Tagged With "A-maze-ing Laughter"

As I travel, I pay a lot of attention to statuary (there's so much!), but it's always special when it manages not only to tell a story, but to give you a little lift, a little laugh. Your samples from the Rogers Center are great! PS...for anyone with a taste for more semi-comic statues, we had a piece here on Gumbo last October: Laughter Set in Stone: Fun With Statues ...

Bob Cranwell continues his tale of visits to the Svartisdal region in Norway, and some of the potential perils of hiking around this beautiful piece of geography.

Samantha visits a famous Oahu destination, and shows us how much more there is than just how pineapples are grown.

Wilbur's exotic train journeys continue, today with stops in Istanbul, Thessaloniki, Meteora (Kalambaka), Skopje, Niš, ending in Sofia. If you love train travel stories, you'll love this post.

  She is the woman "who can turn the world on with her smile".  Mary Tyler Moore is a Hollywood superstar who graced our television screens for over fifty years, not to mention appearing in a number of films on the silver screen.  Well...

A fun cluster of statues made of bronze, to be enjoyed in Vancouver B.C.

Planning a short break or family day trip can sometimes be a stressful process. It can seem near impossible to find a destination, accommodation and activities that cater for the whole family. Thankfully, North Wales has a wide range of fantastic activities and quality family friendly B&B accommodation to suit your needs. For inspiration, here’s a list of four great family friendly activities to try on your next visit to North Wales. Criccieth Castle Whilst there are many castles in...

The Eurovision Song Contest finals are coming up next month, and fans got a surprising list of what not to bring.

Table Mountain is perhaps Oroville California's best kept secret (aside from Burma Falls).   During the winter waterfalls flow from the edges of Table Mountain to the floor of the valley. If you are lucky and know a local then you might even find...

Marilyn Jones considers what links us not only to the life around us, but to the life that has left its monuments behind.

Denmark's on a roll, returning to the top of the World Happiness Survey, but it's also gotten marks as Europe's most wasteful nation. Is that fair?

GarryRF joins his family at Delaware's version of the German festival.

Jonathan L takes us on a tour of the Library of Congress, underappreciated and worth a visit.

My first quest in any vacation is to pick and eat the local fruit. Has to be less than an hour between plucking from it's home and tasting - Can it be done there too ? Love the pix !

Dutch researchers are cited for work in understanding how people move in crowds without collisions.

We thought it might be cute to have our dog, Beau, wear this reindeer suit while we distributed Christmas presents. He wasn't too happy about the situation.

For Marilyn, these photos of flowers spark memories of traveling in Italy.

Marilyn visits the historic heart of Albuquerque, New Mexico

Once again, a selection of comedy wildlife photos to break the grim routines of daily life.

Stephany shares some of the sights, sounds and smells she encountered during a visit to the Pennsylvania Farm show in Harrisburg.

Jayita shares memories, pictures and suggestions from a food-filled break at Thailand's most famous beach resort

Canyonlands National Park is a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River and the Green River. Samantha shares some pictures from her visit.

What a coincidence! I am in Moab, after a day in the Canyonlands and Arches National Parks - far too much to see in one day I know, but that is all we had time for in this visit. I can't add any more to the full information given by Samantha. At the time we visited (about noon), we found the light gave a superb view from the Buck Canyon overlook, and I attach a few pictures.

Sitting by the side of the intricately sculpted, ancient temples of Khajuraho, I watched entranced, as a throng of people in bright, elaborate saris chattered excitedly as they made their way, in their droves, to the only temple still in use.  

The Alps offer excellent opportunities for family-friendly travel adventures (sponsored content).

DrFumblefinger visits Sri Lanka years after the death of his friend, Arthur C. Clarke. The country had changed in the decade since he'd last been there, but Arthur's office hadn't — with the notable absence of Sir Arthur.

Some suggestions for planning and staging a gathering of friends (sponsored content)

This is a hold-up! This fellow (and a companion on the other side of the door) carry the weight at building entrance on Stromgaten, near Bergen, Norway rail station. Historically, statues have served a variety of serious purposes: to honor the...