1. January - Casco Viejo On the first day of January 2022, I strolled through Casco Viejo in Panama, after ringing in the New Year in Coronado, a teeming costal expat community on the Pacific Coast. Casco Viejo or Casco Antiguo is a historical, charming and vibrant neighborhood. “Considered a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site, …
Sao Miguel – The First Night
“Over the centuries, they were rumored to be the remnants of the lost continent of Atlantis or the last kingdom of the Lusiads, founded by Lusus, the son of Bacchus, the god of wine. Some Azoreans told me they believe their ancestors to be disgraced Portuguese nobles and bastard sons.” -~ Diana Marcum, Pulitzer Prize …
My Recent Readings
The pandemic and the slow down in travel have certainly increased my readings of books over the last two years. Reading 📖 transports you to different places, virtually, and it’s one of the best activities to reduce stress. I would like to share with you my reviews of five books which I read recently. Some …
Unpredictable Yet Hopeful
Allow me to re-introduce myself as the founder of Come With G Blog, especially for those who are new to this space - small in number of followers but quite steady. My name is Glenda and I currently live on the beautiful island 🏝 of Bermuda 🇧🇲 - 32.3078° N, 64.7505° W Pre-pandemic I worked …
MY 2018 Travelogue – Come With G
I ended 2018 in the same country where I started, that is in Cuba. Cuba is 40 minutes by plane from my current base, the Cayman Islands. This blog posting is more of a picture book as I have blogged in detail about some of the places I visited during 2018 already. This just sums …
My Self Guided Walking Tour of Oslo
Without a doubt the highlight of my trip to Norway at the beginning of June was visiting the fjords. However, I found Oslo to be a very vibrant, clean, cosmopolitan city, bustling with restaurants, bars and high end shopping districts. Oslo is the oldest (over 1,000 years) and least populated capital in Scandinavia. I took …
Eyeing London
The Coca-Cola London Eye is one of the post popular attractions in the city of London.
New York by Uber, the Clear Winner
Have Uber App, Will Ride!
How Would I Manage Without My IPad Et Al?
I did a very quick informal FB survey amongst my friends to find out what they thought of the recent laptop and other types of electronics "in cabin" ban, on flights originating from Middle Eastern countries and at least two North African countries. I asked what they would do if they were to be …
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Have Passport? Will You Travel?
Right on the heels of the announcement that the US and the UK have banned electronics of a certain size being brought on board flights into the US, emanating from "Muslim majority countries" and some airports in North Africa, is the attack as on the British Parliament today March 22, 2017, being deemed a terrorist …