Category Travel
The York Castle Time Machine
Welcome to Flashback Friday. This year on Fridays I am reposting material from previous years. This month we have gone back to 2015 for our offerings, this one being from January 26 of that year. While it may be a staple of science fiction stories, I doubt time travel is a viable possibility. Relax though; […]
A Different View
Renovation time, and I had to move my filing cabinet. Which, as you know, is easier said than done. Paper weighs a lot. Even with the ongoing shredding of unnecessary documents and records, the filing cabinet was full. It certainly couldn’t have been moved from the basement to the second floor without being emptied. Well, […]
Wandering Through The Forum
As the snow came down in Ottawa on the weekend, I was thinking about travel. Probably everyone in the city was wishing they were somewhere they didn’t have to shovel. With travel not really an option, I traveled virtually, looking at pictures from past vacations. On Saturday I managed to visit Italy and Egypt without […]
Walking Into Vernazza
Fifteen years ago I visited Italy for the first time. Having taken Latin in school, I really wanted to see Rome. My wife wasn’t that interested – she’d been there before. She suggested we go to the Cinque Terre region, a place she had heard of but never visited. We had time, so we did […]
Quite The View
It’s Flashback Friday. Today’s post first ran on January 12, 2015. Standing on the ramparts of Caen Castle in Normandy gave us a good view of the town. Today rather than hearing from me, I thought perhaps the pictures should tell the story. I must confess I have no idea what any of these buildings […]
The Check-In
It’s Flashback Friday. Today’s post first ran on January 5, 2015. Technology, when it works, is a blessing. It makes our lives easier and more efficient and provides all sorts of benefits. When it doesn’t work it can be a major frustration. Traveling is so much more pleasant when you can check into a flight […]
Keeping Time
It’s an iconic timepiece, possibly the best known in the world. Looked to me like the paint job had been touched up for the coronation. Everyone calls it Big Ben, but that’s not it’s formal name. It’s actually the Great Clock of Westminster. And the Great Bell is what makes the memorable sound. The tower, […]
Not The Lego Version
They’re on everyone’s bucket list, one of the most visited tourist sites in the world. And they look like the world’s biggest Lego structure. Well, maybe that Is an unfair description of the pyramids in the Cairo suburb of Giza. They certainly are an impressive site/sight. Seeing them once should be enough. It isn’t as […]
The Birthday Party
My daughter wanted to do something a bit different for her birthday last year. Usually we invite family members over for birthday cake, This time she wanted to change the routine. With our family, getting together can be easier said than done. We don’t all live in the same community, or even the same continent. […]
The Grasshopper
I went to a flower show. Not the sort of thing I normally do. I took lots of pictures to share here. But somehow, in the 18 months since attending the event, I haven’t gotten around to those posts. Maybe I’ll make a New Year’s resolution to post only from my unfinished file for January. Does […]
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