If the weather report for Los Angeles says 60% chance of rain, you’re more likely to see an albino chimpanzee waltz by wearing the Crown Jewels. If, however, in England, there’s a 15% chance, take your damn raincoat, it’s gonna pour. We’re spending the week in Torquay (Tor-KEY, but please, not turkey…) at the Agatha … Continue reading The real difference between England and California…
This is on the main screen of their app. Third best low cost long haul airline? How many low cost long haul airlines ARE there, anyway? Ah… well, at least ten. But… they’re… not quite #3… We flew LAX - LHR several years ago on Norwegian Air Shuttle (also a “low cost long haul carrier’) … Continue reading Is it worth buying cheap Norse Atlantic Airlines tickets for next summer?
It’s more than £30 to go to Stonehenge visitor’s center and catch an overcrowded shuttle to the actual monument (plus you have to pay to park in their field). However, you have better access and a better view, so weigh the alternative for yourself. To us, it wasn’t worth the seventy quid to get that … Continue reading Seeing Stonehenge on the cheaps – the positives, negatives and things to consider…
Okay, granted, the river’s been used for nigh on 300+ years for commerce but I didn’t know the lighthouses were so endemic. And the lighthouses have existed for the past 200 years or so. We went over to the Rondout lighthouse on a solar powered boat (hooray! The first boat of its kind, the coast … Continue reading Who knew the Hudson River had so many lighthouses?
It’s been an eventful trip, especially for the captain. I’m quite confident the entire population of this ship has smart phones. I know this not because of the demographic, but because of the cacophony when the following was blasted into space: Hmmm. This rather leaves you in a conundrum. Where… exactly… is the basement in … Continue reading I have never been so glad I did NOT take an excursion.
It’s delightful. Attentive service. A big cabin. A really roomy shower. Food’s delicious. Mind-boggling expensive. On Princess, I squirm at more than $2,500 per person. This was well over three times that. But you really can’t compare the two. One is mass market. The other is far more bespoke. We started with a hair raising … Continue reading American Cruise Lines on the Hudson
We went on a railroad ride in the Ulster Mountains (the Catskills), an excursion from the riverboat cruise on the Hudson River we’re currently on. I imagine this train is great as the Polar Express with children and entertainers singing, but as a ride for a bunch of oldies whose average age, when you consider … Continue reading Owwwww! Screamed the bug.
We went kayaking on Bass Lake, just outside Yosemite, Beloved and I, during our weekend vacation. Well, my weekend vacay, as we’re here until Thursday while I work starting Monday. She’s still enjoying the benefits of our 2008 agreement … I work, she raises the kids. The Boy graduated high school in 2015, and she’s … Continue reading The wake is incessant and kind of annoying.
Ice. Rocks. A girl’s best friend. Among other precious stones. So when I went to get my ears re-pierced, and was presented with the options of what to have reside on each side of my cranium for a couple of months… yeah, I probably shoulda gone with plain studs. But… but… they were so prit-ty. … Continue reading I have to confess: I like sparklies.
A hundred and forty nine smackers each, with a capacity of 20 means about three grand per seating. Not bad, but they certainly spend on the food, staff and visuals (and the booze), so it’s sure not all profit. We checked in, had our photos taken and were offered cocktails before being taken in - … Continue reading Review of “360, An Extraordinary Experience” on Discovery Princess
Examining Misadventures 