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Author Archives: Thea Stainsby
Not a Golden Silence
My silence is inflicted and I am not a happy traveller. My cute little ASUS has broken down again and has been at the ASUS doctor in Portugal for three weeks and I haven’t heard boo from them. And to … Continue reading
Good bye to the Renault
We handed the Renault back to Renault Eurodrive this week. Here are some statistics on the cost for your perusal… 23862 km in 163 days (5 weeks 10 days), average 146.4km/day 1662 litres of fuel, average 10.2 litres/day Fuel consumption 14.36km/litre … Continue reading
Finding his roots
We took Hayden to Nieder Weisel, the birthplace of his g-g-g-grandmother Anna Margaretha Bill. She was his mother’s father’s mother’s mother’s mother. She migrated to Australia in 1856 along with many young people from the same village. After spending time … Continue reading
Only hot or cold
After enduring months of 35C+ days as we toured through the Mediterranean, we were somewhat shocked when it snowed in Germany… in October. Our German friends told us the snow came a month early this year. Seems we have had … Continue reading
Monet – Sunshine and Colour
In contrast to the grey wet day when we visited the war memorials of the Somme, the sun shone and there was a little warmth in the air. Giverny is a monument to Claude Monet and the impressionist’s artist colony … Continue reading
A Reality Check in the Somme
We had visited Gallipol where both my grandfathers had fought. However my Pop (maternal grandfather) and his brother Laurie went on to serve in France, in Flanders and the Somme. More amazingly, his younger brother Tom and four of his future … Continue reading
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I Can Read a Menu!
After spending more than 7 months on the road we arrived in mother England and for the first time our communication was in a single language. No need to interpret menus or reduce questions to simple mono-syllable strung-together words in … Continue reading
The End of the World
Forty and a bit years ago, in my hitch hiking days, I was on a mission – to reach Land’s End. It was Sunday and it was raining so my chances of reaching there were looking grimmer and grimmer. Then … Continue reading