Category Archives: Travel

The Islamic call to prayer, the adhan, is hammered out five times a day by the muezzin. With a mosque just around the corner from our hotel, this tuneless ditty — you’ll have to excuse my irreverence –comes crashing through … Continue reading →

Better late than never, we’re in Istanbul. Our flight from Amsterdam was delayed, due to one of the airline staff opening the door of the gangway down to the plane. Evidently, only airport security staff are allowed to do that … Continue reading →

We returned from Tenerife at the beginning of March and I had the best of intentions with regard to getting our photos quickly on-line. Alas, after some initial sorting and deletion of the obvious dross, I lost interest and moved … Continue reading →

For our last day in Tenerife, we decided on something a bit different; different for us, anyway. We drove the short distance to Puerto de la Cruz and spent the day at Loro Parque, an animal park whose main attractions … Continue reading →

Sarah was thankfully feeling a lot better when she awoke from her slumber yesterday morning. After a cautious breakfast, we hauled our suitcases to the car and were on our way. That is to say, we would have been on … Continue reading →