Dinner on Lake Tarpon at The Tarpon Turtle in Tarpon Springs FL
Great atmosphere for dining on Lake Tarpon at the Tarpon Turtle There’s a wonderful restaurant nestled in a residential neighborhood right on Lake Tarpon in Tarpon Springs, and it’s called the Tarpon Turtle. When you enter, you feel like you’re in another country…maybe Switzerland. It looks like a m ...
Cinque Terre, Italy
At the end of June, our friends Ray and Mary were in Europe for a two week whirlwind tour. In their time here they saw Paris, Cinque Terre, Berlin and Prague. We were able to make it to Italy to see Cinque Terre with them, and we had such a fun time! Fun gifts from the Hoosier state! Ray and Mary ca ...
Pure Ignorance
Ignorance 1 I can see the injustices talked about in the video below almost every day and I can see the misbehavior of cops, too. For instance, I saw a policeman in LA chasing away a homeless guy sitting in a public spot for no reason. The homeless man complained and said he had a right to sit here ...
Video: Solo Riders Take on the TORTOUR Challenge`
Last week I told you about a grueling cycling event that was just about to get underway in Switzerland. It was called the TORTOUR, and it challenged riders – both solo and team – to take on a 1000 km (620 mile) course, that featured 14,500 meters (47,572 ft) of climbing. If that wasn't difficult eno ...
Danube Days
Since Thursday (14.08), I’ve spent my days cycling north from Switzerland and up the Danube River; route pictured: I should probably take this opportunity to say that today is my last day of riding for a while as I’m off to Munich (by train) tomorrow and to Croatia four days after. At this point, I’ ...
Links ENERGY STAR
Links ENERGY STAR global US ENERGY STAR, www.energystar.gov Japan ECCJ, www.eccj.or.jp/ene-star Australia, www.energystar.gov.au Taiwan, www.energystar.org.tw Canada OOE, www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/energystar/ Norway, www.energystar.no ENERGY STAR EC national sites Austria, EVA, www.energystar.at Belgium, ...
10-16/08/14 - Israel
Thanks to RichT for his log and pics from an Israel trip, ably assisted by MalcolmG. Tel Aviv and Sde Dov visitors were mostly noted from the hotel roof. 10/08/14 - Tel Aviv 4X-ABF Airbus A320 (4354) Israir 4X-ABG Airbus A320 (4413) Israir 4X-AOO Boeing 737 (24707) Israel Aerospace Industries 4X-ECF ...
German Authors Unite Against Amazon
German-language writers have joined their English-language counterparts and organized a protest against Amazon. More than 1,000 authors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland have come together to challenge Amazon for hurting authors in its negotiations with the Bonnier Group. In a letter addressed t ...
Could An FA Cup Style Hockey Tournament Work In North America?
So it’s the dog days of a hockey summer with almost nothing coming out of the hockey world other than Gary Bettman dumping a bucket of ice water on his head (gawd something we have all been wishing he would have done eons ago! well it’s a good first step and hopefully he will come to his senses and ...
Salzburg, Austria : Three and a Half Weeks in Europe (Austria, Switzerland and Italy)
SALZBURG We are back from a nearly month long trip to Europe, and catching up on the OneHundredRoads Blog. Here today, we’ll begin a series of handy city guides to some of the top cities for sightseeing and adventure in Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Without further ado, here is a short review one ...
World Cup 2014: Wins for Argentina, France and Switzerland on Day 4 - LIVE!
Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of day four of the World Cup with Sam Dymond and Marc Williams. We'll have the latest news from Brazil, the reaction to England's defeat last night as well as the build-up to tonight's games Switzerland v Ecuador ...