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Date: 19th April 2013
switzerland
Hi Dave and Merry Jo, Yeah, I am likely to return to that area this summer as I will be teaching in Prague. I've been dying to get back there - definitely one of my favorite spots. You won't regret going - after your comment you are making me think about planning my return trip! John
From Blog: Switzerland
switzerland
Hi Dave and Merry Jo, Yeah, I am likely to return to that area this summer as I will be teaching in Prague. I've been dying to get back there - definitely one of my favorite spots. You won't regret going - after your comment you are making me think about planning my return trip! John
From Blog: Switzerland
Date: 30th March 2013
We have not made it to the Dominica Republic yet.
We've been to several Caribbean islands. We will need to move this one up on our list. The water looks amazing and glad you got to chase the whales. Very cool.
From Blog: Taking in the beaches around Las Galeras
We have not made it to the Dominica Republic yet.
We've been to several Caribbean islands. We will need to move this one up on our list. The water looks amazing and glad you got to chase the whales. Very cool.
From Blog: Taking in the beaches around Las Galeras
Date: 2nd April 2013
Dominican Republic
Yeah, I was very pleased and would recommend a place like Las Galeras over the all-inclusive resorts. Most people I talked to who did that weren't so impressed. Yeah, the water alone is reason to go - hope you get there soon!
From Blog: Taking in the beaches around Las Galeras
Dominican Republic
Yeah, I was very pleased and would recommend a place like Las Galeras over the all-inclusive resorts. Most people I talked to who did that weren't so impressed. Yeah, the water alone is reason to go - hope you get there soon!
From Blog: Taking in the beaches around Las Galeras
Date: 12th March 2013
Wow! What a find...
no tourists and very beautiful beaches...not to mention the whales about to sink your boat!
From Blog: Taking in the beaches around Las Galeras
Wow! What a find...
no tourists and very beautiful beaches...not to mention the whales about to sink your boat!
From Blog: Taking in the beaches around Las Galeras
Date: 23rd January 2012
Great blog
What a wealth of information! And timely too since Linda and I will be passing through Lahaina on a cruise to the South Pacific islands, Sydney, and New Zealand for our 40th anniversary. The ship arrives in Lahaina at 7 am and departs at 5 pm. We were thinking of renting a car and driving up the Haleakala Highway to the National Park to see the volcano and everything else there is to see on the way there and back. Bing maps says the drive is about 100 miles round trip and takes 3 hours to do, without stops. In your opinion, is it possible to drive there and back in this amount of time? Do you recommend a particular route to see some of the waterfalls you mentioned and perhaps the humpback whales? We would rather see humpback whales for free than pay the hundreds of dollars it would cost to see them in Kaikoura, New Zealand.
From Blog: Maui, Hawaii
Great blog
What a wealth of information! And timely too since Linda and I will be passing through Lahaina on a cruise to the South Pacific islands, Sydney, and New Zealand for our 40th anniversary. The ship arrives in Lahaina at 7 am and departs at 5 pm. We were thinking of renting a car and driving up the Haleakala Highway to the National Park to see the volcano and everything else there is to see on the way there and back. Bing maps says the drive is about 100 miles round trip and takes 3 hours to do, without stops. In your opinion, is it possible to drive there and back in this amount of time? Do you recommend a particular route to see some of the waterfalls you mentioned and perhaps the humpback whales? We would rather see humpback whales for free than pay the hundreds of dollars it would cost to see them in Kaikoura, New Zealand.
