Dayton isn't on a direct line between Columbus and Cincinnati but it is a good-sized city and I'd heard of it so I wanted to stop long enough to see what it was all about. I had penciled in the ...

An even-numbered year means it’s time for another European road trip. In 2022 it was a toss up between the Rhône/Rhine and Italy and Mei Ling picked the former. This time round we could have done ...

We were heading to Puebla, the largest city in the state of Puebla. After some slow traffic in Mexico City, we were soon in green countryside. The Sierra Madre mountains looked beautiful in the ...

We have a one bedroom main floor apartment near the water. There was an eight Euro tourist tax. Nice and modern, gas stove that you don't have to light with a match, TV with some older TV shows in ...

The next day we enjoyed two quite different activities. First a vist to the Anthropology Musem, and then a fun ride on gondola type boat in an ancient canal system. I felt our visit to the National ...

We finally managed a sleep-in this morning but we were still up and at breakfast by 8am. Afterwards we headed up to the Plazz de Armas again. It's only three blocks from our hotel, about 600 metres ...

Our journey started by taking a helicopter (Helijet) from Nanaimo to Vancouver. We were having a lot of rain and high winds for a few days and helicopters can manage weather better than ferries or ...

After visiting the Saxon Gardens, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Piłsudski Square, our group reached Krakowskie Przedmieście, the street, where, according to our city guide, it is easy to have ...

While we believe that the Nazis were ruthless fanatics led by a fascist dictator, it is a sad fact that there are despots and their acolytes around the world today who think Hitler was a hero and who ...

The option to password protect blogs was made supporter-only a couple of years ago. You almost certainly password-protected your blog before then. Unfortunately there ...

For a short break from our Tour de France we flew south to the city of Imperia on the Italian Riviera but forgot to take the sun with us. However, our super-luxurious accommodation and most amiable ...

Good morning from Lucerne. Hey! Look I am getting on another train - certainly getting good use out of my Swiss Rail Pass. After breakfast at the hotel, I geared up and headed to the train station (3 ...