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AUSTRALIA | Sun, 22 Jun 2025 | By countryboy | Views [28879] | Comments [2]
Welcome back. Nice not to be dead, isn’t it? I’m here. You’re here. This is good.
It’s been a while.
A looooong while.
First up, apologies if the ‘dead’ comment was triggering. Did we even have the word ‘... Read more >
Tags: ai, artificial intelligence, checking in, hi, substack, writing
USA | Fri, 16 May 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [29230]
IT SHOULDN’T HAVE COME AS A SHOCK—there have been only two or three of us posting in the past year—but World Nomads seems to have stopped supporting photos on this site. And what’s a travel blog without pictures?
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USA | Fri, 11 Apr 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [29081]
NO TRIP TO THE HOUSTON AREA would be complete without a visit to Sabine Woods Audubon Sanctuary—at least for birders like us. Yes, we know we’re here too soon for the Spring migration but we’re hoping to see a few of those famous Early ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 23 Jul 2025 | By countryboy | Views [28541]
Right. Where were we?
I alerted everyone to the world-altering news that I had written a parody of a certain tally-ho pilot from last century and that I was starting to post it – in chapters – on a thing called Substack.
Then my 87-... Read more >
Tags: delay, femur, goggles, hospitals, parent, rehab
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 26 Nov 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [234]
The temperature was forecast to never get much above freezing so we bundled up for the walk to Earl’s Court Underground station. Thirty minutes later we were at Russell Square with only a short walk to the British Museum.
The Museum ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 25 Nov 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [220]
The Eurostar “Chunnel” train from Paris to London may cost a bit more than flying but it is much more civilized. We cleared both EU and UK immigration at Gare du Lyon in Paris, carried our own luggage onto the train and were in London in ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 | By graynomadsusa | Views [208]
A) AMSTERDAM B) BIRMINGHAM V) VENICE
I wore my hat and gloves as we walked along Birmingham’s Waterfront Walk on this Valentine’s Day morning. John followed sheepishly behind, shivering. As quiet and scenic ... Read more >
MAURITANIA | Thu, 15 Jan 2026 | By shaz | Views [186]
So I made it. Arrived in Nouakchott at 2am.
No transfer waiting at arrivals...fucking typical! Sat down, no airport wifi, started mentally preparing to stay there until daylight. Noticed nobody else there except me and an airport guy. He asked if ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [167]
The Galapagos Islands is the laboratory where Charles Darwin began developing his theory of evolution in 1835 . It took him more than 20 years of mulling, prodding from geologist Charles Lyell and botanist Joseph Hooker and competition from Alfred Russel ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sun, 30 Nov 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [163]
When Henry VIII wasn’t busy tearing down churches, monasteries and abbeys or doing away with excess-to-needs wives, he indulged his paranoia by building castles. Actually more like fortresses, some 30 “castles” were constructed as part ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 29 Nov 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [162]
It rained hard on Thursday and Saturday’s forecast isn’t much better. Today would be the best day for birding at Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve. It took us a half-hour for he eight-mile drive on England’s narrow, winding ... Read more >
WESTERN SAHARA | Tue, 27 Jan 2026 | By shaz | Views [160]
This part of my trip I visit Western Sahara. I crossed the El Guerguerat border between Mauritania and Western Sahara. One of those places you don’t really think about until you’re actually there. This stretch of desert sits in a long running ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sun, 16 Nov 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [155]
I had almost forgotten our 2015 “drive by” visit to Citadel in Besançon. This time we’ll stay for a few days, if only to break up the six-hour drive from Lyon to Strasbourg. Traffic and parking being what they are, we decided ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 7 Feb 2026 | By debo | Views [150]
Hey! 1 week pre trip and i found my journal from the trip where Estefy and I met and thought maybe would keep a record of our return trip to South America, this time 12 years on!
We are spending the last week saying good bye to all our friends ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 17 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [148]
We finished our Christmas letter—even checked it twice—and (e)mailed it off to all of the good little boy and girls. If you didn’t get yours, try to be nicer next year. When we still felt that we needed a little Christmas—right ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thu, 23 Oct 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [145]
When we began our travels a couple of decades ago, we had to rely on guidebooks like “Lonely Planet” and Rick Steves. Now the internet is chock-a-block with tips and destinations for independent travelers. Much of it is shamelessly ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 13 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [143]
Despite English Heritage sites going back in time from castles, priories and monasteries to Roman villas and even Neolithic sites, John’s favorite site opened for business in 1939. Its existence wasn’t known to the general public until 1970 ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thu, 13 Nov 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [140]
Around 910, William I, Duke of Aquitaine “The Pious” founded the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny with the “no strings” donation of his hunting preserve. The monastery would be free from any future obligations to him and his ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sat, 22 Nov 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [139]
Connie had had a list of places in Metz that she wanted to visit, most important and—as it turned out—the most impressive Metz Cathedral and Musée de la Coeur d’Or. I picked our AirBnB less on location and price but because it ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 9 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [138]
Cambridge seemed like a good compromise. It’s only an hour train ride from London but not too far from East Anglia’s English Heritage sites. John picked our AirBnB, in part, for the free parking, a real luxury in this college town. It’... Read more >
FRANCE | Wed, 19 Nov 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [136]
We considered returning to Colmar today—the sun was shining and we wanted to see our favorite town in its glory. When we realized that Colmar’s neighbor, Eguisheim, was on the list of “Les Plus Beaux Villages de France,” we re-... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 5 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [135]
You might wonder why we are visiting the Isle of Wight at this cold and dreary time of year. The short answer would be Osborne House.
Faced with a growing family and the increasing pressures of court life, Queen Victoria pined for “a place of ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 20 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [134]
The English are a strange lot. They consider the Battle of Hastings one of the most famous events in English history. It was the only time that England was invaded by a foreign power, their king was slain on the battlefield and their army was soundly ... Read more >
FRANCE | Fri, 31 Oct 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [134]
Whether to visit Chambord or Chenonceau, that was the question. Both were top picks on Rick Steves’ recommended list. Château de Chenonceau was described as the “toast of the Loire.” On the other hand, Château Chambord ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wed, 5 Nov 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [128]
Bordeaux and wine have been an item since Roman times but after Bordeaux wine was served at the wedding of Henry Plantagenet, future King Henry II, and Eleanor of Aquitaine it became the plonk of royalty. When Richard the Lionhearted proclaimed it his ... Read more >