Geo: 35.9375, 14.3754Monday morning Phil and Lianne came to picked us up and we were off to Stansted airport to catch our Ryan air flight to the Island of Malta. Upon arival we got our rental car and drove to our rental apartment in Buggibba. We got a beer and found a restaurant were we got dinner (rabbit and octopus). The next morning Phil and I had a reservation for a tour of Malta's one and only brewery, Farsons. They produce a few ales, Chisk Lager and several soda pops. The brewery was made up of the old brewery and the new. They were just about to change production completely over from the old brew house to the new one and we were the last visitors that would be through the old brew house. We got ... read more

Geo: 51.5002, -0.126236Once we arrived at Heathrow airport we caught the Heathrow express train into London where we dropped our bags at St. Pancras station and went around the corner to the Skinners Arms Pub to have a pint. We were then off to Ramsgate were we were fortunate to be staying with Ruth.... read more

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Geo: 32.7977, -117.132The Third Friday of every month there is a gathering of gourmet food trucks in the parking lot of a huge wine store in San Diego. This is not you dads roach coach that we all know. No no, this is some true gourmet eats. We were blow away by the selection of food available. I tried to take some photos of the menus so we could share them with you. After much deliberation I settled on a crab cake sandwich which was amazing. Kim decided on two beef sliders and Parmigiano seasoned fries. These were not regular sliders but a slice of perfectly cooked, grass fed, on a small sweet bun with a little blue cheese and some fresh rocket. We enjoined a glass of Anderson Valley IPA (Hop Salad) Yummy. For desert ... read more

Geo: 35.1982, -111.651The elevation of flagstaff is higher than the rest of the state so the flora was different than the rest of the state. Lots of pine trees. It reminded us more of Northern Michigan than Arizona. This was our last day of driving. We hit the road early heading south through Phoenix then along the USA / Mexico boarder over the mountains into San Diego. As we got closer to the mountains the wind was blowing hard and we were driving straight into it. As we began to climb the mountains in this rolling storage locker the steep incline slowed us down to 30 mph several times. We finally made it through the mountains and we got to our new house right on schedule.... read more