Helsinki |
Getting more Baltic by the day. Highlight was going out to Seurasaari island and finding the red squirrels (actually they were a mixture of red, white, grey and black). The sea is starting to look fro...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:59:00 GMT |
Haapsalu |
Back in Estonia, and the sea is frozen with a half inch of snow on it. I was tempted to cross the whole bay, but after going out about 100 metres from the shore I decided to kick the white powdery stu...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:02:00 GMT |
Tallinn |
Gingerbread Mania exhibition is showing in Tallinn, right now. 300kg of Gingerbread, 100kg of Icing and sugar. Dresses, sunglasses, suits of armour, giant teapots, chandeliers, houses,, you name it, a...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:26:00 GMT |
Sigulda |
Spent four days in Sigulda, Latvia. Highlights were finding the beavers down by the river Gauja, and trailing off to a villlage called Ligante to see wooden scul;tpures in the snow. Stayed in a reed t...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:22:00 GMT |
Grasmere |
Still, it seems, we go to places with no Womble connection at all. It had been a long time since going to the Lake District, so in some way because I am now 39, we went to Castlerigg stone circle, Gra...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:26:00 GMT |
Broome and Beyond... |
Two days by vehicle from Broome, picking up more people and more supplies and finally we are set free in the Kimberley for 12 days of hiking off-trail in places we can be fairly certain no white perso...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:42:00 GMT |
South Fremantle |
I love Fremantle. What more can I say? I recommend Little Creatures brewhouse/pizza place to everyone going near Perth. Great place to eat and drink. This visit I got to see Colin's skull collection a...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:36:00 GMT |
Mauritius |
I stayed at the Nice Place Guesthouse. They were nice there. So what do you do in Mauritius when the SCUBA diving is all washed out? Go running around in beautiful forests watching fruit bats and...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:40:00 GMT |
Perth |
Perth, again not known to many, was the name of a Womble. So, we have had 3 days in Perth, following the trail of ancient Pictish carved stones, CairnoMohr wine, and big trees. The best place was the ...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:58:00 GMT |
Road Trip. NW Scotland |
Day 1. I unveiled Ali's suprise birthday cake. A five tier island with walnut and fudge cliff, glacier, beach and trees with womble candle holders and a marzipan whale. Yes, I think I will have to pos...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:54:00 GMT |
