Found the limitation to the blog page so here’s the second part. Our next stop was Victor Verster Prison, now known as Drakenstein Correctional Centre. …
Well, not exactly a safari, not yet. Today we’re touring around the Cape Town area to see typical tourist sites; Bo-Kaap, the pastel painted neighborhood,…
Today we have tickets for the gondola that goes to the top of Table Mountain, the highest viewpoint of Cape Town. Not going to happen….
Wine tasting! Can’t visit South Africa without at least one day hitting the wine country so that’s what we did. Our ride picked us up…
Once again… 17.5. What’s up with that number? That’s the number of hours our butts were on a plane to go from Denver, Colorado to…
So the day begins at our B&B with the usual Dutch breakfast, 2 hard boiled eggs, meat, cheese, bread, yogurt, and coffee. Not bad but…
Arrived early afternoon after a somewhat challenging 5 hour drive. Started raining about 30 minutes outside Strasbourg, then turned to light snow after a few…
Fully rested and off to our next adventure, Strasbourg, France. This little town located on the River Ill (that’s ill) is the second most visited…
Where? Yep, we went to a very small town in Switzerland that is only known for 2 things, the lake and skiing. We rented a…
Heading for Unterterzen, Switzerland we decided to take a tour of Ludwig II’s Neuschwanstein Castle. “Crazy Ludwig” as he came to be known, became the…
Today we’re off to Innsbruck for a short over-night stay to check out how much of the town has changed since our last visit in…
What a beautiful location! Zell am See (or Zell by the Lake) is a small Austrian town located in the Kitzbuhel Alps. Most famous for…
Beautiful day today, clear, cool, no rain forecast and high of ~60F, so much better than yesterday! Dinner last night was in a nice restaurant…
Off to Krakow this morning for another adventure. The drive is a little over 3 hours so not bad. The only thing iffy is the…
Today is laundry day so before we stroll off to see the city sites, time for a little washing. Not very interesting writing but something…
Today is Sunday and many things in Poland are closed, stores, shops, some restaurants, museums, etc. We decided earlier that this would be the day…
Beautiful day in Poland, clear, sunny, a little cool but no rain, perfect day to wander around the woods looking at shattered concrete structures. The…
Back on the road early, around 9:15am, to start our long days drive. Everything was fine until Google sent us down a closed road but…
Back on the road early, around 9:15am, to start our long days drive. Everything was fine until Google sent us down a closed road but…
Collette arrived early so off to Brussels, via train, to spend the night. We collect our car first thing tomorrow and then head off to…
Collette departed yesterday with the grandkids to escort them back to Denver. The airlines wanted $100.00 each to escort the kids and didn’t want any…
I could walk through each day and bore you with every tidbit of information on the sites and events of London, but I won’t. London,…
And here we are once again… Back in the UK, but this time, with two of the grandkids. This part of the trip is to…
Up early, as usual, and back on the road. Really looking forward to our stay tonight. We’re going to be at a ger camp and…
Another day and further into the Gobi. Today we’re in an area that is mostly canyons, cliffs, and ancient rock carving sites. Petroglyphs! After a…
Up early because the ger doesn’t have a cover for the top, just glass. We’ll be leaving our host family this morning but not before…
On the Road! Today we’re off to our first homestay with a host family in a traditional ger. Weather couldn’t be better, mid-60’s, no rain….
Met up with our tour guide, Eric, early this morning. Today we will do a tour of UB before hitting the road for the Gobi….
Our first full day in the capitol city of Ulaanbaatar (also known as “UB”), was a slow walking tour we did on our own. We…
Our 4th day in Mongolia. I know, wait till four days pass then write something. Well, yes. You see, we’ve been on tours now for…
We arrived early afternoon in Kanazawa after a shinkansen (bullet train) ride from Nagano. We’ll spend two days here exploring the city and enjoying the…
Checked out the monkeys now it’s time to head back to our lodging and then off to dinner. Our lodging is a monastery stay or…
Arrived at Nagano in time to drop our bags off at our next stay, a monastery, then headed off to see the Jigokudani snow monkeys….
Today we took the shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Matsumoto. If I remember correctly, the ride was about 3hrs so plenty of time to…
Of course, we had to go to the most famous mountain in Japan, Mt. Fuji. Probably everyone in the civilized world has seen an image…
Finally, we got Seoul! Arrived via Air Japan on a brand new Boeing 787. Nice plane, if you’re an infant. The seats have obviously been…
Final stop before we head to South Korea. This is going to be a very nice stay. I booked us a private suite with included…
Another day on the train to get from Nagoya to Aomori. Weather is great for riding, rainy, cloudy and cool. But the train is always…
You just have to love people who are willing to help. Our Japan Rail pass is for the “Green Car” which is the premier section….
At it first thing this morning. Had a wonderful included breakfast at the hotel, well, not really. Found out soon that breakfast here in good…
Our tour officially starts this evening with a meet & greet with our guide for the next 2 weeks. Since we had the day to…
I know this is going backwards but I need to catch up. I’ll fill in the tour cities as I go along. Finally on our…
Today we attack the mountain, again. The adventure today is scaling the mountain to reach the Tiger’s Nest, altitude 10,247’. (We’re starting just above sea…
Today is Collette’s test day! For our last day, we will be trekking to the Tiger’s Nest in Paro. The trek takes 5-6 hours of…
Had another massive breakfast; omelet, pancakes, porridge, corn flakes, toast, fruit, tea, potatoes, and today, a sandwich. I can’t believe that these people, as kind…