Travel

Our ship arrived in the early dawn and we could keep an eye on her from the balcony. It had rained during the night but the sun was out though in the distance I could see a water spout and rain. We had a light breakfast and packed up. Things had to be rearranged because of the water we bought but finally we were packed up and ready to go. Gerry and Georgina stopped by to take pictures. They are a

It39s now a little past 730 I39m almost done in I39ve been on the go since 600 am.The bus tour left 8 this morning. We went to Westminster Abbey The Household Calvary Museum the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace Trafalgar. Square and Picadilly Circus. We also saw the MI5 MI6 buildings. You will see I tried to bring a fine young soldier home for you single girls but I c

Barguiarena have you heard the name before I asked Marcell from Barcelona as we were smoking shisha at our hostel in Marrakech. It39s a question I like to ask every Spaniard I meet which unfortunately isn39t often enough. Ah si suena como nombre de Basque no Ah yes that is from the Basque region no Marcell replied. This has been confirmed by at least half a dozen travelers fr

Crossing back across the Atlantic sailors largely have two choices go direct from the Caribbean to the Azores or go via Bermuda and skip around the western edge of the Azores High to get a better wind angle for the Azores. By choosing to head to Bermuda additional miles are added to the crossing but rather than facing an upwind slog all the way to the Azores with retching children and adults i

We woke up a little before 5 am to catch a 530 am bus to Quepos. We were told that someone at our hostel Chill Out Backpackers is always in the office by 5 am. This was not the case and since they had our 20 key deposit we were frantically trying to figure out what room the employee was in. Dan was banging on doors and I was livid that they weren39t there despite the fact that we specificall

The Art Institute of Chicago. Monet Picasso and so much more......

Last day in Chicago Brookfield Zoo

You might be thinking 'Road Signs' is a rather odd topic ~ and possibly rather boring,The Tale of Two Cities... Chester is such a beautiful city!...Crewe, on the other hand, not so much :((Caroline ~ England)...but you would be mistaken! A very faded and worn sign that shows that walkers and bikers are welcome - but not mopeds.(Tina ~ Norway) Road SIGNS are interesting, (Jade ~ Thailand) Cool(Becky ~ Philedelphia) and tell us SO much about a place!A sign for the "The Tube" in London.(Maddy ~ visiting England) We are wanting to taste this global community, that we are ALL part of:(Singwa ~ Hong-Kong) Road Signs are a great way to get a flavour! (may we apologise for the late running of this post!)

Photographs of a storm on a big mountain

After the Garfagnana national park we booked into a campsite just outside of Florence for 3 nights. We spent 2 full days exploring the city. The first day we went to the famous Uffizi Gallery which displays many Renaissance masterpieces the Vecchio Palace well worth the effort if you want a crash course in ancient mythology and the Piazza della Signoria filled with sculptures and tourists. Th