From Blog: Maui, Hawaii
Date: 27th January 2012
lahaina
Sorry, this has been a busy week and I can't keep up with everything. Your upcoming trip sounds amazing! Good on you as they would say in New Zealand. I haven't had a chance to go through all your blogs yet but I noticed the Grand Tetons and that is a place in the U.S. that I really want to get to . . . along with Glacier. Yes, that sounds about right for the driving distance to Haleakala. But, actually the waterfalls are on the drive to Hana on the wet side of the island. I'm thinking you might have to pick between the Hana road and Haleakala. You might be able to do both but it would be a pretty brutal day of driving without much time to stop and look around. We started from Kahalui one day a little after 8am and drive a complete loop around the island and got back around 6pm - 6:30ish. But I stopped quite a bit and also did some hiking. if you take the Hana option you might consider just driving there and back. Sometimes you can see whales from the coast off of Route 30 just south of Lahaina. We saw them in the distance this past trip and I saw them from the car the trip before that. I had an amazing experience in Kaikoura swimming with the dolphins there. I have never seen so many dolphins in my life. Hordes would swim by the boat and then they would dump us off while they swam around us. Very unique experience. It wasn't that expensive. But, I didn't go whale watching so I don't know how much that costs. I do remember getting a really yummy but basic white fish sandwich from a roadside stand down on the Fyffe Quay road that runs along the coast on the south side of Kaikoura - there is a nice, scenic walk there that goes from town out and over the ridges. You might have been there before but the South Island is amazing. I spent a couple months there about 2 years ago and loved it. Ok, gotta run for now, take care! John
From Blog: Maui, Hawaii
lahaina
Sorry, this has been a busy week and I can't keep up with everything. Your upcoming trip sounds amazing! Good on you as they would say in New Zealand. I haven't had a chance to go through all your blogs yet but I noticed the Grand Tetons and that is a place in the U.S. that I really want to get to . . . along with Glacier. Yes, that sounds about right for the driving distance to Haleakala. But, actually the waterfalls are on the drive to Hana on the wet side of the island. I'm thinking you might have to pick between the Hana road and Haleakala. You might be able to do both but it would be a pretty brutal day of driving without much time to stop and look around. We started from Kahalui one day a little after 8am and drive a complete loop around the island and got back around 6pm - 6:30ish. But I stopped quite a bit and also did some hiking. if you take the Hana option you might consider just driving there and back. Sometimes you can see whales from the coast off of Route 30 just south of Lahaina. We saw them in the distance this past trip and I saw them from the car the trip before that. I had an amazing experience in Kaikoura swimming with the dolphins there. I have never seen so many dolphins in my life. Hordes would swim by the boat and then they would dump us off while they swam around us. Very unique experience. It wasn't that expensive. But, I didn't go whale watching so I don't know how much that costs. I do remember getting a really yummy but basic white fish sandwich from a roadside stand down on the Fyffe Quay road that runs along the coast on the south side of Kaikoura - there is a nice, scenic walk there that goes from town out and over the ridges. You might have been there before but the South Island is amazing. I spent a couple months there about 2 years ago and loved it. Ok, gotta run for now, take care! John
From Blog: Maui, Hawaii
Date: 22nd January 2012
Editing the date
In what subject are you a professor? To answer your questions about changing the dates, when you first create a blog you enter the Blog Title, Entry Date (Entry is misleading; it should be the date you took the trip), Privacy, and Location above the Text. When you first log on, your Control Panel should be the first thing that comes up. Click on the icon at the top for List Entries. This will list all your entries. Along the left side of each blog there is a column for Text, Photos, Videos, etc. Click on Text. This will allow you to change the Entry Date. Then click on Save at the very top. Once you have done this for all your blogs they will be in chronological order. New blogs that took place years ago will show up in the correct order. Your subscribers will be notified of each new blog. I'm looking forward to see your new blogs. Hope you enjoy my blogs.
From Blog: Vienna from the Inside
Editing the date
In what subject are you a professor? To answer your questions about changing the dates, when you first create a blog you enter the Blog Title, Entry Date (Entry is misleading; it should be the date you took the trip), Privacy, and Location above the Text. When you first log on, your Control Panel should be the first thing that comes up. Click on the icon at the top for List Entries. This will list all your entries. Along the left side of each blog there is a column for Text, Photos, Videos, etc. Click on Text. This will allow you to change the Entry Date. Then click on Save at the very top. Once you have done this for all your blogs they will be in chronological order. New blogs that took place years ago will show up in the correct order. Your subscribers will be notified of each new blog. I'm looking forward to see your new blogs. Hope you enjoy my blogs.
From Blog: Vienna from the Inside
Date: 23rd January 2012
editing
Great, thanks. I see where to change the date now! Just got another blog in now so I can start working on those. I am educational psychologist - study how people learn and regulate their performance (and also teach teachers how to teach). How about you . . . you must have had a job that allowed for some travel?
From Blog: Vienna from the Inside
editing
Great, thanks. I see where to change the date now! Just got another blog in now so I can start working on those. I am educational psychologist - study how people learn and regulate their performance (and also teach teachers how to teach). How about you . . . you must have had a job that allowed for some travel?
From Blog: Vienna from the Inside
Date: 22nd January 2012
Will you continue to blog
After all this time you have been noticed. Mel nominated you to be blogger of the week. I'm going to second your nomination as you write interesting blogs from all over the world, and your pictures are great too. I know what it is like to go back to blog past trips having just completed 60 years of trips (feel free to take a look at them). Of course, I'm retired so had the time to do so. I recommend that you go back and flesh out your blogs if necessary. First, I would start by entering the dates or approximate dates (go to list trips and then edit) so that the trips are in chronological order, at least. Then you can cut out the part of the text that tells about when you went. So, I hope you continue to blog.
