THE CLARE'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD
2019 – Porto – Travel Day & Day 1
After being back in the UK a whole 10 days it was time to pack our bags and head off

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 21
Time to go home. We have been away three weeks and the time felt right to go home. After getting

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 20
Unforgettable that’s what this trip has been. We almost had a relaxing start to the day planning to not leave

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 19
Viva Las Vegas. I had intended to get up and watch the Norwich match which kicked off at 4.30am. However

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 18
Another glorious morning and another early start. This was of our first and last Holiday Inn Breakfast of the trip

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 17
Our last day visiting the National Parks had arrived. Today we were visiting Sequoia National Park and it was somewhere

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 16
This morning I woke up feeling as if my throat was closing on me and I kind of ached all

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 15
Today was moving on day again but we intended to make the most of it by filling it with as

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 14
‘If you call me Señorita’ was the song I had in my head as I woke. Hardly surprising as we

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 13
Today was an early start as we had read on the National Parks website that on the weekends the car

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 12
Another day another dollar. Actually make that two dollars as the exchange rate is rubbish and getting worse by the

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 11
We had a lazy start to the morning, although as breakfast chef I was on top form with porridge beautifully

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 10
A new day and a full day for Lake Tahoe to impress. Neither of us slept too well. The room

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 9
Breakfast this morning was in a small room opposite reception meaning a lovely walk in the sunshine with the temperatures

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 8
Today the Hotel promised a deluxe breakfast. Turned out to be scrambled eggs again, this time accompanied by ‘Sausage’. I’m

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 7
Another Hotel another breakfast, and more Scrambled egg. It was OK but a bit dry. No cinnamon free porridge though.

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 6
Breakfast today was advertised as ‘Continental’ style which I correctly took to mean no hot food. In fact it actually

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 5
This mornings breakfast was courtesy of the microwave in our almost finished room. Today I think the chef did well

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 4
Breakfast today was fair to middling, although the scrambled eggs were hot and fresh. We were soon back in our

2019 – USA West Coast – Day 3
After our not all positive first impressions we were ready to give Portland the benefit of the doubt this morning.

2019 – USA West Coast – Day 2
Our first moving day. We were not in a rush, so in a leisurely manner we went down to breakfast.

2019 – West Coast USA – Day 1
I must have been tired because despite waking up a couple of times for the toilet I slept through till
2019 – USA West Coast Trip – Travel Day
The alarm went off at 4am. We both jumped out of bed and quietly went about getting ready trying not
2019 – August Pre Holiday Catch Up
The Return of the Blog. What really is blogging? Does it mean different things to different people? What does it
2019 – Japan – Home
I set the alarms on both Karen’s and my phone to make sure we were up at 4.15am as we