Route 66: St Louis to Cuba Ioana, 14 September 20238 August 2025 We first drove to Times Beach visitors centre and Meramec River Bridge. There is an interesting story – Times Beach newspaper sold land in this area in 1925 to develop a community of holiday houses (people could buy land for just $67.50 with a 6 month subscription). It ended up… Continue Reading
Singapore 2023 Ioana, 13 September 20238 July 2025 September might not be the best time to visit Singapore as it’s the end of the southwest monsoon – which means hot, humid weather. For us though it turned out to be quite an enjoyable, short holiday. The night we arrived was the day after the blue moon of the… Continue Reading
Route 66: Springfield to St Louis Ioana, 29 August 20231 August 2025 We came across a section around Auburn where the old road structure of red bricks is still visible, making one wonder at the amount of time and effort spent to build miles and miles of road. We drove through corn country today – green around us as far as the… Continue Reading
Route 66: Bloomington to Springfield Ioana, 25 August 202331 July 2025 Before leaving Bloomington we went to see the mansion that belonged to David Davis. He was a judge who supported Abraham Lincoln through his political career and had a very important role in his becoming president of USA. We went way too early to be able to visit the mansion,… Continue Reading
Route 66: Chicago to Bloomington Ioana, 18 August 202331 July 2025 After being delayed due to COVID by three years we finally got to drive the famous Mother Road in June 2023 with Paul & Robyn from Down under on Route 66 who maintained an entertaining blog as we drove. The first stop was after leaving Chicago was Willowbrook at Del… Continue Reading