Zurich

I arrived in Zurich after a very long day of trains. I woke at 400 am yesterday to catch the train from London to Paris. Then spent an hour in the train station there before heading to Zurich. I arrived there at 300pm whew So lets get this straight I spent Monday afternoon through Tuesday midday on a plane and all of Wednesday on train. I have been traveling every day for the majority of th

slow rolling today

Well this morning we woke up bright and early linetteour dormmate was headed off on her adventure further north through Nicaragua and anthony and me were headed west toward Mal Pais. Unfortunately we lost the key to our crackspot hostel tucans room. So we had to sneak our way out of the hostel...our plan to irritate the owner once she left we roll out...only down fall was that there is only

home at last

hey all just wanted to let you all know even though you probably already knew that i am home. After two plane rides I arrived last night greeted by my mom dad nanny and pa. Thank you all for coming we went to ininout and feasted on burgers so nice sorry for the late reply but i spent the whole day with my mom running errands and such. Well this is my last blog... If you get desperate

Business in Mobile. Day 8

A day off. Tuesday June 8. Drove about 30 miles south of Mobile to Bellingrath Gardens and Home. Got there about 9 AM. By the time I got about two steps away from the car I was sweating. By the time I bought my tickets I was soaked. The 10000 sq ft mansion was built in 1935 by one of the first US bottlers of Coca Cola. Apparently bottling was an extremely lucrative business. I strolled the gar

Day 2 Let the Walk Begin

Corfu is all Venetian green and spoiled by the sun.Its richness enervates. Its valleys are painted out boldly in heavy brushstrokes of yellow and red. The Judas trees line the dusty roads in terrific purple explosions. Everywhere you go you can lie down on grass Lawrence Durrell Ok so we are about to find out if these words of some 65 years ago are true today.Usual continential brekfast of eg

The dog car to dinner at a fantastic place for pig ankle

I said ldquoItrsquos the dog carrdquo Carol saidrdquo Oh no not the dog carrdquo You should refer to my posts on Feb 24th 2009 and the one following to get the full background on this. Letrsquos just say last year we thought we might be eating a Chihuahua named Honey. We were waiting looking over the koi ponds outside the hotel in the shade in about 90 degree weather for our dinner

iseltwald

ok so at the lake lodge hoslte and we have been having an amazing timewe met 2 guys from denmark who are geeks like us....really great guys they brought a car and invited us along to go with them to the shynege platte..beautiful view a cog train that goes up a mountain just a little south of innsbruck and boy the views were amazing all the mountains to the south laid out before yo

Day 9 To Hershey

Today the weather was very cold and rainy. We are glad we did not camp out last night After a very late morning sleeping in at Days Inn we departed for Hershey where we would be staying with Jerome's friend Mitch. The drive though raining a lot was very beautiful. Mountains began to appear and I discovered a new perspective of them they are very beautiful surrounded by mist and fog. O

thunderstorm and Uno

Weer een hete dag in Loganville Georgia. Ik heb geprobeerd in de groententuin te werken maar na 10 minuten hard werken droop het zweet over mijn rug armen en gezicht. Ik heb 2 tomaten een paprika en een peper uit de tuin mee naar de keuken genomen en salsa gemaakt. Het was heerlijk Tevens heb ik weer tzatziki gemaakt. Ze hebben hier dat nooit eerder gegeten maar ze zijn er dol op Al mijn ge

Week 2 Coromandel Penisula Rotorua Waitomo Taupo

We Started Week 2 with an early start from our overnight stay hiding amoungst the rest of the Apollo fleet. With the girls sleeping in the back of BIG FAT SUE we drove from Auckland and headed east to the Coromandel Penisula. Our destination for the day was a place suitably called Hot Water Beach. For 2 hours either side of low tide you can access and area of sand in front of a rocky outcrop

Wild life

Sea turtles.Bluefooted boobies.Penguins.Sharks.Lizards.Sea lions.Giant tortoises.Albatroses.Rays.Flamingos.Iguanas.Hawks.Pelicans.And loads of aquarium fish.

Bye bye EU

Na iets teveel getreuzel men pensojonat verlaten. Nog even wat inkopen gedaan om met Zlotyrsquos op te maken maar ik heb er nog 50 over dan richting grens. 3 checkpoints staan met te wachten. Bij de eerste kijken ze enkel men reispas na en visum de tweede is immigratie waar ik een formulier moet invullen over men verblijfplaats en duur. Op post drie delen ze wat stempelkes uit en wordt de reis

sunsets in siem reap

last night we enjoyed a beautiful sunset overlooking the tonle sap lake in siem reap.as we had heard a few stories about the government controlled check point and tuk tuk drivers tring to sell overpriced school suppiesi left it to have a chat to organisewithin an hour she had come back with 2 tickets onboard a large riverboat which included dinner and free pickup.the floating village is huge and

Under the Sea

The seaweed is always greenerIn somebody else's lakeYou dream about going up thereBut that is a big mistakeJust look at the world around youRight here on the ocean floorSuch wonderful things surround youWhat more is you lookin' forUnder the seaUnder the seaDarling it's betterDown where it's wetterTake it from meUp on the shore they work all dayOut in the sun they slave awayWhile we devotin'Full t

Kennedy Space Centre

From Orlando it takes a little over an hour to drive to Kennedy Space Centre. An organised trip was going to cost us 95 each including the coach fare but doing it by ourselves proved much better. We paid just 40 each for our our tickets and that gave us 2 days of exploration plus entry to the Astronaut Hall of Fame. We didn't do everything in 2 days so quite what we would have managed to see on

Let the Journey Begin

We are at the end of a very long day 1 and everything went great We had a very full day beginning with our ridiculous meeting time of 430 am. Who set that stupid time anyway After two great flights we landed in Bawstan 30 minutes early After meeting Andrew Gyure our Tour Director we boarded the bus and met our driver Jerry. They are both fantastic and we look forward to a wonderful week with

T minus 3 and counting

Not much to report. Picked up groceries and loaded the freezer frig and cupboard. We were able to locate a tow dolly so we are pretty well set.Gary remembered the brochures so we will look at them tomorrow night. Gary is still cleaning windows. I'm sure the bugs will just slide right off....Tomorrow night is laundry night and then pack on Friday. It does sound like we will be going to a very

Universal Studios Hopper

As Matt and I embark on our second year of marital bliss the most important lesson we have learned is simply understanding the importance of vacations. Regardless of place or duration getaways truly allow us to recharge our batteries and put the focus back on us.This mini trip to Universal Studios couldn't have possibly come at a better time It's been about a month since this trip so this ent