Thursday, 21 July 2022. Day 4 on the Great Glen Way - Fort Augustus to Invermoriston. 8.2 miles 4hours 8 minutes 935 feet elevation gain. The five of us had a send off photo taken by Cath at the Loch Ness Guest House. We then set off across the busy A82 and the locks of the Caledonian Canal to the left turn on the trail past the large pay for parking lot. We climbed to a forest road which we follo Read on...
Moustiers turned out to be a pretty village clinging to the side of a tall limestone cliff. A rushing stream runs right through the middle of the village, dividing it into two parts that are joined by two or three bridges. Above there are two tokens of religious fervour: a chapel perched on a rock perhaps 100 m above the village, and a gold metal star hung from a chain that spans the gap the strea Read on...
When we go on holiday we usually travel around and dont stay in one place, but this time is different . Our base remains in Tiblisi while I have booked a few day trips so we can get out and see more things. Today was the first of those trips and I booked it through Doing so many things would be really difficult using public transport, particularly fitting all the below in in one day. Plus you woul Read on...
1. Revelstoke - The town was built around the railway and Mr Farwell was the founder of the first settlement here. When Canadian Pacific rail found they had a disagreement over the cost of doing business in Farwell, they started their own town right next to Farwell and named it after Lord Revelstoke. The part of town nearest the highway is still known as Farwell.
On March 4th 1910, as workers wer Read on...
notebook, hey, this is the one I took to Costa Rica last summer. The Bible verses are from I Corinthians
After landing in Miami,our next flight had already started boarding. This flight should take close to
three hours. And we shall change two time zones. The juice / cola cart came by first. In a little while,
Steve gave us a tour of the facility. The bedrooms all have bunk beds. There is a kit Read on...
Are we there yet? Are you getting up yet ? We have a long ride ahead of us We felt a bit awkward this morning trying to put off telling Sion that we were not there yet nor were we going to have a long ride ahead of us . We had avoided the awkward discussion with the sheep about the intended trip to France . Phone calls to Eurotunnel had been done under cover of darkness when little ears were no Read on...
We started our tour opposite City Hall, our guides became quite excited when the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, was walking by.
New Yorks City Hall is one of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the USA that still houses its original governmental in 1812, it is one of the finest architectural achievements of its period.
Next we passed The Woolworth Building designed by architect Cass G Read on...
From the start of our researching this trip, Chefchaouen, also known as the blue city, has really appealed to me. We had it as a stop on our tenative itinerary, but after all the windy mountain roads going to the desert, Monica decided she wasnt interested. However, it still called to me, and I had also found out there were waterfalls nearby, so I decided Id head there on my own.
I looked into ta Read on...
Considering how poorly Asian men are portrayed in Hollywood, I was genuinely surprised to learn about Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese actor who became one of the biggest stars during the American silent era of the 1910s.He became one of Hollywoods first sex symbols after starring in the film, The Cheat (1915) in which he plays a cruel villain (theres a scene in which he literally brands a woman). Desp Read on...
Today was basically a traveling day, from Finesterre back to Santiago de Compostela and the same pension we stayed in two days ago. We caught the bus at 10am, again along with a lot of pilgrims, and away we went. I think I slept part of the way. We arrived in Santiago before 1pm and walked back uphill to the pension. After we checked back in, we went out to find a place to eat. We decided on the R Read on...