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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Vienna Trip Written Report Twenty-Four Hours 10 Purpose 2: Kunsthistorisches Museum; Day11: Flying Dorsum Home

Part 2:  Kunsthistorisches Museum

Mother of pearl inlay box






Coral








Check out the handle

Alabaster medallion





 See the pearls on the dog's neckband together with the fine operate on the horse's tail...

These models work...we tin run into them on tablets available close by









Ancient Egypt:







The palace is lovely





We spent four addition hours together with and then had to reluctantly larn out every bit nosotros had our prepare to Budapest at 4.40. We could receive got walked to the Hofburg palace together with seen the Imperial treasurey for which nosotros had bought the ticket. We didn't.

This is the Maria Theresa platz exterior the museum.







I had mistakenly idea it was at 4.20. We had got permission from our apt guys to banking enterprise fit out slow past times 2.30. We wasted some fourth dimension choosing the incorrect leave of absence from the metro, nosotros should receive got chosen University platz, nosotros retraced, got our tram, arrived at our apt. had our lunch, collected the bags, caught the tram 13A to hbf. Arrived at that topographic point past times 3.15 together with spent 1 ½ hours sitting unopen to at the mall downstairs. Regret this bad slice of planning, Could receive got easily visited the treasury!

Caught our prepare together with arrived at Budapest Keleti station at 7.20. We had the let on of our transfer service, called them using the gratis station wifi. They told us to expression exterior the station contrary Burger King. In less together with then v minutes, a taxi climbed upward the curb together with stopped. Yes, it was for us, the meter had 500 forints on it. We gave the driver our drome hotel address. He took us there. We paid the fare on the meter 5500 forints... thence reasonable!

Day 11, November 27, 2017:


Budapest Airport Hotel Ferihegy:


Chose the hotel because nosotros had an early on morn flight. There were a lot of negatives unfortunately.
There was a stink from the sewer through out every bit the mutual washroom was ajar. The same stink pervaded our room washroom also.
The shower stall had no house for keeping our lather dish. There was no lather provided together with the dispenser close the sink was empty. We go amongst our ain toileteries, thence nosotros made do.
Main lawsuit was that the possessor refused to accept business office payment inwards forints. We receive got done thence inwards many countries, exhausting the local currency. It was a major inconvenience every bit nosotros were saddled amongst forints.
For the drome driblet off at v euros each, boy needed a 5.30 am drop. The possessor said it's xx together with xl min past times the hour. Actually it's a small-scale setup, at that topographic point was no require to insist on such timings. They anyway produce private dropoff.
When I was virtually to denote my dropoff time, possessor said, checkout is 11am. Pretty amazed every bit drome hotels , esp ane time similar this ane require non insist on such timings. Their clients volition hardly come upward rushing inwards to occupy the rooms during the day. Anyway I left at 10.40 am. My flying counter entirely opens at 11.
On the positive side, the breakfast opens at four am.

As mentioned, at that topographic point were a lot of niggles amongst the drome hotel. But it was manageable. Son boarded his flying at 6.40am together with mine was at 1.

Thus ended our beautiful vacation!

The side past times side postal service is the showtime of the study on our two calendar week opor-garai inwards Hawaii:

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Hawaii Trip Report, Twenty-Four Hours 13: Hapuna Beach, Hamakua Nut Factory, Waipio Twenty-Four Hours 14: Painted Church, Puʻuhonua O Hōnaunau; Twenty-Four Hours 15: Drive'flight Back

DAY xiii DEC 22, 2012:


On beach trail... started driving due north from the hotel. Quite hot for us.

Hapuna beach:


At the famous Hapuna beach.










Again nosotros packed upwards early on because of the potent sun.

Hamakua nut factory:


We headed to Hamakua nut factory... 


The wall has stones stacked upwards amongst no mortar...loved this driveway.

No nosotros are NOT nuts... simply totally loved this place. 




 Took the self guided tour. Packed nuts... the manufacturing flora was non running that day. Saw all the machines.


 Samples ... nosotros bought the salted, the plain, the dear glazed, the java flavour together with the chocolate...

Ahh the gratis sample table.... when nosotros left a menage unit of measurement attacked the table... together with left afterward eating for free... some people convey no ethics!!

We had bought the costliest java every bit good ...100% kona for the boss.

Ice cream section.... nosotros had done hence much gratis sampling... did non convey infinite for the icecream.

Took a drive upwards north... stopped yesteryear a ranch. The cows were a picayune surprised at unexpected visitors.



This cowboy kicking commemorates the trophy won yesteryear their rodeo participants inward Wyoming.



Another route side stop. Being weekend, this house was closed. We simply said howdy to the possessor who was leaving together with hence took some pics of this scenic place.












Drove on farther north... upwards the kohala mountains ... cool together with scenic. Passed several ranches including naalapa stables . Reached Hawi... 4000 feet inward a higher house sea level.



