The Barossa Valley: A Study in Brown, Blue and Green
Greg has to wake me again (at 7:30), for the 2nd day in a row. We grab a coffee and then it’s off to the Barossa Valley, one of the world’s great wine regions. We are going on a bus – the typical Gray Line tour with your typical...
Provence Beckons!
Traffic on the A9 is light as we head out to Orange, home of the family that includes St. Guilhem, the Dutch royal family, and William of Orange, the King of England. Orange is also home to the only Roman Amphitheater in Europe...
Up the Balinese Mountainside to Ubud
The street today is full of people – dramatically different to anything we’ve seen since we arrived. Nyepi is definitely over. We walk along and find an internet café to do web and email. We know what happens if we don’t...
Paying the Price for Beautiful Weather in St. Petersburg
After a day of beautiful weather, we pay the price today: it pours with rain almost the entire day. Having visited (or not) the palaces on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, today we turn our attention to sights not yet seen in the...
Marché de Mulhouse: Food, Cheese, and Alsatian Wine.
What better way to start a sunny, crisp Alsatian Saturday morning in Mulhouse than with a little shopping? And shopping is at the Marché du Canal Couvert de Mulhouse the largest public market in North East France. Clothing, meat,...
Road Tripping the USA with Two Books
I haven’t spent a lot of time in the United States, but this month I am travelling to New York City and California with How to Hack a Heartbreak and The Next Best Thing. And make sure that while you are on the road, make...
The Barong and Kris Dance: Good vs Evil in Bali
Gadeh, who drove us to Ubud last week, and then back via Tanah Lot, arrives at 8:30 to pick us up. We are off for a day of touring Bali. Because of the somewhat ancient and torturous back roads of Bali, we teamed up with the good...
Crossing the Afsluitdijk: A Blustery Storm Off the North Sea
The weather is not promising – a major storm is supposed to blow in off the North Sea today. A good driving day – except that we are planning to drive over the Afsluitdijk, and if the storm gets too bad, the road over...
Tripping the Northern Beaches in Sydney
Graham has offered to take us up to the northern beaches today – including Manly, an area that is very difficult to get to by public transit. We go under the harbour and head east, covering some of the area we have already walked...
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