London and Belgium – Thanksgiving Week 2010.
We went to London and Belgium for Thanksgiving Week; the good thing was that Stephen only had to take 3 days off to get the whole week. We left on Friday, Nov 19 and flew back home on Saturday the…
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Bermuda
Kristin left NY on the afternoon of October 12th (see previous post); I checked into the Newark Airport Hilton that evening, where I was was joined by Stephen early the next morning. He’d just flown in on the red-eye from…
New York, NY.
I spent a lovely long weekend in New York with Kristin and Alison. This was Kristin’s and mine first weekend away together since she had Viggo. We stayed with Alison on The World. It was all about catching up and…
Brokeoff Mt and Ponderosa Way
Labor Day long weekend: hiking, 4WD and Sacramento. We went back to Lassen Volcanic Nat’l Park to knock of Brokeoff Mt. which is the high point of Tehama County, CA. There are 58 counties in California, with 56 high points…
Lassen Peak and Shasta Bally Trail
Here are some photos of a nice weekend away. On Saturday we visited Lassen National Park. We drove around the Park and hiked to the top of Lassen Peak. Sunday we went 4WD’ing in the vicinity of Whiskeytown Lake. We…
The photos.
Wow! What a trip! What a rush! I left home in San Francisco on July 30th, visited 8 countries in just under 6 weeks (I must be turning into a good American!) and arrived back home on August 6th. Naturally…
Success on Mt. Elbrus
Sorry for the delay in posting, but Internet is not that reliable here in Russia. The good news is that I successfully summited the highest peak in Europe, being Mt. Elbrus at 5,642 meters. Today I spent the day touring…
Aug 5: From Tel Aviv airport
What a rush this trip has been! And it’s coming to an end. Flying to London today where I’ll overnight at the LHR Hilton to then catch my flight home to San Francisco tomorrow. On Tuesday, Aug 3, Hilde en…
Aug 2: Back in Jerusalem
Petra. Words do not do it justice. It really was an ‘Indiana Jones moment’!!! Absolutely amazing!!!! The long narrow canyon (Siq) leading to the Treasury (that Indy facade carved in the rocks)… and much, much more!!!!We were lucky with the…
Ready to head up the hill
All is well on the trip. The team is great. We have spent the last two days hiking the local hills. Tommorrow we start the 4 day climb to Mt. Elbrus. Weather has been great for the last two days…
July 30: Jerusalem to Jordan today.
I arrived at Tel Aviv airport 2 days ago and spent the first night in Rishon. Took the bus to Jerusalem yesterday and spent the day walking around the old city and took a bus tour. Found a nice pub…
Heading South
Caroline and I enjoyed the last three days being tourists in St Petersburg. We hit all the major sites and left just enough to justify a return visit, when it is not quite as hot. Tomorrow I fly South to…
July 24: Last morning in Eeklo, Belgium
Wow, it’s already my last morning in Eeklo, Belgium. In an hour and a half Stefaan will be here to take me to the airport. Off to the next part of my adventure: St Petersburg, Russia. Flight is via Frankfurt…
July 7th – from the BMI Lounge at LHR
The first week of my trip went by very fast indeed! Stayed and caught up with good friends in London, enjoyed an afternoon picnic and concert of ‘Snowbow’ at the Cannizaro Festival Close to Wimbledon Common, saw lots of orange…
Off to London
Well, it’s here my ‘7 countries in 5,5 weeks trip’! Should be good!Flight seems to be on time so will be ringing for a taxi in a short while. Looking forward to catching up with friends in London! caroline.