Bolzano, ItalyOctober 9, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 09-Oct-2011Back down in town went out to an old restaurant and ordered another german meal, the plate for 2 could have fed 4, but the pork was not tender enough for the trouble of even eating it. The hotel was a bit to …
Bolzano, ItalyOctober 4-6, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 09-Oct-2011Bolzano / Bozen arrival was with good weather and warm enough temp to head to the gondola/lift to Obolzano, a town at the top where you can look over the dolomites in the alps. A small chestnut festival was happening where they were …
Munich, GermanyOctober 8, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 08-Oct-2011Munich, rain when getting in, hotel farther down the street than wanted for the downpour, but its a nice hotel. Being close to the “Original” hofbrau haus, had to take dinner in there. The noise level was quite high for just getting in …
Wuppertal, GermanyOctober 7, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 07-OCT-2011The German language– for some reason, even though I knew I was going to be in the german speaking country of germany, I didn’t think about the fact the once switching trains after the chunnel, I would be on a german train, I …
York UKOctober 5, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 For the Rail fan, the national railway museum started off the day. Amazing how many old engines and carraiges were saved. It was amazing to see some of the old King and Queens rail cars, with such tacky decor. The store room has …
York UKOctober 4-6, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 04-Oct-11York, origination of the Kit Kat bar, Yorkie, and probably the York peppermint patty… It was laundry time, walked it down to drop it off, the Brentwood guest house we are having are stay at offered to pick it up the next day …
Blackpool, United KingdomOctober 3, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 03-Oct-11It was a long morning of 4 trains after leaving The Henry in Bath. The first headed back line to Bristol, where we picked up the next to Birmingham. A Virgin train to Preston ran late so the connection for the train …
Plymouth UK and Bath UKOctober 1-2, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 01-Oct-11After a strange breakfast at the hotel, where service never happens the same as the US, we headed off to Paddington Station for the train towards Penzance, our destination for the night in Plymouth. Plymouth, the town where the Americas cup …
London, United KingdomSeptember 29-30, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 The tripping begins. Sept 28, 2011 the first leg from medford, oregon MFR to SFO begins on a tiny prop plane that was “delayed” because of “weather” on an 88F degree day in San Francisco. Some kind of invisible fog that only …
Grand Canyon, Northern ArizonaNovember 19, 2004 While I was living in Sedona, Arizona, my nephew Brian came down to look at a few colleges in Arizona to possibly attend. During his visit we drove up to the Grand Canyon. This was just before Thanksgiving, so to spend time with family …
Sand Castles and SculpturesJanuary 26, 2014Playa Marindia, Marindia, Uruguay A yearly event held over a weekend in the summer of Uruguay, some sand sculptures fly in for the event. It was a great weather day to visit with some friends in the neighborhood and see the sand art.
El Fortin de Santa Rosa, Uruguayon March 5, 2015 After the first long day of movers packing the belongings that were to be shipped back to the USA, went down to the beach and great friends Cristian and Juan were in the surf, first time try for Juan. A bit …
Atlántida, Uruguayon August 10, 2013 We went for a walk to the beach the normal guy who is always down at the beach fishing and not catching anything was all of a sudden rushing up the hill. Apparently to call some friends to say the ‘Lisa’ fish was in abundance. …
Canelones, Canelones, Uruguayon May 5, 2013. The ciudad of Canelones celebration of its 200th year anniversary had a day of activities including a parade and concert in the park. After watching the parade we wandered around the park to watch the rugby practice and see the zoo and as we …
Oregon, California, ArizonaSeptember and October, 2012On to Uruguay Moving from the USA to Uruguay…Some photos of leaving Ashland, Oregon. Driving down south through California, to Phoenix, Arizona. Back west over to Los Angeles then on the flight to Uruguay!
Buenos Aires, Argentinaon January 27, 2012 fromFirst Trip to Uruguay, 2012 The End The last lazy short day in Buenos Aires, some lunch at a bookstore in an old Theatre, El Ateneo on Av. Santa Fe… then the flight back to Oregon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ateneo
Colonia, Uruguayon January 26, 2012 fromFirst Trip to Uruguay, 2012 Originally a Portuguese settlement, cleaned up and a touristy spot. The closest port to boat back to Argentina.
Towards Colonia, Uruguayon January 25, 2012 fromFirst Trip to Uruguay, 2012 Driving from Montevideo to Colonia, with some stops in San José de Mayo, Nuevo Helvecia, Rosario.
Montevideo, Uruguayon January 24, 2012 fromFirst Trip to Uruguay, 2012 The closed train station. .
Montevideo, Uruguayon January 24 & 25, 2012 fromFirst Trip to Uruguay, 2012 From the meat market to the being remodels veggie market to the tango market and the storm clouds at congress…