In May and June 2023 Tibby and I did a 22 day, 3,100km river cruise from Bucharest to Amsterdam on Viking Vidar. We were travelling with our friends, Mikelle and Doug, from Daytona Beach, Florida. We first met them on a river cruise in 2014 from Lyons to Avignon on the Rhone and in 2018 cruised with them from Nashville to New Orleans on the Cumberland, Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers. Travelling through the heart of Europe it was difficult at times, to sufficiently understand the history. The history stretches back thousands of years with a common factor being the Romans, Ottomans, Habsburgs, Napoleon, two World Wars, the era of Communism and the Yugoslav Wars. An important factor has been the interaction between Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christianity, Protestants, Jews and Muslims. Building styles include Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Modern. I recognise that the term highlight should only apply to a…
Tibby and I did a 16-day cruise on Azamara Onward from Lima to Miami in February 2023. We spent four days in Lima before the cruise and one…
In October and November 2022, I travelled 6,500 kms through Botswana and Namibia in 35 days. We started in Livingstone on 22nd October, travelled through Chobe Riverside, Chobe…
In September 2022 Tibby and I did a 23-day, 2,500 mile motorhome trip from Boston to Niagara Falls to Maine and back to Boston. We travelled with our…
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Tibby and I met Carole and Ken McCall in Holland in 1989 and have stayed friends. Their son, Ross, married Emily, from New Orleans, on Saturday 3rd September…
Tibby and I departed on 7th August 2022 for a ten-day cruise from Dublin with six stops on the coast of Iceland. We were cruising on the Azamara…
We spent a week in August 2022 on the Island of Lundy, ten miles off the coast of North Devon, England where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Bristol…
In April 2022, I travelled 5,000 kms through Malawi in 24 days. I started my trip in Livingstone in Zambia, drove two days to Malawi, did a big loop through the country, and then returned the vehicle to Livingstone.
Tibby and I travelled on the Blue Train from Pretoria to Cape Town departing on Monday 8th November 2021. The trip was a disaster.
In September and October 2021, I travelled 7,000 kms through Tanzania and Zambia in 40 days. I started my trip in Arusha in Tanzania, headed down the eastern side of Tanzania as far as Nyerere National Park and then travelled west across the width of the country to Lake Tanganyika.
Tibby and I travelled 3,000 miles around England, Wales and Scotland in 34 days in May and June 2021.
On a gorgeous spring afternoon we wandered through the Hampton Court Palace Tulip Festival with our friends Jean and Richard Thompson
On 26th December 2020 I walked through Camden Town with Juls and she showed me some of the notable street art. In that area there is lots more of interest as well.
I love the transformation of the Silo Building in the Waterfront in Cape Town.
On 28th November 2020 Zacharia Haroun guided me through the street and other art of his home turf of Woodstock, Cape Town at the foot of Table Mountain.
Tibby and I stayed for four nights from 21st November 2020 at Shamwari Private Game Reserve which is 80km from Port Elizabeth in South Africa.