The Netherlands: Days 10.5 & 10.6 (the Great Volcano Standstill, 2010)

Day 10.5 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Success? Relief? I hope so. We spent all last night checking trains and buses, but nothing we could find was getting us anywhere any faster. Our B&B hostess found a train to Istanbul that would take only two days, but some legs of the journey were unavailable for onlineContinue reading “The Netherlands: Days 10.5 & 10.6 (the Great Volcano Standstill, 2010)”

Photo blog 2

“Views of next door: Rooftop, door, and yard.”  Abu Dhabi, April and May 2010. Individual photos (left to right, from top): “I love UAE!”  (Outdoor chair and graffito celebrating UAE’s National Day: 38 years as a nation) “Dog days”  (stuffed animal on a rooftop) “Cat on a hot tin roof” (street kitten hiding inside aContinue reading “Photo blog 2”