Category Archives: Travel Specials

Australia: Day 6:

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Fany Savina

Started the day at ten with a coffee (hot chocolate for me), and we started to head for Fannie Bay. Our map had little detail, so we relied on general areas and our sense of direction. We hardly got lost, … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Specials | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Australia: Day 5:

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Fany Savina

This morning we had to get up early to drive an hour to a jumping crocodile attraction. We left at half eight and on the way we saw the plains, stretching on to infinity, looking heavy and loaded with water, … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Specials | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Australia: Day 3 & 4:

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Fany Savina

I woke up around half four in the morning and couldn’t fall asleep again. I watched tv and observed the Australian Magpies living around building their nest underneath the bushes we had in front of the hotel window. We eventually … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Specials | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Australia: Day 2:

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Fany Savina

After an unfulfilling night, we were woken up early by Australian Magpies. Australian Magpies could be described as crows with white beaks and European Magpie skins. They are quite aggressive especially during nesting season, when they often resort to pecking … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Specials | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Australia: Day 1:

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Fany Savina

We left the house near four in the morning and took a taxi to the airport to take our first plane Dublin-London. I slept during the ride in order to catch up on lost sleep. We got into the next … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Specials | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Basque: Final Day

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Fany Savina

We started our last day with a breakfast and went on the road as early as possible. Within an hour, we arrived at the visiting center for Oradour-sur-Glane, the village which suffered a massacre by the Nazis. The village was … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Specials | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Basque: Day 9

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Fany Savina

We started the day very early, packing the car and leaving by half six. The road was long, and the trees kept passing by, and by, and by, so eventually I fell asleep, no surprise there. When I woke up, … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Specials | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Basque: Day 8

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Fany Savina

We had our last day in Basque, starting with a special museum fully dedicated to Basque culture. It is in Saint Jean de Luz, and when we finally arrived, we were the only tourists in the entire complex. We paid … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Specials | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Basque: Day 7

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Fany Savina

Today was fully dedicated to getting to Pamplona, Spain. We passed through the mountains, and saw some very nice scenery. The mountains resembled very steep, very sharp mounds, lots of them, mediocre in size, one beside the other. We got … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Specials | Tagged | Leave a comment

Basque: Day 6

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Fany Savina

We started the day with a visit to the Rhune, a mountain on the edges of the Pyrenees. It appears to be very high, but in fact it is only a bit over 900 metres high. There are two ways … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Specials | Tagged , | Leave a comment