We finally went on a trip to Amsterdam and Belgium but with some trepidation. This was planned for April 2022 but Covid-19 put a stop to that. We were concerned that Amsterdam and Belgium in spring would be overwhelmed with tourists. We were pleasantly surprised.
Our first stop whilst driving to ...
September 11, 2024 |
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I recently visited the Rheinhessen and Pfalz regions of Germany. The main purpose was to see family and with side trips for “motorhead” activities. It is a less touristy area of Germany but this to me is a good thing.
The large city in the area is Frankfurt but we were closer to Mainz. This i...
Countries that span a long distance in terms of latitude or longitude can give one a varied experience all in one trip. Chile, for example, spans the third longest range of latitudes (36 degrees) of any country in the world.
In one trip last September, we were able to experience different climate...
September 20, 2022 |
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Bali has been our go to destination for a short break for 20 years. For our inaugural trip there after Covid 19, we chose a part of Bali we had never seen before- Candidasa on the East Coast.
We found it to be a breath of fresh air compared to our normal haunts on the West Coast. Quiet, tranquil ...
As the world emerges from Covid-19, I have been making tentative bookings for travel to other countries in the hope that they will re-open their borders to leisure travel. The accuracy of my predictions is poor and I have had to postpone another sakura viewing (hanami) trip to Japan.
I am left to...
The east coast of Japan gets all the attention. The axis from Tokyo to Osaka to Kyoto to Fukuoka are where the flights land and where all of us receive our introduction to the wonderful destination that Japan is. Go west I say.
Our favourite place in Japan has become Kanazawa. The relatively unex...
February 26, 2021 |
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The Iphone Photos app has a feature which reminds you of what you were doing “On This Day” last year. It’s a good feature but this year it has served to remind me that we haven’t travelled for one year. We were lucky enough to have travelled just before Covid 19 shut everything down. It was ...
