Onward in Auckland
On our first full day in the country, we spent the morning planning our North Island itinerary with Allyson at the iSite NZ tourism office. The offices are more like travel agencies. They recommend and book tours, accommodations, transportation and auto rentals and give advice. They take immediate payment for whatever they book and […]
New Zealand trip observations
To get to New Zealand, we embarked at Moncton and hopped across the country to Hamilton, Calgary and Vancouver. We arrived at midnight and laid over until the next evening. Our hotel was in Richmond, a suburb with a large Chinese population. We learned years ago that a restaurant full of Chinese diners, […]
On the road – random raves
On the road – random raves Michelle and I are on the road. We’re spending six weeks in New Zealand. We are wrestling with internet access, making travel plans on the fly and finding our way in a new country. One of the first things we had to do is get adjusted […]
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Orleans is one of my favourite places on earth. Jazz & Heritage Festival – http://www.nojazzfest.com/ – is the best time to go for music. It is held on the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May every year. The weather is hot but tolerable then. The music! The food! The […]
Vehicles we met in Italy
Here are some of the very different vehicles we saw in Italy. Some are just tiny. Others, like this UPS vehicle, above, suit the delivery of packages to retailers in the narrow streets and alleys of Capri. Sanitation workers haul tiny dumpsters out of narrow alleys. These small dump trucks, […]
Cats we met in Italy
Click on the pics to enlarge them. Click again to enlarge again. Here are a few cats we met in Italy. The little black guy on my chest came to our villa in Umbria and convinced us he was homeless and starving. Two days later a very distraught Italian lady came by crying […]
A simpler place and time
From left: Havre Aubert; High Tide at villa; Moonrise at villa; Reynard de La Madeleines. To enlarge, click on pic and click again. “He’s leaving on that midnight train to Georgia. Said he’s going back to find a simpler place and time. And when he takes that […]
Italy
In the autumn of 2005, Michelle and I spent seven weeks in Italy. I intend to post some stories and pictures about that here and will be happy to offer tips and to answer any questions I can.
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