Category Archives: Travels

Airports and Airlines

Posted on April 2, 2013 by kuwaitquilter

Last Thursday, I really got an insight into the wide variety you find in airports. It was a study in contrasts, to be sure. We started out in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk…….. an international airport on a very mini-scale. There is one baggage … Continue reading →

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Wanderingquilter’s 2012 in review

Posted on December 31, 2012 by kuwaitquilter

Thank you, everyone who has visited my blog in the past year.  Thank you for your comments, making me really realize that there is someone out there and urging me to continue and to get better at this. Thank you … Continue reading →

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Copenhagen Botanical Gardens – a Dangerous Place

Posted on December 20, 2012 by kuwaitquilter

Dangerous for a quilter, anyway! There are far too many textures and interesting shapes.  One could almost say that Pat and I couldn’t see the forest for the trees. There have been botanical gardens in Copenhagen since the 1600’s. In … Continue reading →

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Two Quilt Shops

Posted on November 26, 2012 by kuwaitquilter

in Copenhagen area that we visited. There are more than that, but, hey – I wasn’t there very long.  Next time, the rest had better watch out. The first one we went to was Speich Design in Lyngby, after we … Continue reading →

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In Copenhagen – Take Two

Posted on November 21, 2012 by kuwaitquilter

I’ve been three days in this beautiful city, and have so much to tell you already! I’m lucky to have not only a good friend who lives here, but another from Canada visiting here son who is studying here. Here … Continue reading →

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The Move Has Begun…..

Posted on November 6, 2012 by kuwaitquilter

David left yesterday morning (6 am – yawn) for Sakhalin Island, Russia.  He arrived at noon Tuesday  (which was 10 hours before it was noon here), and launched into the job immediately. I have begun what could be a 3 … Continue reading →

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A New Adventure Begins…….

Posted on October 18, 2012 by kuwaitquilter

again. I took David to the airport this morning for his first flight to Russia…….. Sakhalin Island, to be exact. He is in the process of transferring there from Norway, and went for a few days to meet with the … Continue reading →

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Home for Thanksgiving

Posted on October 27, 2011 by kuwaitquilter

I just got back from Canada, where I got to spend Thanksgiving with some of my children and their friends.  It was lovely green and gold….. and much colder than I have been used to in Muscat.  When you look … Continue reading →

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Schiphol Airport – User Friendly

Posted on October 8, 2011 by kuwaitquilter

I’m almost at the end of my 6 hour layover in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on my way to spend two weeks visiting relatives and friends in Canada – hopefully before the snow flies. I have to say that I am … Continue reading →

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Hippo Heaven – Kenya Safari Part 3

Posted on October 3, 2011 by kuwaitquilter

Taken from the Simba Resort website: Located 90 minutes away from Nairobi by road, Naivasha has long been the place for those seeking to get away from it all. Joy Adamson, author of Born Free made the shores her home, … Continue reading →

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