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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
Now that we’ve got our Russian visas we are all set for our upcoming European (and then some) trip. All but for a few issues with adding me to Stephen’s room in our hotel in St Petersburg, Russia. Nothing that…
On June 30th Caroline will be off to UK, Portugal, France, Belgium, Russia, Israel, Jordan, UK. Stephen leaves on July 23rd to Mt Elbrus in Russia. When we get a chance we will post updates to this blog.
Hike / Wine Tasting / Picnic in Stevens Creek County Park and at Picchetti Winery with the Belgian Club of Northern California. Photos
Photos of the Hike
