Yearly Archives: 2017

Xian to Tianshu

We started the morning early to visit the monument for the Silk Road as we exited Xian. Photos were taken of the group by the monument and then photos of each car at the entrance. It was a stone carving

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Xian and Big Goose Pagoda

Wandering Xian last night we walked the Muslim Quarter. Many thousands of people had the same idea and what sights there were. The food stalls were making everything from toffee to barbeque lamb. We chose a Muslim restaurant and tried

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Xian: The Terracotta Warriors

Words cannot describe the experience of seeing these 2,000 year old terracotta warriors. It was absolutely amazing and I will let the photos describe the experience! No two warriors look alike- Although the chariots were made of wood and were

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Snippets

Each day as we are stopped for morning tea, lunch etc we meet interesting people. The cars attract interest and there is always someone wanting to take a photo. As we are driving at 100kms/hr down a motorway, a car

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Henk and Maja's Eurasia Trip
Peter and Paula Return - Another Silk Road Shared

ART dream

Wine and more architecture

Wine and More Wine – OleBilbao OLD and NEW Monday dawned sunny and warm and we headed down to the Guggenheim Museum, even though it is closed we wanted to relish the slick titanium skin, contrasted against the smooth pale limestone blocks. Everything glistened in the bright morning sun, reflections of the curved surfaces bounced off the water surrounding the metal walls and the metallic sculptures in the forecourts around the Guggenheim. Did you know that every surface in the building is curved and there are no straight lines thus emphasising the organic flowing lines of this magnificent Frank Gehry masterpiece Tomorrow we’ll visit this amazing museum along with our Silk Road companions Pat and David who we are travelling with around Spain and Portugal in our trusty MGs. Hop on and off buses have always been a favourite and quick way of acquainting ourselves with a city. We cruised around the narrow streets enjoying the views from the top deck. We were diverted by police a few times into the back streets because of a rally of thousands of people marching along the main thoroughfare of the city. Red, white and Green flags and banners waving, fire crackers exploding, releasing clouds of smoke. How We hopped off a The Mercado de la Ribera one of the largest fresh food markets in Europe and we arrived just in time for some Pintxos which we enjoyed with a beer and Sangria. So many delicious sweet and savoury munchies to choose from – what a treat!

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