Parr Planet – Travels with Stephen & Kathleen
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Many things to do around Goris before heading back to Yerevan. This is just beautiful country with a whole lot of history. In Goris, we stayed at a hotel up on the hill with an amazing view and had the treat of watching a local wedding reception going on right below us.
We took an overnight trip to visit the wonders of southern Armenia and were not disappointed. The terrain is amazing here and spring is extraordinary, so green, flowering trees everywhere, mountains with snow….we were truly amazed at the natural beauty of this country. The amazing history, from prehisitoric to Christian era was icing on the …
Our lovely 3 PM flight from Italy to Armenia was moved to 8 PM which means we didn’t arrive in this capital city until 12 PM our time, 2 AM in Yerevan. True to its travel book descriptions, Yerevan was still hopping at this time on a Saturday night. Folks were still in cafes and …
The last time we were in Rome the forum was completely open to the public. We could wander around, climb on things, and generally frolic with a moderate amount of folks around. It seems that the crowds just grew too large for them to accomodate this and luckily we were able to nab some tickets …
Back to Rome after 29 Years It has been almost 30 years since we visited this ancient city. We were travelling by train then and things looked much different. It is amazing, in spite of that, that Rome seems in many ways the same. It is still a thrill to wander the streets of the …
November 22-25, 2016 An easy 3-hour shuttle got us from Antigua to Panajachel (Pana, to the locals). This is on lake Atitlan, which is rumored to be the most beautiful lake in Central America. The views do not disappoint. Stunningly beautiful peaks rising up out of the clear blue lake are fantastic. We had two …
Antigua de Guatemala November 19-22, 2016 What a lovely, lovely place. The weather is perfect (pretty much in the 70’s all year long) and this old colonial town is a delight at every corner. The extensive remains of some of the churches destroyed in a late 1700’s earthquake are even more breathtaking than the restored …
Brisbane, Australia – May 25-28 Not surprisingly, Brisbane is another lovely Australian city. Small in scale but very busy with a wonderful little free ferry service taking people up and down the river banks, a great city-bike system and a fabulous park and trail system. This is our last stop on the grand Australian circuit …
Port Douglas, Cape Tribulation & Cairns, Australia May 19-25, 2016 Driving North out of Cairns just over an hour, you come to a lovely little beach town called Port Douglas which is sitting on a peninsula jutting into the sea. This is a small but lively town with the main street between the two ends …
Fitzroy Island, Australia – the Reef – May 15-19, 2016 From Darwin, we flew back to the East Coast and to Queensland for the first time. It is the last province that we haven’t seen in Australia. We flew to Cairns and then immediately took the boat to Fitzroy Island, which is a short 45-minute …