I hope you enjoy my travel blog (even if you aren’t diabetic!) We visited Albania in Sept 2014, England in June 2017, Iceland in June 2012, Norway in June 2016, Portugal in Sept 2016 and Scotland in Sept 2012. (I’ve also visited Scotland 16 times prior to Greg (p-Greg), but haven’t yet blogged about it yet!)
I’ve written an in-depth page on on my blog about all travel challenges for type 1 diabetics regardless of the continent. Click here to read it. It is my intention to supplement that page with specifics for each country I’ve visited, specifics based on my own experience. So, here goes,
As you may know by now, Greg is a Diet Dr. Pepper addict. Throughout our thirty-three day trip from Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, the Czech Republic to Germany, Greg searched for Diet Dr. Pepper. He never did find Diet Dr. Pepper, however was successful in finding hi-test Dr. Pepper
Vaci Street in Budapest is the place to stroll. It’s a wide pedestrian walkway anchored on one end by the Hard Rock Cafe, ending on the main road Kossuth Lajos. Lined by cafes, souvenir shops and all manner of stores, it’s a nice place to find yourself as the evening
Throughout Bulgaria Greg looked for Dr Pepper, and was sad to have been unsuccessful. However, in Sofia, his quest was fulfilled! We found a small kiosk in downtown Sofia which carried both regular Dr. Pepper and Cherry Dr Pepper: If you can’t see it yourself, here it is: Where did
Subtitle: It’s all Greg’s fault Subtitle: I should have prepared better for carsickness Subtitle: There had to have been an easier way to get from Point A to Point B How many subtitles can I create for this day? If you look at Google maps for this day’s travel, you
Our last monastery of the day was Humor Monastery, just north of Gura Humorului. I can definitely say that the monastery is NOT photogenic later in the afternoon. While the weather continued to be superb, and the blue skies never waivered, the sun’s rays raked through the tall trees and
We had started our day around 9am, visited Voronet Monastery, the Folk Heritage Museum, Moldovita Monastery and traveled forty minutes over the mountain to Sucevita, all before noon. Both Voronet and Moldovita are both excellent in the morning sun. The sun shines directly on its most preserved frescoes. The drive
The problem with sleeping in Iceland or Norway The days are very long during the summer. The Arctic Circle crosses just above Iceland, and it chops Norway into two. In the summer. the twenty-four hour a day sunlight can be very disturbing to your sleep cycles. Many people are able
With my Iceland Travel Blog I hope to introduce you to Iceland, a country I have twice visited and love for many reasons. For each trip, I have an itinerary to share which provided me with some valuable lessons learned. I first visited Iceland in 2004 on an eighteen day
I hope you enjoy my Bulgaria Travel Blog as I describe our four day visit to Bulgaria in late September 2018. Compass Travels of Romania offered an “add-on” visit to Bulgaria and we couldn’t resist. It was the second country on our thirty-three day wander around seven eastern to central
My Romania Travel Blog describes the thrill of our visit to Romania on an eleven day tour in September 2018, as the lead-in and most anticipated part of our extended thirty-three day trip around Eastern Europe. Of all the countries in Eastern Europe, Romania attracted me the most, and we
After we left the Voronet Monastery, we headed out to Moldovita, but in the process we passed several modern churches. It was amazing to me that the tradition of painting monasteries carries on today in such a flamboyant way. In many cultures today, the church buildings are decaying, churches are
As I wrote earlier, I was fascinated by the shape of the haystacks in Maramures. But in Maramures those haystacks stayed put, at least in daylight hours! They didn’t wander around, like the haystacks in Bucovina, Romania. Check this one out: I’m not sure whether the matter of one day
UNESCO has declared these monasteries World Heritage Sites, and we could see why! We spent a day driving a circular route out of Gura Humorului (say that five times fast, or anything Romanian for that matter!), and visited four of these amazing buildings in one day: Voronet, Moldovita, Sucevita and
I’m anxious to tell you about, and show you pictures of, the amazing painted monasteries of Bucovina, however I first have to introduce you to the awesome Folk Traditions Museum. There are times when traveling on a planned itinerary (not a group trip mind you!) but a trip where the
To most people, crossing the mountains in good weather, in a car, is a spectacular experience. Mountains imply beautiful vistas and unique scenery. The Carpathians are particularly scenic, with the Romanian farmhouses and haystacks dotting the folds of the landscape. Unfortunately for me, mountains mean nausea. I have been able
Tucked in Northern Transylvania up at the Ukrainian border, Maramures is a primarily agricultural county famous for its wooden churches, wooden gates, tiled facades and, dare I say, haystacks. I’d seen a couple of pictures of these wooden churches on the travel agency’s website and thought, “Oh, these are nice,
My husband, Greg, is always on the look-out for Diet Dr. Pepper wherever we travel. If it is possible to bring an extra suitcase, as was the situation going to Tanzania on KLM, Albania on Turkish Air, Bangkok on Qatar Airways, he brings his Diet Dr. Pepper with him, in
aka Valeri Grigorov, Tour Guide Extraordinaire (review) Prior to our visit of Bulgaria, when so seldom prompted to think of Bulgaria, I could only envision husky men, perhaps similar to the Barbarians of the Roman Empire. Turns out my ignorance was more true to life than I would have expected.
Prior to our trip, I did a lot of investigation trying to find laundries in Budapest. Specifically I was trying to locate a laundry close to Deák Ferenc tér. Here are the results of my work: O Utca 24 Our chosen laundry, located in an unmarked building next to a hostel,
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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Scotland Sand and Sea - an unusual view of the Islands and Highlands of Scotland in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Antarctica: Voyage Beyond the End of the World Glimpses of penguins, seals, whales and ice collide with fragments of shipboard life and cold feet. in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Amazon - The River Grows on You - My top three Amazon experiences? The amazing mud cliffs and boats along the huge Amazon ... in paperback from Amazon |
