Category Travel
More of Mini-Europe
In recent days I have found that I am in the mood to post pictures here, a break from my sometimes lengthy posts. I so have a few of those I want to get to, but pictures are what you are going to get again today. Consider each one worth the proverbial thousand words. We […]
Images from the Railway Museum
I have never been to the Canadian Railway Museum. Visiting York last summer and seeing what Britain’s national railway museum has to offer has caused me to think that maybe I should see what its Canadian counterpart is like. After all, the railway played an important role in building the Canadian nation and remains an […]
Istanbul at Night III – Random Photos
Just a few pictures to close off our tour of Istanbul by night. After spending three days in the city I couldn’t decide if I liked it more than Rome – and if not then it is a close second when it comes to favourite European cities!
Istanbul At Night II – Hagia Sophia
I wrote about my feelings regarding the Hagia Sophia, the church converted to a mosque and then to a museum in a series of posts about a month ago. I just realized that the photos I posted were all from the interior. It really is a beautiful building architecturally also, especially at night, so I […]
Istanbul At Night
Just a few photos taken around the Blue Mosque. Today I’ll let the pictures do the talking.
Yoros Castle
Castles come in different varieties. There are those well preserved that you can tour and marvel at all the furnishings and décor from centuries past, seeing how people used to live. And there are those that are nothing more than ruins, leaving everything to the imagination. Yoros Castle in in ruins. It sits at the […]
Searching For Dracula – II
Dracula is everywhere in Romania, perhaps, the biggest tourist draw. Romanians would be proud of him, you would think. But they’re not. Oh, they’ll exploit his image and soak the tourists. The image of Dracula that you know from Hollywood movies and Bram Stoker’s novel is everywhere. But Vlad Dracul, 15th century ruler of the […]
Forgotten Heroes
One of the things I enjoy about vacation is just wandering around the community I visit. No set agenda, no plans to see any particular sight or building; just soak in the sights and sounds of the city. When doing that I occasionally notice things that aren’t in the guide books that intrigue me. A […]
Cats
Now I wish i had taken more pictures. It was a storefront in Ypres, Belgium. I can’t remember if the store was empty or under renovations, but the drawings of cats with accompanying quotes caught my eye. In English, they must have been aimed at tourists, saying things like “Cats are smarter than dogs. You […]
Sunrise
I am a morning person. Even when I am on vacation and have no need to rise early, I am still awake at the crack of dawn. And if I am awake, I might as well get up. When we are in Maine, which is our usual August routine, I frequently head down to the […]
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