Tag: travel
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It’s The People We Meet That Makes The Difference
“One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.” — Edith Wharton Travel enriches our lives, but it’s the people we meet that makes the difference. It isn’t where we go that makes travel so enriching, it’s the people we meet that bind the places together…
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Blog Post Challenge
The Pen Is Poised And The Gloves Are Off! Let The Blog Post Challenge Begin Today I signed up for a Blog Post Challenge – to post a blog each day of January. So, I’ve taken off the gloves, the virtual pen is poised, and I’m ready to write. Given that I’m already a few…
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Exploring Seattle – One Coffee At A Time
In Search Of Coffee in Seattle When you arrive in a new city, especially when staying out of town, you need to know where the coffee is. My first day in the Seattle area was spent in search of a comfy place to drink my morning cup-of-joe, which has become the ritual for kick-starting my…
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Seattle Adventure – The Sequel
It pays to attend to the tiny details when planning a Seattle adventure. But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy! Robert Burns The famous words…
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New Zealand: The Land Of The Long White Cloud
New Zealand – In All It’s Beauty In true Gypsy style, my travels are dictated by circumstance, and the trip to New Zealand was no different. When a friend said “Hey, why don’t you meet me in Wellington in a few weeks from now?”, I couldn’t pack fast enough!. It’s good to know that the…
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Singapore Stopover
Day 2 Arrival in Singapore was as would be expected, with eleven tired bodies making their way from the aircraft to the terminal via the air bridge. Those amongst them who are driven by the need to know where they need to be in advance of getting there, stopped at the first available monitor to…