Marseille, which had a successful run last year as Europe’s Capital of Culture, has now decked out its city hall, the Hotel de Ville, with banners and artwork announcing the city’s status as Capital of Sports for 2017. Watch Gumbo in the next weeks for more about Marseille, PHeymont took this picture on a visit this week.
A visit to the Desert View Watchtower on the eastern portion of the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Constructed in the 1930s, it offers magnificent canyon views and a tie to the Native American history of the Canyon.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
DrFumblefinger shares photos of the Fitz Roy Massif, one of the most famous and difficult to climb peaks in the world, situated in Patagonia.
Vienna’s Clock Museum, one of the biggest and best of its kind doesn’t really have 10,000 clocks, but you’d never know that as you get lost in its world of time.
The oldest monumental fountain in Paris has a long history of rebuilding, renaming and relocating
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I recently had an Airbnb guest from the south of France. He’s in the process of selling his long-time home in a fashionable place and plans to buy an apartment in Marseille. I think it’s another indicator that the city has come a long way and clearly with intent. I look forward to visiting.