by Trips Of Our Life | Feb 2, 2018 | Africa, Egypt
I visited the Valley of the Kings, together with Karnak and Hatshepsut temples in Luxor, on a full day organized tour from Hurghada. The story of the valley is well known: the rich Kings-Pharaohs of that time wanted to be buried together with their gold after their...
by Trips Of Our Life | Jan 16, 2018 | Africa, Egypt
Yes, the Khufu pyramid is the oldest and largest of the Giza pyramids…Yes, it is the oldest of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient world and the only one that remains until today…and No, I won’t talk about its history at all. If you don’t know, the...
by Trips Of Our Life | Nov 9, 2017 | Ευρώπη, Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο
Κατά τη διάρκεια της τριήμερης επίσκεψής μου στο Εδιμβούργο τον περασμένο Σεπτέμβριο, αποφάσισα να κάνω μία αυθημερόν εκδρομή στα φημισμένα Highlands. Οι επιλογές ήταν πολλές. Μετά από έρευνα και λόγω χρόνου και κόστους, έκλεισα την εκδρομή στα νότια Highlands με την...
by Trips Of Our Life | Nov 8, 2017 | Europe, UK
During my 3-day visit in Edinburgh last September, I decided to join a full-day tour to the famous Highlands. The choices for the tour were numerous. Since my time was limited and my budget was low, I decided to book the excursion to the south Highlands, by Hairy Coo...
by Trips Of Our Life | Nov 2, 2017 | Europe, UK
One of the most important highlights of our full-day tour to the south Highlands was the popular Loch Katrine of the national Park Trossachs. This Loch (in Scottish, not meaning the same as lake) comprises a narrow, 13-km-long stripe of water, surrounded by hills,...
by Trips Of Our Life | Nov 2, 2017 | Europe, UK
On our third stop of our full-day tour to the south Highlands, we visited the only lake of Scotland, lake Menteith (the only one because all the rest are called “lochs” by the locals). We stopped at a spot along the main road and for a while we went down near the...
by Trips Of Our Life | Nov 1, 2017 | Europe, UK
On our third stop of our full day tour to the south Highlands we visited the Little Fawn waterfall, placed in a beautiful spot of the Queen Elizabeth forest, part of the Trossachs National Park. We left our bus at the parking lot just outside the forest and went on on...
by Trips Of Our Life | Oct 31, 2017 | Europe, UK
Our last stop of our full day tour to the south Highlands included a meeting with the cute locals…the Hairy Scotland Coos. A worldwide unique cattle breed, with roots to the Highlands and the western Isles of Scotland. So, on our way back to Edinburgh, we...
by Trips Of Our Life | Jul 16, 2017 | Europe, Germany
Füssen is a beautiful town with 15.000 residents, placed on the foothills of the Bavarian Alps. It is considered as the highest Bavarian town built in 800-1200m above sea level. It is mostly known as the initial or the final destination of the royal «Romantic Road» in...
by Trips Of Our Life | Jun 4, 2017 | Africa, Kenya
The Maasai Mara National Reserve is world famous for the Great Migration of gnus and other small animals that travel from Tanzania for days during the months of July – October. I won’t refer to general details, as they are easy to find on the web and the official...
