million peop Read on...
Most of you already know this: Theres an actual Earl of Sandwich credited with inventing the term sandwich. When one day he decided to eat his meal with one hand, slapping two pieces of bread—with the meat between—the sandwich was born. Here are a few stories about ten American sandwiches.The Reuben was born in Nebraska in 1925 of all places. I have no memorable Reubens, other than the artist. Read on...
After a wonderful night in Lima, we make our way to Machu Picchu via Cusco. We had a good journey to Cusco looking at the Peruvian landscape, and after a decent ride, we make it to our destination. We three are excited to be here. One of us, not me, could speak the language which was very helpful. Our tour to Machu Picchu was the next morning, and we wanted to be fresh when we arrived. As we did i Read on...
Oh what a day. After checking out of our luxury we walked into the centre of Amman, they were just at starting to open there shops. We wondered up and down roads and in and out little alleyways until finally finding our for the night, after checking.in we then went to apparently the most popular restaurant The Hasham where we had the most amazing breakfast, very clever here, they dont use table cl Read on...
Its easy to romanticize the Badlands. The narrow canyons beckon travelers to explore the echoes of solitude. Fifteen years ago, looking into the wrinkled surface of the earth from a tourist platform, I fantasized about hiking and camping there, but I didnt have the knowhow, the gear, or the fitness.
So now that I have all those things, this was a place I wanted to revisit during the coronasummer, Read on...