Floriade is a world horticultural exhibition that takes place in the Netherlands only once a decade. It is the 7th time that the exhibition is held in the Netherlands, this time at a beautiful location in Almere. Dutch horticulture brings the theme ‘Growing Green Cities to life in collaboration with national and international participants at the Expo.
Many people call this flower parade the Keu Read on...
Our last day, so sad. We got up early so that we could do the 3 hour drive to Dortmund. Dennis had bought us tickets to the soccer game. Dortmund is supposed to be the 2ndbest team in Germany and tickets are typically impossible by BUT, with Covid and the requirement of a vaccine passport to enter, tickets were available.
We got to Dortmund way before the game so we ventured into town to visit th Read on...
Boy, is it good to get out and doing a little traveling! Even if it just a two night trip. Took the Black Beast (AKA R8) to the historical section of Charleston. Leona and I had been there over 30 years ago, however, it was mostly a tennis trip with a week spent at Wild Dunes. Unfortunately, the week after we left in 1989, Hugo caused a lot of damage to the area. On this trip, the focus was more o Read on...
I arrived in Byron Bay late on Monday afternoon and ran into the heavy traffic about. Thankfully, my B&B was on the edge of town, so I didnt have to spend long stuck in traffic. After squeezing my car into a small parking space, I took my suitcase to my room and had a chat with the owners. A few people had warned me about restaurants in Byron Bay not allowing people from Sydney due to covid, so I Read on...
I have long professed that sparkling wines go with just about any food. We call this food friendly for good reason. And cheese is one item I seem to pair with my sparkling happy hour before dinner. You know my favorites, brie, camembert, gouda, Cotswold, and Havarti. But it really does not matter which cheese you prefer. The cheese can be paired with other food, AND with a sparkling wine almost 10 Read on...
Whilst a month is a long time in reality it went very quickly so it was with a clean van and spring in the air we left Nafkaptos. Our friends Sonja and HP whom we met at Lake Bled had been onto the island of Lefkada and it looked enticing. I have said sooo many times before taking a large van, and ours is not large in length at only 6.4m, but anything bigger than a car is even too big for this sum Read on...
First half (ish) of the day was sunny and then it got real rainy in the afternoon so I just chilled at the hotel and planned a bit of what I wanted to see/do in Alesund next week.
On the way to Skei I stopped at this cute little beach - its far too cold for me to brave the waters to swim but I did put my flip flops on and walked around in the water a bit. Brrrrr. But the water is so clean and cle Read on...
Another day of Worship at the Cayman Island Baptist Church, and learning a wonderful song – When Death was Arrested. Really amazing.
After lunch we saw the clouds moving on, so we went snorkeling after all. It had rained big time again last night, like around 4 am. The waves at Cemetery Beach were too rough, so we ended up in the millpond of Eden Rock once more. It was lovely and warm though th Read on...
Shea and I met our shuttle this morning at 8:00am in the hotel lobby. There was nobody around from our tour so I guess our goodbyes from last night was the last time we would see anyone. It was an uneventful ride to the airport and after checking in for our flight to Bangkok aboard Thai Airways, we had some time to kill and wander the airport looking for some last minute souvenirs. I found a Starb Read on...
I am excited to have chosen my next exploratory location for international womens enterprises...Bolivia!
With the initial success that the micro lending has had with Resilient Women Organization in Uganda, I wanted to look for additional locations that could benefit from a similar program. I thought it could be beneficial to learn about issues facing women in countries outside of Africa. After so Read on...