As nosotros were 65 miles away from Sheraton, reluctantly turned dorsum to accomplish abode earlier dark.

At Sheraton pool. The youngster decides to stick on for our pic. 


 Koa forest canoe together with authentic sail.




Sitting at the room entrance having a snack,





 watching the Sun set.

DAY fourteen DEC 23, 2012:


Went on a scenic drive together with arrived at the Benedict Church

At the Painted church:


The church building was painted yesteryear the Belgian monk who stayed here.





Apart from the panels on the side walls, the arch behind the altar is great, 3-dimensional...St Francis of Assissi receiving the stigmata from Jesus.



Some meditation, picayune donation.

St Benedict inward the church building yard.
 Outside Benedict's church... admiring the crimson together with white hibiscus.




Bread fruit... well, Jesus did brand breadstuff available to devotees.

As usual nosotros were the alone ones at that spot on the repose sunday morning.



Tree laden amongst oranges.


Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park:


This historical green preserves the site where, upwards until the early on 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid for certain expiry yesteryear fleeing to this house of refuge or puʻuhonua.

The offender would move absolved yesteryear a priest together with freed to leave.

Defeated warriors together with non-combatants could also abide by refuge hither during times of battle.

The grounds simply exterior the Great Wall that encloses the puʻuhonua were abode to several generations of powerful chiefs. the soldiers blow the conch announcing the arrival of the chief... if a commoner looks at the chief, he'll move killed.


Chief inward a yellowish cape together with caput dress.

Must convey been tough times to alive inward for a commoner.
 Map of large island.


This 450 acre site includes the puʻuhonua together with a complex of archeological sites including: temple platforms, regal fishponds, sledding tracks, together with some coastal hamlet sites.

The Hale o Keawe temple together with several thatched structures convey been reconstructed.

Noni tree.

Hale pilli... grass house.





Stone structures hollowed to shop food, to role every bit grinding surface or to shop sea H2O for evaporating together with making salt.

This is a tree mould... over M years ago, lava from Mauna Loa flowed hither together with knocked downward this tree.

Behind is the reconstructed hale o keawe.. one-time temple which held the bones of 23 chiefs... the one-time i was looted yesteryear lord Byron (cousin to the poet)in 1825.
After the looting the queen gathered the remaining bones together with hid them.

Papamu... stone used for a game of konane.


 Screw pines.

This is where regal canoes landed.

These are ki'i... carved wooden images. These are recent re creations.





A regal guard.

This is the master copy wall built inward 1500s... 10 feet high, 17feet thick... no mortar used...this separates the house of refuge from the regal grounds.

Temple asset the bones of chiefs.
Offerings were left on the tower.
Their mana... spirit ...stands guard over the temple.



Another regal guard.

Scenic path to the ocean; dainty replica of the shirt blueprint here.

Tide pools. Caught the sea turtle inward our video.

Behind is the king's favorite seat... holes to hoist poles to concord a canopy also tin move seen.

Big lava rock.

On the king's seat.

This was i time the principal heiau... temple.






This is the ka'a humanu stone...King Kamehameha's favorite queen hid nether this i time afterward a quarrel... but her barking domestic dog gave the game away.

This is the existent papamu... the stone which the royals used for their game.

At the ocean...this is what i imagines Hawaii would be... sea together with swaying palms.

Noni



Sunset at Sheraton.



 Sheraton lobby.... Grill has appropriate boat/sail motif.





Best business office of Sheraton remain was the expanse was a skillful five flat cooler than Kona area… nosotros constitute the Sun likewise hot on the Kona side together with entering the hotel grounds inward the eve was a relief. 

We religiously watched out for manta rays on the 1st two evenings along amongst a huge crowd inward the bar expanse together with divers, snorkelers shining low-cal inward the body of body of water but it was a no show. On our final evening, nosotros decided we’ll spot inward ½ hr but had no hopes but to our please two mantas showed upwards together with were dancing simply about quite early… yesteryear 7.30… at that spot were simply a handful of people….the mantas were the high point!!




I'll upload a video shortly

DAY 15, December 24, 2012:

We drove dorsum inward steady drizzle together with decreased visibility to Hilo via the famous Saddle road. 

Felt similar a roller coaster ride.

In hilo nosotros kept our bags at the Seaside Lodge together with drove to Hilo Botanical gardens where they offered segway rides. The cows at that spot were emaciated together with the roads were all gravel. We took brusque hikes to a pair of H2O falls together with hence drove back.

Went to the airport, returned the car.

Then President Obama was coming inward that twenty-four hr menstruum for his opor-garai amongst family. We saw the Airforce 1 parked. nosotros took our flying to Honolulu together with hence onward to Honolulu.

End of a lovely holiday!
MAHALO!

Report on our AWESOME xvi twenty-four hr menstruum opor-garai to mainland People's Republic of China starts here: