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Things To Come

January 13, 2023 · by · in Travel · Leave a comment

I’ve been trying to get caught up on current events in Canada, and add my tewo cents worth here, but I have not forgotten that many people are interested in travel posts. I was in Egypt over the Christmas season and I am still mentally processing what I want to say about some of the […]

More Camels

June 12, 2022 · by · in Travel · Leave a comment

Looking through the pictures I took at the Giza pyramids, I realize that I didn’t take any of camels with the pyramids in the background. Who knows what I was thinking. It would have been an iconic shot.  In my defence, I wasn’t there to see camels. I wanted to see the pyramids, and that […]

Camels Everywhere

June 10, 2022 · by · in Travel · Leave a comment

I suppose it could be seen as the ultimate tourist experience. I passed on it. It has been more than 40 years since the last time I was on horseback, but I remember what the experience eas like. My guess is a camel would be less comfortable – and I can’t say I find horses […]

Inside The Barrow

June 27, 2019 · by · in Society, Travel · 1 Comment

It has been stinking hot in southern Germany the past few days, which means I’ve been moving somewhat in slow motion. Things get done, but they seem to take longer. We have guests visiting from Canada, and we are trying to allow them to experience this area in a way tourists rarely get, to see […]

Inside The Barrow

September 20, 2014 · by · in Travel · 5 Comments

When my friend Peter suggested we visit his family in West Mersea (that’s England for those who don’t know it), one of the incentives was that there was a Roman barrow near his home.   As a long-time fan of the works of British author J.R.R. Tolkien came across the idea of a barrow when […]