Ok, I have not mentioned this before because I usually far over-talk how much we walk, because we ARE enthusiastic walkers. But I'm just saying, we are walking our butts off. I have not even asked Stan how he is holding up, but my butt is sore, my ankles ache and my shins even hurt. I'm not sure how he is feeling but sometimes as we are walking back to the cottage I think I hear him whimpering. It is hot here. I mean August Florida Panhandle Beach hot which m...

Can it be? The flague is finally subsiding. We stayed up late last night and actually woke up at 6:30 am! Yaaay! Some semblance of normality! Now we are cooking! I'd take moment to describe our Adelaide Balinese-style bungalow. It is called The Lotus Eater. The designer of this unique little cottage obviously spent a lot of time on Bali collecting the furnishings and trimmings. It is very authentic. The little house has an outdoor living area as well as a...

I've invented a new term, jet flague. Forget jet lag, we have flague. It's a serious form of being thoroughly out of sorts. We managed to sleep a bit last night after a nice long walk around the Airport burbs of Melbourne. It was a quite pretty neighborhood actually. The residential architecture here is unique - a mixture of clean, blocky modern homes and next for a style we are told is Victorian, one-story Victorians. The Victorians seem to have a sea-faring...

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