Tagged With "Northern Europe"
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Re: Dark Hedges, Ballymoney, Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland
How cool! I love roads like that. That's a photo for a guidebook
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Re: Dark Hedges, Ballymoney, Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland
Thanks for the comment, TravelRob! Yes, it was a cool place. It had an even spookier feel in real life than is conveyed by the photos.
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Re: Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
Thanks. Some wonderful advice given. Love to see some more pix if you have some. And maybe some idea of exposure and time used to get your best pix. Interesting blog.
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Re: Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
Me, too! Spent 9 days in Iceland a few years ago waiting for the clouds to clear, and I realize that if they had, I had very little idea of how best to photograph them!
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Re: Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
I wished 'd known this on my first adventure to see the Northern Lights in Norway, suffice to say those photos weren't great at all. Fantastic tips to keep in mind when I do venture to see them again.
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Re: Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
Having grown up in Canada, I recall some spectacular displays of the Northern Lights, especially when I was young. What always impresses me is how they seem alive. I need to head to Northern Canada sometime in the next few years to see if I can get some photos of the lights. Great piece! Great photos! Thanks for all the advice.
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Re: Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
excellent post and pics...thanks for the photography tips too, especially with a subject like the Northern Lights
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 10, 2015: Northern Ireland
Wonderful photo's of a beautiful part of the world.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 10, 2015: Northern Ireland
Brings back many great memories! The Giant's Causeway is truly spectacular.
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Re: A Visit to Ireland: (Part 9) The Giant's Causeway
Yeah it really is a beautiful part of the world. If you get a chance, try and get to Clare's Cliff's of Moher. Also unspoiled and breath taking!
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Re: A Visit to Ireland: (Part 9) The Giant's Causeway
Hello fifitrix 100. Welcome to TravelGumbo and thanks for your comment. We have yet to find a place in Ireland we don't like! And the Cliffs of Moher are truly spectacular. Our write-up on them is at this link if you're interested
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Oct. 28, 2013: Northern Pacific Depot Museum, Wallace, Idaho
Wallace is located in Idaho's panhandle near the Montana state line. It sprung to life during a silver mining boom in 1884. Within a few years Wallace was very prosperous and, with 2000 residents, the third largest town in the new...
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Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
When you see the Northern Lights for the first time, they seem unreal. Almost magical, maybe even scary to some. The Aurora Borealis is one of the most spectacular natural phenomena you can observe and well worth a journey to the northern parts of the...
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Looking for a quirky vacation spot? Here's "Northern Exposure"
Yes, Talkeetna, Alaska, the town that was the model and lent scenery to the TV series Northern Exposure has a well-tended reputation for quirkiness, and welcomes visitors. Although some may have found the welcome a bit rough: there are rumors that...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 10, 2015: Northern Ireland
I recently came back from a 3 day trip to Northern Ireland, and loved it. The weather was unusually sunny (but very cold) while I explored one of the most beautiful coastlines in Europe. Northern Ireland has become quite...
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Oct. 22, 2017: Sunday Markets, Northern Vietnam
Grand Escapades shares a visit to a few markets in Northern Vietnam, where locals still dress in colorful traditional costumes that make this a photographer's treat!
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A California Gallery: The Ruth Bancroft Garden
PortMoresby ends her current line-up of Northern California gardens with a visit to the dry world created of one lady’s passion.
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Canadian Firefighter Continues Cycling Around the World
Rudy Pospisil is a Firefighter in Canada that is cycling the globe on his vacations to raise money for Cancer research. He's a Cancer survivor himself and is halfway done with his journey. For this trip, he takes on Australia. He hopes to cycle 6 of...
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Game of Thrones to become Game of Tourists
Tourism Ireland is teaming up with HBO to promote visits to the scenes of the network's medieval fantasy series, a lot of which was shot in Northern Ireland. With Season 4 coming up, the tours could be a big hit, too! DETAILS
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, October 23, 2014: Old Bushmills Distillery, Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
On April 20th, 1608, King James I granted Sir Thomas Phillips (a landowner and Governor of Co. Antrim, Ireland) a license to distill. Thus, the Bushmills Distillery claims to be—and is almost unanimously considered to be—the...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Feb. 27, 2014: The Dark Hedges, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Years ago, when I was in elementary school, I remember one of my teachers showing my class a photo of some really interesting and eerie looking trees. Being quite young at the time, I thought the picture was really cool, but unfortunately...
