Translation of verschiedentlich

On the other hand I do not like the way they deal with a topic: If they bring international news, they prefer not to focus on the main issue but to present some unimportant background story.
We had time to walk around the waterfall but refrained from entering the little lake at the bottom. My fellow tourtakers were quiet nice and we spend a while just sitting in the grass near the water.
We arrived at the next hotel, which was only two blocks away, again deciding from the outside, that we would not sleep there. I questioned the short ride, because on the map the two places were far apart.