Category Travel
In The Trenches
Today we start a countdown of sorts, republishing the top ten most popular posts here in 2019. Of those only two are actually from that year. This one, though the tenth most popular in 2019 is actually the most viewed post of all-time here. The years between 1914 and 1918 were the wettest Europe experienced […]
Flying Frequently
I must be an optimist. Why else would I have a frequent flyer plan? My account was just reset by the company to zero because I have had no qualifying flights for a year. Rather ironic that the reset was done the day before a flight that qualified for points. I know the rules and […]
Thoughts on Walls
Some thoughts originally posted in 2014 that you may have missed. One of the major differences I have found between the North American and European communities I have visited is the matter of walls. In North America we really don’t have any. That’s due, I assume, to the newness of urban life on this continent. […]
Don’t Throw Them
Stuck in meetings Tuesday and not able to finish today’s planned post. Given the season, I thought it reasonable to re-post this piece from 2016. I never sampled these round pastries that the Germans call snowballs. I’m not much into sweet stuff, and I had never heard of these things before. It seems though that […]
On The Slopes of Vesuvius
They never saw it coming. I think that is a large part of the appeal, why millions of people visit Pompeii every year. It is not just that the city is well preserved thanks to having been buried for centuries under ash and lava. It is that we can empathize and identify with the people […]
Old Is An Understatement
I would call this a restaurant review – but I haven’t tasted the food. Didn’t even order any. Shortly after we arrived in Germany in 2017 a friend took us on a whirlwind tour of the area, stopping in a number of villages to see the sights. One of those was the Adler Restaurantin Hinterzarten. […]
The Christmas Market
For the first time ever, Ottawa has an outdoor Christmas market, modeled after the ones in Europe, which are a huge tourist attraction. I was excited when the market was announced. Then I realized that this is a modest first year for the market. There are only about 20 vendors. I guess that makes sense […]
Visions of Sunrise
Just some pictures today, taken at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, in August 2012.
The Never-Ending War
I was looking back through the archives for a “Flashback Friday” post yesterday, and came across this one from September 2014 that I though was worth sharing again. A century later, it haunts them still. The last Canadian veteran of the First World War died in 2010, and I would imagine that is pretty much […]
Flashback Friday
Thought I would go on a trip down memory lane today. This post is from September 2014, with a photo from 1981. In some ways our visit to London this summer was a write-off. It was the last day before our flight home, and I had planned to take in a few sights, it […]
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