Our final morning in London was spent sitting in Uncle Walts flat eating breakfast and watching England being unexpectantly flattened by the Springboks in the Rugby World Cup Final. But that was earlier. Mom and I were now gazing out of train windows as the cold waters of the North Sea became the Firth of Forth as we eased around St. Abbs Head. We were officially back in Scotland, our ancestral ho Read on...
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For my 40th birthday we decided to tick off the Abel Tasman kayaking expedition that weve had on our list for years.
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A lot has happened since I was on the phone to the holiday on Friday 13th March 2020 (unlucky for some.us) as I was bafflingly being told we had to fly out to a country who had already closed their borders due to the COVID outbreak. Thankfully, 24 hours later, theyd seen some sense and we then began the arduous process of claiming everything back and have now waited nearly two years for the opport Read on...
Sptes Frhstck, freier Tag heute. Mit tropfenden Lippen in den Speisesaal, schlielich ist ein Buffet angekndigt worden. Im Speisesaal war dann ein Tisch mit folgendem: Suppenterrine, 2 Warmhalteplatten mit Ei in allen erdenklichen Formen, aufgeschnittene Wiener und Kartoffeln. Auf kleinen Tellern Tomaten, Gurken, Ksescheiben. Ich suchte das Buffet, aber da war es schon. Immerhin gesund ist das ja.
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Today has been my favourite day of the holiday, I know I said that yesterday, but today has surpassed it.
It was a tour west again, this time to see mostly abandoned Soviet architecture in Chiatura, plus some unusual places of interest. Our wonderful guide was Sally, plus we had a driver and just two other tourists, a couple from Amsterdam, Hanukah and Sasha who were very interesting.
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Todays trip was supposed to be yesterday and then tomorrow and was now today. After not getting home until nearly midnight last night (and then still having to upload blogs), the important thing was an early start today. So 7am it was.
Off to our usual office of Gamarjoba tours (the best) booked through Get Your Guide. Todays guide has been Sally who has been great, full of excitement with intere Read on...
Did I say this was a country house? It seems to be located right next to a fairly main road and it was getting traffic at 5:30am. Cars would fly by.and the road is literally right next to the house. with the bells from the nearby church and the dogs barking nonstop throughout the night werent great. The place is still really nice and the hosts are friendly but not quite country. We still managed Read on...
Roosevelt Island had been connected to Manhattan by trolly cars that crossed over the Queensboro Bridge. These trolly cars stopped in the middle of the bridge to meet an elevator, which then took passengers down to the island.
In the 1970s, Roosevelt Island was redeveloped to low- to housing projects which meant the need for a new public transit connection to the city. Several projects were sugge Read on...
Leaving Paihia, we dawdled down the beautiful coast back to Auckland. All along the coast are wonderful vistas either at. sea level or from the heights above, and the coast is replete with wide sandy beaches and waters. As in all places in New Zealand, tramping trails abound. We took some time working our way back to Auckland, since we had little desire to do anything there other than see the won Read on...
There are many houses on the islands outside of Stockholm, though most are not main residences but are weekend or summer houses for the more wealthy Swedes. A boat trip through the archipelago is both scenic and interesting and makes for an excellent day trip from Stockholm.
There are in theory plenty of options and different islands/places to visit, but as we are out of main season the number of Read on...