From Blog: Vienna from the Inside
Will you continue to blog
After all this time you have been noticed. Mel nominated you to be blogger of the week. I'm going to second your nomination as you write interesting blogs from all over the world, and your pictures are great too. I know what it is like to go back to blog past trips having just completed 60 years of trips (feel free to take a look at them). Of course, I'm retired so had the time to do so. I recommend that you go back and flesh out your blogs if necessary. First, I would start by entering the dates or approximate dates (go to list trips and then edit) so that the trips are in chronological order, at least. Then you can cut out the part of the text that tells about when you went. So, I hope you continue to blog.
From Blog: Vienna from the Inside
Date: 22nd January 2012
thanks!
Hi, I just logged on to work on another blog and saw your message. Thanks a bunch for the nomination! I would love to go back and clean up (and add to) my blogs. Sometimes it just a matter of time though. I am still missing many trips in my blog. I am a professor and stay pretty busy. I'm curious how to enter the dates for the trips to make them chronological? I've been looking it over and don't see it in the editing mode. Unless if you mean clicking on edit text and then entering another date above the text? Maybe that will do it. I've wanted to do this for a long time but just didn't see the function. That's great about your travels . . . I will have to check out your blogs! Thanks again for the message! John
From Blog: Vienna from the Inside
thanks!
Hi, I just logged on to work on another blog and saw your message. Thanks a bunch for the nomination! I would love to go back and clean up (and add to) my blogs. Sometimes it just a matter of time though. I am still missing many trips in my blog. I am a professor and stay pretty busy. I'm curious how to enter the dates for the trips to make them chronological? I've been looking it over and don't see it in the editing mode. Unless if you mean clicking on edit text and then entering another date above the text? Maybe that will do it. I've wanted to do this for a long time but just didn't see the function. That's great about your travels . . . I will have to check out your blogs! Thanks again for the message! John
From Blog: Vienna from the Inside
Date: 29th May 2011
Sumner School
Hi Professer John, Hope you had fun at my school. I happened to see some pictures of my friends.
From Blog: Sumner, New Zealand
Sumner School
Hi Professer John, Hope you had fun at my school. I happened to see some pictures of my friends.
From Blog: Sumner, New Zealand
Date: 8th October 2010
i agree
Hi Tuula, I don't check my comments very often on here and just noticed yours. Wow, you live in a beautiful place. I just returned again from Finland a couple of weeks ago but was only in Jyvaskyla. I have many more pics of Finland that I need to add. I would love to go up through Lapland sometime . . . moi, moi John
From Blog: Finland
i agree
Hi Tuula, I don't check my comments very often on here and just noticed yours. Wow, you live in a beautiful place. I just returned again from Finland a couple of weeks ago but was only in Jyvaskyla. I have many more pics of Finland that I need to add. I would love to go up through Lapland sometime . . . moi, moi John
From Blog: Finland
Date: 16th July 2010
Great pictures
Hi Paavo, Luckily ou have found some of the nicest places in Finland.. I live in North Carelia and it is my scenery of soul. Those paths in forests, swimming in lakes, sitting by the "nuotio" amd grilling sausages. Thanks for sharing them amongs others. Tuula
From Blog: Finland
Great pictures
Hi Paavo, Luckily ou have found some of the nicest places in Finland.. I live in North Carelia and it is my scenery of soul. Those paths in forests, swimming in lakes, sitting by the "nuotio" amd grilling sausages. Thanks for sharing them amongs others. Tuula
From Blog: Finland
Date: 11th May 2010
Awsome trip
Nice job on your photography. Looks like it was an awsome trip.
From Blog: The South Island of New Zealand
Awsome trip
Nice job on your photography. Looks like it was an awsome trip.
From Blog: The South Island of New Zealand
Date: 20th March 2010
new entries are great
love the new entries from Hawaii!
new entries are great
love the new entries from Hawaii!
Date: 29th January 2010
Beautiful!
John your pictures of Switzerland are so beautiful! Someday I want to see the Matterhorn in person! Thanks for letting me paint some of these pics.
From Blog: Switzerland
Beautiful!
John your pictures of Switzerland are so beautiful! Someday I want to see the Matterhorn in person! Thanks for letting me paint some of these pics.
From Blog: Switzerland
Date: 6th March 2009
nice pics
Really like your photos! they are very good. I am living in cyprus now but going home soon and think i'll make the effort to see that church before i leave.
From Blog: Cyprus
nice pics
Really like your photos! they are very good. I am living in cyprus now but going home soon and think i'll make the effort to see that church before i leave.
From Blog: Cyprus
D MJ Binkley
Dave & Merry Jo Binkley
We are considering going to Switzerland in September
We are just beginning our research so we've enjoyed your observations. Your excitement about the clouds clearing at the Matterhorn gave me goosebumps!
From Blog: Switzerland