Cruise: Day 3 – Sicily
We all went sight-seeing to a small picturesque town called Tormin. Very colourful. Mediterranean Cruise 2012
Cruise: Day 2 – Naples
Bo, Torolf and I went on a sight-seeing trip to Pompeii. Unfortunately, the guide was not very good and he kept losing people. It was also very commercial and we were left for half an hour in the shop before we even started. (I thought it was ‘exit through the gift-shop’.) While we were walking round it started to bucket down with rain, though we eventually managed to find shelter. At least it wasn’t cold. It is a wonderful place…
Mediterranean Cruise
October 2012 I had never been on a cruise before so, when I was offered a free Celebrity Mediterranean Cruise with my family from Norway, I jumped at the chance. The ship was named Celebrity Silhouette and it was enormous, being able to carry nearly 5,000 passengers and crew. It would be best described as a giant floating shopping mall and hotel combined. It was really too busy and too noisy for me though it was good to have had…
Canada, Autumn 2011 — with Carol & John
In September 2011, John and I had the pleasure of accompanying Carol on a memorable journey through Alberta, revisiting some of the places she had explored on earlier trips with her friend, Jean Craven. (Click any image to see full size.) Our first stop was the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC) at Madden, where we stayed with Dianne Wittner, the founder of the centre and a close friend of Jean. Dianne was an incredibly generous host, showing us around…
Cuba – January 2009
Whilst visiting Cayman we took a trip to Cuba. We stayed in Havanna, a facinating place. We also went on a couple of excursions with some lovely guides. Cuba has one of the world’s only planned economies, and its economy is dominated by the exports of sugar, tobacco, coffee and skilled labor. According to the Human Development Index, Cuba has high human development and is ranked the eighth highest in North America, though 67th in the world. It also ranks…