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Day 14: Vienna to Petronell-Carnuntum (Apparently, I can speak some Italian.....)

2 Jan 2025 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Vienna, Austria to Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria; 32.8 miles (52 km), 2 hours and 41 minutes, 599 feet (182 m) of elevation climbing.     We had a very interesting start to the day. First, we had to retrieve our bicycle from the hotel's underground g...

Sailing to Seville

1 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Wopney

Who are the real Pirates? “and so we overtook the sloop commanded by Captain Beer. We raided and stripped it to the bone. Most of their crew had been slaughtered by the time we managed to board but captain Bellamy wanted to keep the merchant vessel....

Travelling as a Parent

2 Dec 2024 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

I have been to three aquariums in these two years. Churami Aquarium in Okinawa. Kagoshima Aquarium in Kagoshima. Enoshima Aquarium in Kanagawa. I think once you do something for enough times, you will start to build a resume in this area. I won’t ex...

Day Twelve Cycling the Danube - Aahhhh Vienna!!!

17 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

  Traismauer to Vienna, Austria, 44.6 miles (72 km), 3 hours 13 minutes, 550 feet (167 m), of elevation (climbing).     As you can tell it was a very flat ride today. I was so happy about that given how long a ride it was. The weather was fabulous a...

Visiting Ousdale Broch - an Iron Age fort in Northern Scotland dating from around 2000-3000 years ago

13 Jun 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Hoosie

This is a copy of a post that I first made on the Hive Blockchain on 11/06/24 (link here to original post). I went back to the North of Scotland a few weeks ago, to take my Dad home, after he had been visiting us for a few days. I was born on the Nor...

Day Four and a Half (I couldn't do it justice in one post)

8 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I just had to break out Cesky Krumlov into two posts because it's such an interesting, fun place. We arrived there on a Saturday afternoon and boy oh boy the tourists were out in droves. It's a touristy place but worth a visit. It's also a UNESCO Wor...

Visiting the old Church of St Baglan in North Wales

7 Jun 2024 3 minute read 1 comment Hoosie

This is a copy of a post that I first made on the Hive Blockchain on 07/06/24 (link here to original post). We were in North Wales last week for a few days break. My wife is Welsh, and while there, my father in-law told us about an old church that we...

A trip to Linlithgow Palace in Scotland - the residence of Scottish royalty dating back to the 12th century

3 Jun 2024 2 minute read 1 comment Hoosie

This is a copy of a post that I first made on the Hive Blockchain on 03/06/24 (link here to original post). Yesterday we took a trip to see Linlithgow Palace, which is in the town of Linlithgow in Central Scotland (its a half hour drive from where we...

Visiting an old railway tunnel in Edinburgh full of cool graffiti

5 May 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Hoosie

We took a trip to see the innocent tunnel here in Edinburgh. Its part of an old dis-used railway line, but today is a pedestrian route and is filled with graffiti. This is a copy of a post I originally made on Hive block chain on 05/05/24 (here). Th...

Las Vegas Spring Break Helicopter Travels to Grand Canyon National Park

6 Mar 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Dusty Sparks

Spring Break is coming fast and if you intend to see the Grand Canyon be sure to do a Grand Canyon chopper journey. Flights leave from Las Vegas and South Rim, Arizona. The West Rim is closest to Las Vegas, being just 125 miles from the city. It take...