The view or two from my "office"

[drron]

The ferry across the Tamar. From Devon to Cornwall.


And Devonport is the home of the naval dockyards. Recently the nuclear submarines have been moved here from Scotland. There were at least two present today.Bottom centre in this picture.

 

[Port Power]

A much nicer view from the rooftop bar of the Radisson Blu Brasov.




Looking down to Brasov from up in the Carpathian Mountains.

 

[Port Power]

The Transylvania region of Romania is just beautiful.

Saint Katerina’s/Catherine’s gate.



Inside the fortified church of a village. When attacked, everyone came inside to live and stay for however long.

 

[AuSammy]

The Transylvania region of Romania is just beautiful.

Saint Katerina’s/Catherine’s gate.

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Inside the fortified church of a village. When attacked, everyone came inside to live and stay for however long.

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Fascinating place to explore. Brings back memories

 

[Wing Nut]

As seen from the Hullo terminal Nanaimo, logs floated and towed into position being load onto a ship. It quiet a sight to see the loading teams skip over logs, chain them wtc with ease.
As the log numbers decrease, the little tug zips around mustering the remaining log into bundles. What a job!

 

[drron]

Dartmoor Gaol, Devon.


Dartmoor ponies.

 

[drron]

Endsleigh Hotel, Milton Abbott, Devon.

 

[Port Power]

Dinner tonight was at Bran Castle, with our host Vlad taking us on a tour and introducing his wife and two brothers. “Vlad” was really good, but with a wicked sense of humour. Dinner was served on the third floor. Toilets were at ground level. There were an awful lot of narrow, steep stairs in between! (My apologies, but I could not show the interiors without the exterior “office”.)

 

[drron]

Views from Plymouth Hoe. Some rocks.


And Mount Batten where Lawrence of Arabia was stationed briefly to fly sea planes.

 

[RB001]

Making the most of the outdoor facilities at the Eastbourne, NZ office whilst the weather cooperates.
Looking south past Lion Rock into Cook Strait.

 

[Wing Nut]

Views from Plymouth Hoe. Some rocks.
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And Mount Batten where Lawrence of Arabia was stationed briefly to fly sea planes.
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Who doesn't love a good rock.

 

[Wing Nut]

Sadly the Canada trip's come to an end and after 25 odd hours and a day lost we're back home. What holiday? We flew economy with Fiji Air from Vancouver to Canberra via Nadi. The service and food offerings on the first leg was pretty average however the second was fine. We did however manage to jag the two oldest aircraft in the fleet! Happy days!

In Vancouver Fiji Air use the SkyTeam lounge for their business class pax and One World status holders. Wasn't too bad, food was decent and the wines were ok. Tried to get into the Cathy lounge, got bounced. Oh well.

..nearly 12 hours later and a day lost we had a four hour stopover in Nadi before heading to Canberra. Don't mind the Fiji Air lounge; clean, comfortable, good food and decent breakfast mimosas though does get busy in the mornings. For a 'no view lounge' it's pretty decent.
Great having Fiji Air flights directly into Canberra. From disembarking to unlocking the front door was done within an hour. Take care everyone and happy travels!

 

[Cossie]

Where to start, fabulous afternoon chasing whales, speial for her indoor's birthday.

Might have to do a sort of tr, so I can post as many as I want.

Whoops, Hervey Bay......

 

[VPS]

Where to start, fabulous afternoon chasing whales, speial for her indoor's birthday.

Might have to do a sort of tr, so I can post as many as I want.

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nice - where are you? I think I did see somewhere where you were heading but can't remember

 

[Cossie]

nice - where are you? I think I did see somewhere where you were heading but can't remember

Forgot to put Hervey Bay, highly recommended, Spirit of Hervey Bay boat, only 20 to 30 of us, but even though it was dead calm, I do not have sea legs.......

 

[drron]

Totness Castle, Devon.

 

[Port Power]

My “office” for the next two nights, Intercontinental Athènée Palace Hotel, Bucharest. Not a huge room, but big enough for a small dining table by the second window (which is behind me). I have a courtyard view.

 

[OZDUCK]

For our last night before flying home from Berlin on QR we stopped nearby in Kopenick. We don't leave until 22:30 so we spent a few hours wandering around the very attractive waterside areas there.

This is Baumgarten Insel. It is covered in some very substantial allotments. The only access is by boat - or swimming
A footbridge crosses the river and goes over the island but there is no exit onto it due to public protests.

Baumgarteninsel – Wikipedia

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