Tour Managers Tales

Hello, Just returned from a two week California .....  all I can say is .... well .... enjoyment and appreciation comes in many different forms from downright insults ... to total ignorance, demands with no thanks, and then some amazing people, it is true it takes allsorts. No more to be said ..... This trip started in San Francisco, three great days to enjoy the city the weather was good, and we had a great tour with Craig. From SF, we made our way down the coast to Monterey, and then drove Pacific Grove to 17 Mile Drive through Pebble Beach on the way to Carmel. From here it was down the Big Sur, some amazing views and scenery, arrived at Cambria pines a really nice location. Good to see my old friend "smokey" the cat. Leaving Cambria we travelled to Solvang the lovely little Danish town, excellent Danish pastries at the Birkholm Bakery and a nice chat with the girls in the Solvang Deli ( cheese and wine) ..lovely shop. Lunch stop in Santa Barbara, fish and chips at S

Hello everyone,  I have just returned from Canada, well to be more specific, Newfoundland, this has to be one of my favourite places to visit, the land is so natural the scenery beautiful but most of all the people are amazing, so friendly. This trip started with a flight from London to Halifax in Nova Scotia,  3 nights in this interesting maritime city, with visits to the beautiful Peggys Cove and Lunenburg. We travelled to Sydney (Nova Scotia), through Pictou, to view the Hector, the old ship that brought the Scottish immigrants to Canada, the onwards to the Canso Causeway and through Cape Breton and the great waters of the Bras d'or Lake. The following day we sailed to Newfoundland, and continued the journey to Corner Brook, a lovely, but all to short a stay, at the Glynmill Hotel. The next day it was off to make the journey to St Anthony, situated at the top of the Northern Peninsula, by way of Gros Morne Park. In the evening we took a boat ride out into Iceberg Alley (okay