One of my favorite places to visit in Colorado is in the western part of the state, just south of the I-70 freeway and city of Colorado Springs. Colorado National Monument contains some beautiful red sandstone rock, with massive…
Under renovation, like other buildings around Place Vendome in Paris, this 18th-century building hides its surgery scars behind a curtain.
One of the most exciting things about visiting Volcanoes National Park is an opportunity to see molten lava. This is somewhat a matter of luck. Sometimes when you visit, there’ll be easily accessible lava flowing; at other times, nothing…
Prague features many monuments to the Velvet Revolution (the fall of Soviet Communism some 25 years ago); the most moving to me is The Memorial to the Victims of Communism. Situated at the base of Petrin Hill in the…
Customers contemplate the bounty of the sea in Barcelona’s famous Bouqueria Market. One of Europe’s oldest and largest indoor market halls (and one of over 20 in Barcelona), this is a mecca for both wholesale and retail buyers and for the…
One of my favorite wildflowers is Fireweed. A fairly common plant in northern regions, it’s generally found in open meadows. Fireweed is especially prevalent in areas that were just burned out (hence it’s name) or that were recently…
Situated on the eastern side of Naoussa Bay about 7 miles east of the main town of Parikia is this very picturesque old harbour whose fortifications date from the Venetian era of trade dominance of the Aegean and Mediterranean. …
This little car is a Trabant. Powered by a two-stroke pollution generator that maxed out at 18 hp, the Trabant was made of a fiberglass, reinforced with recycled fibres like cotton and wood. Designed in the 1950s, the Trabant was East…
I visited The Grand Canyon in January and was a little saddened to wake up that morning to see that lots of snow had fallen in the night and I immediately thought that it would impact the view in a negative way. It did not! It was a…
As I have mentioned in previous posts, whenever we visit a new city, town or village, we always seek out the nearest park or gardens in order to get our bearings and to just soak the atmosphere of the place.
One of my favorite places to visit in Colorado is in the western part of the state, just south of the I-70 freeway and city of Colorado Springs. Colorado National Monument contains some beautiful red sandstone rock, with massive…
Under renovation, like other buildings around Place Vendome in Paris, this 18th-century building hides its surgery scars behind a curtain.
One of the most exciting things about visiting Volcanoes National Park is an opportunity to see molten lava. This is somewhat a matter of luck. Sometimes when you visit, there’ll be easily accessible lava flowing; at other times, nothing…
Prague features many monuments to the Velvet Revolution (the fall of Soviet Communism some 25 years ago); the most moving to me is The Memorial to the Victims of Communism. Situated at the base of Petrin Hill in the…
Customers contemplate the bounty of the sea in Barcelona’s famous Bouqueria Market. One of Europe’s oldest and largest indoor market halls (and one of over 20 in Barcelona), this is a mecca for both wholesale and retail buyers and for the…
One of my favorite wildflowers is Fireweed. A fairly common plant in northern regions, it’s generally found in open meadows. Fireweed is especially prevalent in areas that were just burned out (hence it’s name) or that were recently…
Situated on the eastern side of Naoussa Bay about 7 miles east of the main town of Parikia is this very picturesque old harbour whose fortifications date from the Venetian era of trade dominance of the Aegean and Mediterranean. …
This little car is a Trabant. Powered by a two-stroke pollution generator that maxed out at 18 hp, the Trabant was made of a fiberglass, reinforced with recycled fibres like cotton and wood. Designed in the 1950s, the Trabant was East…
I visited The Grand Canyon in January and was a little saddened to wake up that morning to see that lots of snow had fallen in the night and I immediately thought that it would impact the view in a negative way. It did not! It was a…
As I have mentioned in previous posts, whenever we visit a new city, town or village, we always seek out the nearest park or gardens in order to get our bearings and to just soak the atmosphere of the place.
