Author Archives: dipidydoo
After the Flood
Having survived the highest acqua alta in living memory we spent a hasty afternoon, after the race, making plans to evacuate early this morning. Debbie and Ian, off to Rome on the 9.30am from Venice St Lucia, and the flood expected to return at 9.3oam, elected to do the get up when the first warning siren […]
Come Hell or High Water
The first warning siren sounded at 5.30am, but none of us knew what it was and we ignored it and went back to sleep. An hour later, we heard it again – it doesn’t sound like an emergency siren but we realised it meant something. We looked out of the window and saw six inches […]
Wet Feet in Venice
Its 7.00am on the morning of the big Venice Street Orienteering Race. Four anxious Legends of Street O had a restless night, buoyed by our performances in the Park O event the previous day, we were expecting great things. All four of us got round in good times and few mistakes, even me still weakened […]
Best Fun Ever …
… and that was just the warmup race – we haven’t even got to the main event. This morning we had to navigate our way to the event centre, on the other side of the main Venice tourist islands. So glad we have that map from Ian G. Then we joined the chaos of registration […]
Venice’s shame.
Ilze and I have spent two days in Venice now. Rescued Debbie and Ian from the Vaporeto stop last night after they flew in from Zurich and poured them into bed. Woken at 7am by the bells from the local campanile. What’s with these religious fanatics banging on first thing in the morning to get […]
Bella Venezia
Ah, Venice – a thousand bridges, a thousand gondolas, a thousand photos … I love this place. I loved it last time in 1992, and it’s even better this time around. We have a remarkably accurate map (thanks Ian G) and have been able to wander a myriad of small streets, bridges and squares with […]
Airport Adventures
In a bid to spend our last Turkish lira, I splashed out on a massage at the airport hotel. Wonderful! I felt calm and relaxed, ready for our day of travelling to Venice via Zurich. We checked out at midday and trundled the cases across to the international terminal. Then the fun began … Step […]
Pamukkale
Day 2 of our mini holiday saw us bound for Pamukkale, and the famous travertine (limestone) terraces and hot springs. A three hour minibus ride with our South African friends from yesterday saw us arrive at 11am. The ruins of another Roman city, Hierapolis, provide the backdrop for the unique sight of the terraces. The […]
Ancient Ephesus
Ian and I flew a short 45 minute leg to Izmir, the third largest city in Turkey after Istanbul and Ankara. From there it was an hour’s drive to Kusadasi, our home for the next two nights and our base for touring Ephesus. Kusadasi is also a popular port for the ships that cruise the […]
Spotlight, Bunnings and Lyncraft
Sunday – Orienteering – day 5 – thank goodness it’s over We are all posting individually dear reader, so please excuse the repetitions. We hope that you will enjoy each of our individual perspectives. Today was the last day of orienteering – the university campus sprint. Again, as during the past 4 days, the weather […]
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