July 12 near Campolide, Portugal
July 18 near Iruña, Spain
Pamplona at 8pm, the temperature has just (as we watched) slipped down to 45! There must be a response to this!
(Sunset at 9:45pm so most start eating after 9pm.)
July 21 near Issor, France
Saturday evening meal at our BB!
All local, 'organic' food. The language; French! Weather is closing in.
July 23, 2014: The most challenging road I have ever driven! The road to Col d'Aubisque in the Pyrenees, as selected by L.
After 20kM or hair-pin climbs, the 10k flat section of sheer drops on one side, no guard rail, not room for 2 cars in places, with bikes and camper vans on the road. Then the hair-pins down!
Once is enough!
Noel Moore D918 Pyrenees France. Near Col d'Aubisque
While researching something else I found this video clip of the flat section of the road.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5ilB4qM_sU8&autoplay=1p
D918 Pyrenees France. Near Col d'Aubisque
Filmed by Martin on 1200GS with xxxx in front on Suzuki SV1000. Taking it easy and soaking up the amazing views.
FB: July 28th 2014: Lenore & Noel — at Château Valandraud Saint-Émilion, France; BB and base for a great week.
FB: July 31
We have experienced the magic of French cuisine in the last few days! I again marvel at their ability to complement and contrast flavours, or to turn a simple peach into an unbelievable desert.
Today was creme de la creme! A 9 course blind degustation menu, served in a peaceful formal garden. Tres magnificent!
FB: August 14 near Riga, Latvia
What a cultural fest we are experiencing! After hearing the great pipe organ at Saint-Eustache, Paris (see picture to left), tonight we attended an organ music concert in Riga Cathedral. The soloist (soprano) even sang my favourite sacred aria; "Bist du bei Mir". It could only have possibly been better if song by a contralto. But now I'm getting picky!
FB: September 1, near Kızıltoprak, Turkey
I have always had an interest in airport sign; a result of my time in civil aviation. And I have often seen the prayer room sign especially when in Islamic countries. This is the first time I have seen the sign to where you can pick up your gun, that you hopefully checked in for the flight!
FB: 19Aug:
St Petersburg is right up there on WOW factors! This water garden is at Peterhof; the Tsar's summer Palace. A great place to visit and something I didn't do 40 years ago! Things have certainly changed in that time, but customer service remains a slowly evolving skill. — at Petergof Palace.
FB: August 23, 2014
Today we went through St Basil's Cathedral (far left), now restored to the way it looked in the 17th C. On the way back to our Hotel we visited a suburban church, very much in use.
While in Red Square we saw this group of naval troops, and an airforce band practicing for the 'Moscow Military Tattoo'; starts next week. I wonder where they got the idea! (Entertaining music, and participation by multiple nations). Hidden behind the stands to the left is Lenin's tomb. I wonder if he is spinning. — at Moscow Kremlin.
FB: September 5: Today we visited Ephesus; the ancient Greek city, once on the coast of Ionia. It is three kilometers southwest of present-day Selçuk where we are staying overnight. Wow, what a day! Certainly an highlight.
I snapped this photo of a wedding couple at the Celsus Libary; in its time the 3rd greatest library of the Roman World. I must do a blog page on weddings we have seen in Europe.
FB: September 11, 2014.
Sometimes you can be so lucky with the timing. We were lucky in Moscow. Once a month during summer the Kremlin guard put on a show in the central square of the Kremlin! Military band, ceremonial guard and mounted soldiers.
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