2017 travel
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Denmark 2017
The cruise was great. Yet just part of the story. What could be better? Well we found better, or let us say same same but different in the better world of better. Six weeks in Ringkøbing. Clearly my spellcheck is going to struggle with this narrative. An o that is an ø; perhaps on the Continue reading
Aarhus, Arriva, • Hjerl Hedes Open Air Museum, Bishop Thyge of Ribe, Bork Havn, Bork Vikikgehavn, Christiania, European white stork, Flamenco band, Funen, Hans Christian Andersen, Havnby, Holstebro, Hvide Sande, Justice Statue, Jutland, Kaj Munk, Kaj Munks Præstegård, Kampen, Kvickly, low-carb vegetarian diet., Lyngvig Fyr, Nestas, Ribe, Ringkøbing, Ringkøbing Fjord, Romo, Skjern, Sondervig, Stadil Fjord, Super Brugsen, Survival_of_the_Fattest_, Sylt, Syltfaehre, The Great Belt Fixed link, Torsminde, Velling, Vest Stadil Fjord, Viking museum, wind power, wind surfing with kites, Zealand -
“Coburg’s Earthmoving is serving Yabbies”
30 April – 2017 somewhere in Australia Monday morning, we had the big breakfast with eight family members and my two mentors; Maggie and Mabel. As is usually the case the eight family members sat around at the table talking and Maggie and Mabel and I went outside to play. When those adults came outside Continue reading
A Prairie Home Companion, appelmoes, ‘Lake Wobegon, Bendigo, Coburg, Coober Pedy, Dalian American International School, Kings Billabong camping, Lake Bolac, Mallee Country, Melbourne, Mildura, New York City, Nigretta Falls, Nyah, Riverland, South Australia, stampot, Sundowner Caravan Park, Terowie, The Town Hall, Truro, Victorian border, Wannon Falls -
Terowie
5 April 2017 Terowie, South Australia Robert said he heard his mate calling him from mid-north SA. So he and his wife packed up, and moved there. They bought a house for $90,000 opposite Robert’s mate’s garage. He told us about the murders in Terowie. “Just like Snowtown”, he said, “Maybe worse. These victims were Continue reading
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Cambodia
Cambodia 2017 3 March Friday DAY 98 of trip Friday, another big travel day. The Lotus Hotel provided an airport shuttle (200B = $5.65US) and we took an Air Asia flight to Phnom Penh, via Bangkok. Blimey those seats are tight. Oh well, it’s what you pay for. It was all on time, even the Continue reading
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Thailand 2017
Thailand 2017 19 February Sunday DAY 86 of trip I love travel days. Always have. There is probably not a lot of difference between the family dog and me when it comes to the start of a journey. Thinking of when my two sons and our dog, ‘puppy’ (he never seemed to act like an Continue reading
Airbus A350-900, BaanChivit Mai Foundation, Bangkok, Bethany Children’s home, Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai RAM, Chiang Rai, Groene Hart, Helsinki, MAYA Lifestyle Shopping Center, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Montfoort, Netherlands, Papekop, Russia for my 70th birthday, Songtoew, St. Petersburg, sunny suites, Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand 2017, the Randstad, U-Tiny Boutique Home, Wat Huai Plakang, Woerden -
Good bye Holland
Holland May you always be first and never second. Dutch Relatives. 4 February Saturday DAY 71 of trip We went to dinner with Karen and Frank, Narda’s family, to the Indisch (Indonesian) Restaurant http://www.kingsdish.nl/. This is about the smallest restaurant I have been to. The place was filled to capacity, sixteen diners. The couple who Continue reading
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Two ponts and a castle
30 January Monday DAY 66 of trip Previous to this trip videos: Riding on Rienk’s boat through the canals of Utrecht https://youtu.be/Per0jb8JszU Sep 17, 2012 / ‘Hup Holland Hup’, Narda and friend at the Dalian International School singing the song supporting the Dutch soccer team – https://youtu.be/9rrMeajC6v0 a classic not to be missed / another Continue reading
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Returning Home
Utrecht part 2 See part one toward the end of our last blog Washington DC to Amsterdam and life in between Continue reading
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Washington DC to Amsterdam and life in between
11 January Wednesday Tuesday DAY 47 Watch for travel tips Morning spent completing blog for the period 1 – 10 January. See https://neuage.me/2017/01/12/more-of-not-the-same/ which took longer than expected which isn’t that always the way? To paraphrase Narda. We write these in Word but change it to html for an online blog, each photo gets re-imaged Continue reading
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More of not the same
01 January Sunday DAY 37 of one-hundred fifteen of our round-the-world retirement catching up with family and friends tour and trying to do a low-carb vegetarian diet Back in DC. Great start to the year! Kids went out for New Year’s Eve and we babysit and got to bed by 10pm. Our kind of night Continue reading
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