Tag: Beach

• The Cornish Coast

  

    Visiting the Cornish coast was exactly as I imagined: grassy, windblown country roads running alongside the blue-gray Atlantic waves crashing on craggy cliffs.  The light was something special here, and around every corner was another reason to pull over and take a deep breath.

  tkforrest

  March 1, 2018

  Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

  Beach, Cornwall, fish & chips, Hayle, Hell’s Mouth, Land’s End, Limorna Cove, Mousehole, Mullion Cove, Newlyn, pastys, Porthmeor, Portreath, pub, St Ives, St Just, St Michael’s Mount, The Lizard, The Tate, United Kingdom, Zennor

• A Lekker Time in Cape Town

  

  (*Lekker is an Afrikaans word that was used to 1) describe food as tasty or nice.  Now it’s been adapted as slang in other ways: 2) to comment about a woman who is fit/hot and 3) to express one’s feeling that something /someone is cool, sweet, dope; a basic word to express approval…summing up exactly…

  tkforrest

  February 4, 2018

  Cape Town, South Africa

  Anderson Paak, Beach, Bo Kaap, Boschendal, botanical garden, Bree Street, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, District Six, drought, Franschhoek, Green Market, hike, history, House of H, Kalk Bay, Khayelitsha, Langa, Long Street, Loop Street, market, neighborhood, Nelson Mandela, Old Biscuit Mill, Olympia Bakery, penguins, Robben Island, shopping, Table Mountain, township, vineyard, waterfront, wine tasting, Woodstock, YoungstaCPT

• Holiday in King’s Landing: Dubrovnik, Croatia

  

  Your first glimpse of the Old City in Dubrovnik is an incredible sight.  Whether you’re driving in from the craggy hills of Croatia or if you’re on a boat in the Adriatic’s cerulean sea, the city is breathtaking.  The Old City’s walls are up to 20 feet thick and 72 feet high in certain places.…

  tkforrest

  September 26, 2017

  Dubrovnik, Croatia

  Beach, Buza Bar, Croatia, Dubrovnik, ferry, GoT, grilled meat, island, Lapad, Lokrum, Old City, pizza, seafood, Vucine, walls, wine

• Vacaciones en Valencia

  

  Mi amiga, Aisha, y yo fuimos a Valencia para Feriado bancario en Mayo. Yo necesito practicar español en ‘past tense’ así que voy a escribir en español en la blog ahora. Buena suerte a mi!

  tkforrest

  July 15, 2017

  Valencia, Spain

  Beach, biking, City of Arts and Sciences, Graffiti, holiday, markets, paella, park, tapas, Turia, wine

• My post from the Amalfi Coast

  

  To quote my friend, Anna Moyer: “It’s hard to overstate the beauty of the Amalfi coast.”  On the bus, every hairpin turn was breathtaking.  You’re incredibly high up from the waters below, and the towns living in the mountainside are beautiful as they peak around each curve in the road.

  tkforrest

  May 6, 2017

  Amalfi Coast, Italy, Europe

  Amalfi, Beach, boat, boutique, Capri, castle, cliffs, cocktails, duomo, Easter, Ercolano, Europe, fattoria, featured, gelato, italy, lemons, linen, Naples, Nocelle, Path of the Gods, Piazza, pizza, Pompeii, Positano, ragu, Ravello, ruins, seafood, shopping, SITA, Sorrento, trattoria, Villa Cimbrone