The view from my "office"

[Flashback]

Yatir Winery, near Arad (Israel). Yes, that is a gum tree!


Masada, overlooking the Dead Sea.

And the only place in town open on Shabbat for dinner..... had this little cracker on the wall, it's Irish and means 'kiss my cough'!

 

[Quickstatus]

I'm not an astronaut.
But this was a view from my office computer

 

[drron]

And I really lucked out with my car park view today @Cossie . It was for this event in Livorno Italy.









This entry looked professional.

 

[Cossie]

And I really lucked out with my car park view today @Cossie . It was for this event in Livorno Italy.
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Some nice cars there!

Current view, Omani lounge Muscat. Next stop Frankfurt, swmbo isn’t feeling feel, but should get a good sleep next leg, hopefully….

Menu from Bangkok to Muscat as well. I only had room for the coconut fish.

 

[OATEK]

Sudeley, Cotswolds

 

[VPS]

Sudeley, Cotswolds
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I stayed in Winchcombe for a week a few years ago. Nice little town and lovely castle. I was a bit tempted by the castle apartments on my last trip but decided against it

 

[Port Power]

View of the opposition as my office for the next fortnight (Coral Adventurer) left Darwin yesterday.

 

[Port Power]

The office today went up the Indian Ocean to the Hunter River and King George Falls. With all the recent rain and floods, there were numerous waterfalls to see along the way. At one of them, a relaxed local was enjoying a nice, freshwater shower.

 

[Flashback]

Yesterday's office.... Avdat National Park - we had to skip the previous trail we planned to do (Ein Avdat National Park) as it was closed due to the heavy rains and flash flooding earlier this week.

First a stop at Ben Gurion's (the first Israel PM) grave.


Then a walk around the lookout point for Ein Avdat (which was open, but you weren't allowed to hike down to the canyon).


And then onto Avdat NP, an old Nabotean city on the incense route.






That also meant that the road to Eilat (route 40) was closed too, which was a concern as it meant we'd need to double back and drive up to route 90 (which thankfully just re-opened). Of course 3 hours vs the 1 hour 20 min drive we had planned meant today's plans would change considerably.

Roads blocked in South as floods, heavy rains surprise Israel

Mount Hermon closed to visitors due to heavy snowfall • Highway 90 closed off, Health Ministry issues warning against bathing in Tel Aviv beaches

www.jpost.com

However, some good news (to be verified shortly!) is that route 40 re-opened at 8.30pm last night.

The chap at the road closure let us drive onto Route 40 yesterday though as long as we promised just to do the short little drive in we planned, some tight hair pins going down into the Mitzpe Ramon Crater but some nice views.

 

[Daver6]

Location clue in the name and flags

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Portofino, Italy today. The view from the Silver Moon.

 

[Flashback]

Red Canyon, right on the border of Israel and Egypt.








Crossed the border by ourselves, easy enough, now in Aqaba Jordan and given a nice suite overlooking the Red Sea.

 

[JohnK]

Finally saw some blue sky and the sun and now 2 days in a row.









Miss my view of the mountains with icy cold beer on my balcony.

 

[Cossie]

Lounge in Muscat and menu, Muscat to Frankfurt.



View from B’Mine Hotel, Frankfurt Airport, this newly established area of hotels and offices was a former US military base. A bit of German engineering, triple glazed, plus extra fixed pane with a gap at the top to allow air movement when window open.

 

[Flashback]

Finally saw some blue sky and the sun and now 2 days in a row.

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Miss my view of the mountains with icy cold beer on my balcony.

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I see your beer.. and raise you a nice chilled glass of rosè by the pool

 

[boomy]

I see your beer.. and raise you a nice chilled glass of rosè by the pool
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Is see yous beer and rosé and raise you a glass of PH Rare in SQ TPR my office for the next hour

 

[Flashback]

Is see yous beer and rosé and raise you a glass of PH Rare in SQ TPR my office for the next hour

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Gee, that's changed since I last passed through in 2010.

I raise you a long island iced tea from the tallest bar in Aqaba..

 

[tgh]

High stakes but an interesting game...

 

[Pushka]

High stakes but an interesting game...

Yep. I can compete with car parks but the stakes have been raised. Hopefully I'll be able to play the high roller game in two weeks time.

 

[Cossie]

Does this count, not from our room, but the corridor. Frankfurt taxi parking.



View from terminal 1, Frankfurt. Not something you see often these days, 747 that is…..