Blogs from Antarctica - page 58

Day Twelve (Into Shakespeare Country) Europe » United Kingdom » England » Warwickshire » Stratford upon Avon By Zigeuner July 24th 2006 Doug Lund No complaints about York from this traveler. I enjoyed a rather quiet and comfortable night of sleep in my huge single room. The TV actually picked up more than one station too. Nice big bathroom and a refreshing shower. Breakfast was pretty darn nice too: scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, roasted tomato and baked beans served from a buffet line. W... read more

Walking at night from the nearest bus stop into the harbour territory I ended up at Newark Airport. Some taxi driver who was quite familiar with the place finally got me to the right dock. But he said he had never been to this part of Newark and was unsure if this was still officially US territory and he was allowed to drive in the place with his taxi. When I finally walked up the gangway of Maersk Pecem it was in the middle of the night and I had not noticed any official border. The time on board was one of the best times I had during all my travels. Philippine food is not my favourite but I definitely enjoyed listening to the 20kn head wind at the bow of the 200m colossus passing through ... read more

well we are down to only a few days left here and paris is not as terrible as other parts of france. they are actually pretty nice here. we went to the louvre yersterday...and there were so many people there it was just too much. saw the mona lisa...big deal if you ask me, i could have seen a life size print and been more impressed since they have so much damn security around it, three guys, a wooden raling; a velvet rope; and it's behind glass. really you couldnt even get a good look at it; we also went to the modern art museum which in my opinion was so much better. the museum was only on one florr;, they have a university there and special ehibitions as well, but the museum was excellent; lots ... read more

For our first anniversary we decided to celebrate by taking a couple of days off work and visiting the city of luuurve. We arrived quite late on a Wednesday night and found our hostel pretty easily. We were staying quite close to Sacre Coeur so that was naturally the first stop. Next up the Tour Eiffel, yes we climbed to the top. But everything is quite tiny from up there. Just “co-incidentally” there happened to be an evening bike tour leaving from the South leg of the Eiffel Tower and Barrie had been all up for a bike tour. I had my reservations, given that I had only ridden a bike once since I was 12 and that was in Amsterdam where the lanes are wide and dedicated to cyclists. This was Paris, drivers hate cyclists, ... read more

Joskus on vain annettava periksi... Esimerkiksi sille, etta itse pelkaa hullun lailla jotain maata, koska on kuullut siita pelottavia, vaikkakin myos positiivisia kokemuksia, mutta kun insinoori haluaa uusia kokemuksia niin ei se auta. On lahdettava paivaksi Paraguayhin. Hotelli Residencia Colonin (yosijamme taalla Posadassa) omistaja rouva, jonka englanninkielentaito on tuonut meille monta ilon hetkea, saattoi meidat itse aamulla pysakille, josta saimme paikallisbussin rajan yli Paraguayhin. Bussi oli yllatykseksemme tupaten taynna vaikka oli sunnuntai-aamu, mutta olimme kylla kuulleetkin, etta Argentiinalaiset kayvat vahan valia hamstraamassa elektroniikkaa ja taloustavaroita naapuriomaasta, koska hintaerot ovat melkoiset. Matkakaverimme olivat todella ystavallisia kun kuulivat minne olemme matkalla ja useampi alkoi sopimaan kuka auttaa meidat oikealle pysakille ja kuka tulee mukaa... read more