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Barging from Loire to Burgundy 35
Shangri La getting ready for her survey The journey begins . . . here. It's always the same. Hurry up and wait. An engineer came and went. And came and went again. All the floorboards were up. We couldn't do much, so sat around waiting for the job to be done. New...
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Croatia
Travel in Croatia in 2006 Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Most countries are blob shaped. Croatia is completely different. It has a long narrow strip of coast and then it takes a right turn and has another long thin piece of inland country. Which gives it a sort of upside...
The Netherlands
Travel in The Netherlands in 2012 Free shuttle bus from Schipol to Ibis I wasn't actually going to write about this trip because it was such a blur. Our trip to Belgium was hectic but we did get to do a little sightseeing. However this trip, was on-the-go from start...
Highland Games
Highland Games in 2012 I've often wondered what it would be like to watch Highland Games. Scotland has many descendants living across the globe. Making Arbroath smokies Lassies being judged on their Highland Fling Consider that 4.8 million Americans, 4.7 million...
Scotland road trip Aberdeen to Edinburgh
Scottish Road Trip in 2012 This is Part 1 of a 4 part series. Links to the other posts are at the bottom of the page. Union Street I recently had a Swedish friend over to visit in Scotland. Aberdeen has (sort of) become my second home so I don't always view the city...
Belgium
Travel in Belgium in 2012 Eurostar train times ex London This was a whistle stop trip as we only had two nights and three days in Belgium. The point of the visit to Belgium was essentially for my husband to look at boats. Fortunately Belgium is a small country making...
Barging in France
Barging in France in 2008 Read my advice and hints for boating on Europe - by using this link. Tuesday 1st September 2009 Ibis Hotel Toulouse We flew in to a warm, slightly overcast day in Toulouse, the pink city of France, and the epicentre of aeronautics and...
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I live in Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa. One of the most beautiful cities in the world. Lucky me.
The original slant of this travel blog was where to go and what to do in Cape Town, but now I write about our other travels.
We have a boat in Europe and plan to cover the inland waterways over the next decade.