Category Travel
In Flanders Fields
I am away until the end of May. Until I get back I am re-posting some favourites so you don’t miss me too much. “In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place,” – John McCrae There are no longer crosses in Flanders fields. Those were temporary wooden […]
Broken Relationships, Revisited
I am away until the end of May. Until I get back I am re-posting some favourites so you don’t miss me too much. The broken camera made absolutely no sense to me; or to Vivian for that matter. Why would a non-functioning digital camera be the first thing we would see at the entrance […]
A Thousand Words, Again
I am traveling for the next 10 days and will not have regular internet access. It is a business trip, not pleasure, so I don’t even know if I will get some nice travel photos to share with you. Maybe I will write a couple of blog posts about the airports I pass through. While […]
Sea of Tulips III
Today the pictures do the talking. So many different varieties of tulips. Ottawa receives 10,000 new bulbs annually from the Dutch Tulip Growers Association to add to the millions already planted.
Sea of Tulips II
It was family time Sunday and we decided to brave the crowds and see the tulips. The plan was to park far away from the action and walk to Dow’s Lake, pretty much the epicentre of the annual Canadian Tulip Festival. It worked. I think Sunday was probably the busiest day of Tulipfest. The weather […]
A Sea of Tulips
After three days of reflections on the March For Life I still have more to say, but I thought you might appreciate something a bit lighter today. Think of it as a form of Sabbath rest. The ties between Canada and Holland are renewed every spring on both sides of the Atlantic. The Dutch remember […]
The Steel Mill
Vivian’s cousin wanted us to see the last steel mill in Dortmund. At least I think that’s what it was. My grasp of German being what it is I may have gotten that wrong. But there is no doubt the building was huge and unused. Tours are available, I was told, but they have to […]
Images of Suffering
While in Germany last summer we visited Museum Abtei Liesborn, which has the largest collection of crucifixes in Germany, more than 800 of them. I have written about that visit already, but thought today i would share just a couple more photos from that exhibit. These crucifixes are from different times and places, but I […]
Mystery Sign
My translation software says the sign reads “Picnic Notice.” That leaves me confused. The sign is just a few metres away from the Buyukada Orphanage (see yesterday’s post). Who is it that I am supposed to call? And am I calling to say I want to have a picnic, or to report someone who is […]
Buyukada Orphanage
I wrote about visiting one of the Princes Islands in Istanbul, and my interest in the abandoned building at the top of the hill. I recently discovered there is more to the story of that abandoned orphanage than what I learned on the trip. It has fairly recently been part of an important court case. […]
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