After another early breakfast (do I ever get a lie in?) we headed off back to near the SkyTree, to an area called Asakusa. This time we were going to visit Senso-ji Temple and it’s 5 storey Pagoda. We ...

For our last full day in Taormina, Christina and I were heading out to learn Sicilian cooking from a professional chef. We walked down to the rendezvous point where other participants were already ...

Our local Polish friends from Siedlce – Martha and Chris - invited us to visit an oustanding event in Korchew – the Magic of the Twenties Festival, a traditional annual event taking place on the ...

Here I was thinking I had finished tormenting myself and anyone else who has been following our journey but realised that I would have to complete some comments being back in Budapest considering the ...

Stayed up late last night agonizing about what to do about the advancing typhoon. It was monster that was slowing marching over the island of Taiwan. We have one more full day in Taiwan and fly out in ...

We woke to a pretty view from our window of the river way and a little sunshine. Wynn and I are still trekking across the North of the USA and we are only about 40 miles from entering a new state. Can ...

One of the most anticipated activities on this trip had arrived, the Godfather tour! A film that I have seen countless times and it never gets old. With the exception of the third film in the series, ...

Most people would have checked the flight schedules. In October 2023 I left to visit various family members in Pennsylvania and Texas, so of course I would be taking several flights. But I am not most ...

After the final Saturday market around Parma we didn't have any stops to make before Cinque Terre. We took the E33 highway most of the way and then a series of smaller roads to our agriturismo. The ...

The next day we head off to a neighbourhood with a bohemian vibe called Grunerlokka or "Lokka" to the locals. We went to fresh food and flower markets as well as crafty markets and to two different ...

The last time I was in Seattle was over 30 years ago so my memories aren’t brilliant. I remember staying in a youth hostel but whether it was on Pike or Pine, I’m not sure. It feels as if the city has ...

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