Heel Spur. No Kidding.
Most of you know I love walking and hiking. Weather permitting (yes, fair weather hiker) I love to go for long walks to explore new places. So, why have I not been on any serious walk since Hamburg? As it…
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Uppsala
I disembarked from M/V The World in Oslo on May 16 to fly to Stockholm and then bus to Uppsala, to spend a few days with my friend Kristin and her family. It’s been lovely catching up and chatting. We…
Aalborg & Skagen
Monday and Tuesday, May 13-14, 2013 Although Aalborg looked quite nice, I only ventured out for about an hour’s walk – in the rain. It just about drizzled the whole day. You have to give the people points for optimism though: despite…
Flensburg
Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, 2013 Impressions of a city.
Kiel Canal
Thursday, May 9, 2013 The World – with me on it – is currently traversing the Kiel Canal. Quite spectacular really as it is rather narrow and the greenery going by outside at the moment is level with the deck…
Hamburg
Monday, May 6, 2013 I arrived in Hamburg, on The World, around noon yesterday, May 5th. I was hovering around the exit gate while the ship was being cleared by customs as I knew my friends Ilse and Nils where…
London, UK
Thursday, May 2, 2013 D-Day has come and gone and I have survived the ‘shock’ of no longer having house keys, at least temporarily. I guess they will be replaced with car keys soon enough, but for now I am footloose and…
We Are Still At Home in Beautiful San Francisco
We are sorting out and organizing as much of the logistics and paperwork that we can do in advance: visas, carnet de passage for the car, getting our place ready to be rented out, and lots of assorted paper work.…
Health and Vaccinations.
We both went to Downtown Medical to get the necessary inoculations and prescriptions. Their website doesn’t look like much, but service is prompt and good. They take walk-ins but make an appointment if you can, it reduces the wait time and makes things a…
Documents
Friday, March 1, 2013 We applied for, and today got issued, 2nd US passports. It turns out it is not that difficult to get these, as long as you can give a good reason why you need it. I explained…
Survival Kit
Our very thoughtful friends Nadine and Tim provided us with an essential food survival kit: Looks like the mimosa and smoked trout have Caroline’s name on them; the chocolates and shortbread seem to be earmarked for Stephen. We’re happy to share…
Thanksgiving 2012 In Death Valley.
Some months ago we decided to spend this year’s Thanksgiving long weekend in Death Valley, for 2 reasons: we love that desert and it would be a good test for our new camping set-up. For some months Stephen had been…
Annular Solar Eclipse
Sunday, May 20, 2012 We decided to drive to just north of Redding, CA, to make the most of the Annular Solar Eclipse and see the ‘Ring of Fire’. The event was the first one of its kind to be…
Vanuatu
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New Caledonia
On April 7th I flew (as opposed to sailing from The Bay of Islands) from Auckland to Noumea, New Caledonia, to join Alison on The World. I arrived in the morning, got settled in, admired the new look of the…