Tagged With "Montreal Convention"
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Where Gumbo Was #8.5: San Xavier de Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona
Gumbo was visiting the Mission of San Xavier del Bac in Arizona, between Tucson and Green Valley, and once again WorkerBee gets the nod for catching him at it! Original puzzle HERE. The mission is the oldest...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Nov. 2, 2014: Serra do Pilar Monastery
Seen from Porto, Portugal, the Serra do Pilar Monastery crowns a hilltop in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto's across-the-river neighbor. The convent and its round church date to the 15th century. If it looks a lot like a fort, that should be no...
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A Rambler in Santiago de Chile
A gallery of scenes and 'seens' from PHeymont's wandering in Chile's capital city.
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Spruce beer at Paul Patates, Montreal
Travel Rob goes to a Montreal diner where he finds a French Canadian soda that's made the old fashioned way.
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Da Vinci's Last Supper, Milan
DrFumblefinger was very excited and pleased to be able to view Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Last Supper, during a visit to Milan.
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Florence, Italy: A city made for walking
Jonathan L has fallen in love with Florence, and its possibilities for walking.
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The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Jonathan L takes us on a tour of his favorite church in Florence, Santa Maria Novella Basilica.
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The Heart of Girona, Spain (Where Gumbo Was #163)
Girona, a town that feels like a larger city, sits at a strategic crossroads of history and trade, and shows its best features.
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Antigua, Guatemala: Walking Tour, Part 2
Antigua (Guatemala) is about 45 minutes away from Guatemala city. Located on the central highlands it is surrounded by several volcanoes, the largest of which, Volcan de Agua, has erupted several times, triggering associated earthquakes that have...
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Santa Caterina Market, Barcelona
Not as touristed or busy as the La Boqueria market, Santa Caterina is a great place to watch Spanish people go about their shopping and eating.
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Icelandair adds Montreal as 5th Canadian city
Icelandair adds 4-a-week service to Canada's 2nd-largest city, opening not only access to Iceland, but a new gateway to Europe for Canadians.
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April 8, 2016: Nuns Valley, Madeira
Curral das Freiras ('Nuns Valley') is a small village nestling between almost perpendicular mountains in the heart of the island of Madeira.
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Antigua, Guatemala: A Walking Tour, Part 1
Antigua is one of Guatemala's oldest cities, and has some of its best-preserved colonial buildings—at least in part because after 1776 it was nearly-abandoned for 150 years. LestertheInvestor shows us around.
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Santiago de Cuba's cathedral of hard knocks
Santiago de Cuba's Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption is a well-polished gem with a long history of disaster and plunder behind it.
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Montreal's 2015: Great tourist year, more to come
Montreal expects big tourism increases for multiple anniversaries in 2017, especially since 2015 was a year of booming tourism in the city.
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Electric Slide: Tesla taxis at Montreal Airport
A Montreal taxi company is running an app-based airport taxi service using Tesla electric cars as cabs.
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Air Canada adds Budapest and more
Air Canada starts service to Budapest, just one of a string of international expansions for the carrier.
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Walking the Walls of Old San Juan, Part 2
Jonathan L continues his walking tour of Old San Juan
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Re: Air Canada adds Budapest and more
The 787 Dreamliner has really opened up options for Air Canada and other airlines. Vancouver-Delhi is another. With older 767s some smaller cities are also finding direct travel.
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Re: Reflection of Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
A constant reminder that you are always being watched !
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Re: Spruce beer at Paul Patates, Montreal
Now that's a local travel gem worth looking up the next time I'm in Montreal. The poutine is among the best looking I've ever seen.
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Re: Spruce beer at Paul Patates, Montreal
DrFumblefinger, if you ever visit, do get the poutine, it's as good as it looks. Yum!!
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Re: Spruce beer at Paul Patates, Montreal
Travel Rob : Thanks for the memories. I can still taste it ! ;-)
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Barcelona Beyond Gaudi
A tour of masterpieces by Lluis Domenech i Montaner makes clear that Catalan modernism had more than one master.
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July 21, 2020: A Day in Merida, Mexico
Marilyn Jones makes a shore visit to Mexico's Yucatan coast city of Merida a family affair with her granddaughter.
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Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, Montreal
Gumbo was at magnificent Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
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Wine sale bails out convent
Nuns at a Dutch convent were stuck with 20,000 bottles of wine canceled by KLM until a local website helped them out.
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Montreal's Hidden Statues
Travel Rob finds some statues in Montreal in some unexpected places.
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Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, Montreal
Travel Rob goes back to Montreal to see a church he previously saw in a reflection.
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London's Southwark Cathedral
London's Southwark Cathedral has a long and colorful history as a church, but only a century or so as a cathedral.
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Around the World at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
George G rounds off our visit to the Museum with a tour of even more of its many treasures.
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New controversy over Columbus
In Europe, a controversy may be settled: Not what he did, but where he came from.
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Re: In Search of Cheesesteak
The search continues: New TravelGumbo member DB, the friend who sent me to co-#1 Dallesandro's has more to say on 'The Best,' and even Dallesandro's isn't it—it's just the best one that was open on Sunday... In DB's words: "Of course what gets overlooked in the 'best Philly cheese steaks' search are the lesser known more local neighborhood joints, often gems in their own right for both food and atmosphere. Sorrentinos on our block is one place. Unfortunately they're closed Sundays and...
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Santo Domingo Convent, Buenos Aires
DrFumblefinger visits this basilica in Buenos Aires, part of a former Dominican convent.
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Convent of Caraquet, New Brunswick
Travel Rob shares the story of a Convent with a long history, and which still is an important part of the community
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Macy's Balloons on Thanksgiving Eve
Jonathan L visits the NYC tradition of inflating the balloons for the Macy's Parade
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Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
DrFumblefinger visits this church in Milan, best known for the painting of the Last Supper in its adjoining convent.
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Saint-Denis: Museum of Contradictions
In Paris's near suburbs, a museum that reflects an unusually diverse history
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Borealis Paper Museum, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
Borealis occupies the former pumping plant of a huge paper mill, and focuses on the history and role of papermaking
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Iglesia Nuestra Senora del Pilar, Buenos Aires
The Church of Our Lady of Pilar is one of the oldest churches in Buenos Aires, and a beautiful example of its Colonial era architecture. It adjoins the famous Recoleta Cemetery.
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From the Shoebox, a Gallery of Details
The pictures in this gallery are mainly architectural details—rooflines, entrances, windows—noticed in years of walking in cities and having my eye caught by a strong line, an unexpected contrast, an extended shape...I don't even always know what catches me, and, as here, it's often not the most significant building.