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Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return
Denmark's wildlife is getting a bit wilder, some on its own, and some by careful intervention. The big news (anything about an elk is big) is the re-introduction of elk to Denmark after a 5000-year absence. Five young Swedish elk have been given a new habitat on Denmark's Jutland peninsula, in an area that is the largest raised bog in Northern Europe. They'll hopefully become part of a self-sustaining ecosystem in the area. Recently, a beaver was spotted building a dam on a golf...
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Re: A California Gallery: The Ruth Bancroft Garden
Fabulous pictures ! I love plants in general - they have to find a way to live where they land. Spent many years in cold Arctic desert (AK, Scandi), and also hot deserts from Morocco all the way across to the Thar. Adaptations are a delight for anyone into environmental science but also for insight into how humans used, copied and survived thanks to the plant life
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Re: A California Gallery: The Ruth Bancroft Garden
The cacti especially are beautifully captured in this post. Didn't see the port-a-potties, but what you shared of the garden is lovely!
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Re: Oct. 22, 2017: Sunday Markets, Northern Vietnam
One of the most colorful markets in the world, no doubt! Great travel experiences, Gilles. Thanks for sharing these!
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Re: Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return
I am glad to hear that wildlife is returning to Denmark. Many radicals would have you believe this is impossible, but with good stewardship and efforts at conservation, it clearly can work. PHeymont, I know you are a big city boy who rarely sees any wild animals except pigeons, but there is a difference between a moose and an elk. Your top photo is of a cow moose. They are massive and have legs that go on forever -- all the better to eat water vegetation with. This is what elk look like. The...
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Re: Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return
I may be a city boy, but I've done my research. We're talking about alces alces here, and in North America it's a moose, while in Europe the same species is called elk. Wasn't me who called it, by the way, but the European press.
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Re: Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return
Fascinating. Who would have thought our European friends would call a moose an elk. (wonder what they call an elk?) Maybe we should just call him "Bullwinkle", and be done with it.
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Re: Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return
An afterthought, moose meat is pretty tough and often gamey. Elk meat is quite tender and tasty, to the point where they are grown as a "crop" in the Rocky Mountain region. You'll often find elk tenderloin in fine dining restaurants through the Rockies.
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Re: Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return
Perhaps in their view, they are wondering why we call an elk a moose! What you are calling elk is not alces alces but cervus canadensis , clearly a neighbor of yours, and native to North America and Eastern Asia. It's also called 'wapiti,' which is a native American word. The initial confusion seems to have come from Europeans who named things after what they thought the animal resembled. Hence, for instance, our robin is no robin at all, but a thrush.
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Motorcycle Ride, Caraquet, New Brunswick
Travel Rob shows a motorcycle ride in Caraquet dedicated to a long time rider.
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Re: Motorcycle Ride, Caraquet, New Brunswick
Nice memorial to Mr. Dugas, a long time Easy Rider.
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Coast and Country—Northern England
Paul Hunter shares some beautiful fall images from northern England.
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A Visit to Ireland: (Part 8) Northern Ireland, introduction and Portrush
Our Irish journey took us from the western part of the Republic north and into a different country, Northern Ireland. Make no mistake about it, Northern Ireland is a very different country than the Republic of Ireland. For example, its...
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A Visit to Ireland: (Part 9) The Giant's Causeway
How can you resist visiting a geologic formation created by giants? I couldn't! Situated on a five mile stretch of Northern Ireland's rugged Antrim coast, the Giant’s Causeway is well worth going out of your way to see. In...
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Rambling around Ferndale, California
DrFumblefinger visits Ferndale, a small town in Northern California's Redwood country known for its well-preserved Victorian buildings.
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Re: Rambling around Ferndale, California
I would love to visit this town, the architecture is my favourite style.
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Re: Rambling around Ferndale, California
I enjoyed your article and lovely photos. What a beautiful community. I can see why you enjoyed it!
