Heathrow gets 'best airport' award, closes T1
Amazingly to many of us, London's Heathrow has been named best airport in Europe, picked from among 450 European airports in 46 European countries (did you know there were that many?)
Amazingly to many of us, London's Heathrow has been named best airport in Europe, picked from among 450 European airports in 46 European countries (did you know there were that many?)
Gumbo was visiting the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg. This is home to the provincial government of Manitoba -- not unlike a USA state capital building. A number of you solved this puzzle. In order of emailing us...
The Golden Temple, or Harmandir Sahib, is the holiest Sikh Temple and is breathtakingly beautiful. But what makes the visit so very unforgettable and enjoyable is the relaxed atmosphere.
One of the benefit’s of less planning and more wandering is finding places that seem to have been missed by the guidebooks. The Heritage House is one of those, although I now see my Lonely Planet Vietnam guide is almost as ancient...
The beautiful waterfront town of Bristol, RI, has a lot to be proud of. Here—in this picture-perfect port town—the oldest continuous Fourth of July celebration in the nation is celebrated earning the city its nickname...
Washington's National Mall has a lot of wonderful memorials. The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located near the Lincoln Memorial and was dedicated in 1995. It commemorates the sacrifices of almost 6 million Americans in the U.S....
This statue of Georges Clemenceau, is one of my favorite Paris statues, not least because it embodies none of the heroic classicism that tends to make the person being honored seem a concept rather than a person.
This post concludes our visit to Gasoline Alley in Calgary, a great car museum with the world's largest collection of gasoline pumps and car-related signs. We've previously looked at the museum in these posts: antique gasoline pumps...
I thought this series about Gold Country was done. But I realize now that may not be true for some time. About 6 months ago, wanting to replace the wood stove in my house that was installed when the house was built in 1978, I called...
Manhattan’s Trinity Church is one of the oldest Episcopal parishes in North America, but its church is a relative newcomer, built during the Gothic revival of the mid-19th century. No wonder most of the guesses placed it far away and in an...
Shanghai wants the world to know it's not taking second place to anyone in the Leaning Tower business, and they have numbers to make their case. Alright, they admit, the Shanghai tower, at right above, is only about 20 meters high compared with...
Visitors at Mao Zedong's birthplace Photo: Brucke-Osteuropa / Wikimedia Chinese and Russian tourism authorities have agreed to work together on activities that center...
The last day of my AmaWaterways Tulip Time river cruise I visit Zaanse Schans near Amsterdam. At first glance it seems like an elaborate theme park celebrating Dutch history, but in actuality, this is a historic community with an...
Our visit to Gasoline Alley in Calgary continues. We've previously looked at the museum's collection of antique gasoline pumps , vehicles from 1907 - 1917 and 1918 - 1928 . We continue with the last of the vehicles, my...
You've read about European and American neighborhoods and villages recreated in China, but this one takes the cake: a full-size replica of the Titanic, berthed in an amusement park in Sichuan.