Great American Ballpark Tour

Dia duit gach duine (Hello everyone) Landed in Ireland after a brief and uneventful flight. Had to go through immigration which turned out to be a bonus as we had to go through the non-EU line which compared to EU was minimal. Off to get the rental which is a Nissan Pulsar Diesel, which I initially took a dislike to but after a day or two it did everything so much better than the Skoda Rapid I drove around England and Scotland. Found our way to our hotel, The Marker (https://www.themarkerhoteldublin.com/ ) which was a bit swish but you have to spoil yourself sometime. The area it is in is a recovered docklands area, very similar to Melbourne and Sydney but not quite on their scale. (http://www.dublindocklands.ie/ ). Had a meal at an eatery over the ... read more

Hi, back again We arrived in Munich on Tuesday en route to London and spent 3hours waiting for our connecting flight. Because of the debacle with the luggage we had to go through immigration to collect our bags, recheck our bags and then back through immigration to catch our flight. PITA. We found a seat and that's when Gaynor realized she could not find her glasses. An extensive search failed to find them, our only thought they were on the plane we left. We contacted Tabitha who got her an appointment at a Specsavers nearby our hotel. Here we are in London, Got to Heathrow at 11.30am and got a cab to our hotel. staying in Brick Lane at the Arbor (http://www.arborcity.co.uk/ ) . The area has a huge Middle Eastern/Indian population which reflected by the ... read more

Wow how time flies Here I am in Kansas City and wondering where the time went. It all seems to blend in. Anyway I hit Atlanta and the hotel I stayed in was walking distance from the hotel. In fact it is the same hotel Gaynor and I were booked into in 2003 and when we turned up then it was closed for renovation even though we had prepaid for it. So got to stay there this time and I set out to explore the city by foot even though it was 90+ in the shade. Went to the underground town(http://www.underground-atlanta.com/) for an explore. Not much different to my previous visit but still interesting that years ago they just built over the top of these streets as the city progressed and then discover later they have ... read more

Well that was fun. Picked up the new rental, have moved away from Avis and using Enterprise as they are 40% cheaper. Headed east from Seattle towards, uh I don’t know, maybe Ontario, Oregon. That’ll do. So headed for Denver via Ontario. From there I visited the Craters of the Moon (http://www.nps.gov/crmo/index.htm). What a place. I don’t think this place would be open to the public in Aussie, as the bits you want to see, which are the caves, are too put it mildly dangerous at best. I have been to cave sites before that have walkways, low level lighting etc. This place had none of that, and if you are on your own and something untoward happens you are pretty much “on your own”. Anywho, pretty eerie place and the caves are scary and very ... read more

Crazy Town (aka San Francisco) Thursday Arrived in SF around 4ish and slowly found our way to the Nob Hill Motor Inn (http://nobhillmotorinn.com/) . Interesting hotel located near Polk St which is a strip that contains numerous eateries, bars and convenience stores. The hotel itself was clean but could do with new carpets etc. Location was excellent as the bus to Fisherman’s wharf was around the corner and a bus that goes direct to AT&T Park went past the front door. So car stayed neatly tucked away in the hotel whilst we rode the Muni (Local Bus service). Went searching for the evening meal, with such a range to choose we picked a little place called Street (http://streetrestaurant.com/) and was pleasantly surprised with good food, wine and a Fig martini which took Gaynor’s fancy. Friday Star ... read more