Europe

Churt, Farnham

Thursday, June 27, 2013 Travel day to see long time friend Dan, Lisa and James. Amazing drive from Heathrow through some beautiful countryside and tiny lanes to Churt. A little unfortunately it was raining most of the time. Dan and Lisa…

Gent – Gent – Ypres.

Friday and Saturday, June 21-22, 2013 Had a wonderful stay with Hilde, Yaron, Moos and Liran in Gent. Moos kindly gave up his room for us which was very nice of him. We talked, ate, drunk and just relaxed with…

Groningen

Had a wonderful stay with our friends Heleen and Mark in Groningen, Netherlands. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Headed North to the coast enjoying a drive around the countryside. Lovely canals, tree lined roads, windmills, flat fields, bicycles and tiny hamlet…

Honningsvåg

Sunday, June 16, 2013 Honningsvåg is a sleepy town with one main tourist attraction, the North Cape.  Instead of driving out to most northerly point of mainland Europe, which is not part of mainland Europe, we went for a lovely…

London, UK

Thursday, May 2, 2013 D-Day has come and gone and I have survived the ‘shock’ of no longer having house keys, at least temporarily. I guess they will be replaced with car keys soon enough, but for now I am footloose and…

The photos.

Wow! What a trip! What a rush! I left home in San Francisco on July 30th, visited 8 countries in just under 6 weeks (I must be turning into a good American!) and arrived back home on August 6th. Naturally…

Success on Mt. Elbrus

Sorry for the delay in posting, but Internet is not that reliable here in Russia. The good news is that I successfully summited the highest peak in Europe, being Mt. Elbrus at 5,642 meters. Today I spent the day touring…

Ready to head up the hill

All is well on the trip. The team is great. We have spent the last two days hiking the local hills. Tommorrow we start the 4 day climb to Mt. Elbrus. Weather has been great for the last two days…

Heading South

Caroline and I enjoyed the last three days being tourists in St Petersburg. We hit all the major sites and left just enough to justify a return visit, when it is not quite as hot. Tomorrow I fly South to…

Off to London

Well, it’s here my ‘7 countries in 5,5 weeks trip’! Should be good!Flight seems to be on time so will be ringing for a taxi in a short while. Looking forward to catching up with friends in London! caroline.