Category Travel
Tulipfest 2016 II
As I mentioned yesterday, going to see the tulips at sundown made them look somehow different than last year’s midday visit. I’m not a person known for my colour sense (there’s a medical reason for that) so I’m not sure if describing what I saw as being mostly pastels makes much sense. To me many […]
Tulipfest 2016
Ottawa’s annual Tulip Festival wrapped up Monday. Most years I ignore the event, not being all that enamoured of watching flowers grow (though admittedly it is more interesting than watching paint dry). However, being a dutiful husband, when my wife said “let’s go see the tulips,” I went to see the tulips. And enjoyed myself […]
Niagara Falls
Decided on a photo essay today, from an expedition in the late summer of 2008. Niagara Falls is one of the wonders of the world, or so they say. I’ve been there often enough (it’s about a seven hour drive from my house) that I can’t say I have any sense of wonder – but […]
I wonder…
Looking through some old photos and noticed this one that I took while on vacation in Maine in 2008. This was downtown Portland, right on the waterfront. I have to wonder about whether the owners of the parking space had ever followed through on their threat to the vehicles parked in violation of the rules. […]
You Have Been Warned!
I took this picture a few years ago when we were on vacation in Maine. I forget exactly in which community the sign was posted, but I think it was Portland. Most places I have visited have rules of conduct of some sort or another. This is the only place though that I have seen […]
The Ad Campaign
I was talking with a colleague yesterday and she mentioned she was about to leave on vacation, off to visit family in Romania. That brought this post from October 2014 to mind and the great tourism video, which was influential in my decision to visit Romania. Since it was top of mind, I though a […]
The Atomium
Thinking ahead to summer. Thought I would share this post again, one of the highlights of our 2014 European trip. I had seen it in the distance when I visited Brussels briefly in 2009. The building fascinated me, but with only a few hours to sightsee I concentrated on the downtown core, not having the […]
Public Transit
Taking the bus is relatively boring. You get on, you pay your fare, you get off at your destination. One bus looks just like every other bus. It wasn’t like that when we visited Malta. The buses had a uniform colour scheme, but there was room for personalization and individuality. They’ve changed the system since […]
My Memory Fails Me
It is Sunday, and on Sundays I often post a small photo essay of a church or churches I have visited on my travels. Today is one of those days. However I feel a little embarrassed that today I can share the pictures but don’t have any information. For some reason, when I went to […]
Broken Relationships
Ever have one of those days when at the end of the day you looked back and realized you hadn’t accomplished any of the things you wanted to? That was Monday. So I decided to go with a re-run today. I might have anyway even if Monday hadn’t been so hectic. I’ve been thinking about […]
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