Tagged With "smoke stack"
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Re: Goldilocks Would Be Pleased With Four Seasons
Rob, but will they stack up those mattresses for The Princess and the Pea?
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Re: Belles lettres et de belles choses: A wanderer's gallery
An apology...I mixed my files and misidentified the girl reading her stack of bronze books; we met her in Seville, not Lisbon!
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Memphis, Tennessee 3) The rest of the city
There’s a lot more to Memphis than Graceland, although Graceland is by far the city’s most popular attraction (which I’ve previously discussed here ). A city of about 650,000, Memphis has a...
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The Bikaner Mail
Bob Cranwell shares the story of a most memorable train journey -- an experience uniquely Indian.
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Malta loses a landmark to the sea
Malta loses the Azure Window, seen on Game of Thrones and popular with cliff-jumpers.
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Capsule hotels spreading in Europe
Tiny spaces mark the capsule hotel, but privacy is another hallmark that may help it compete with hostels.
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June 25, 2020: Canoes, Lake Louise
DrFumblefinger enjoys visiting Lake Louise, and finds this image of canoes stocked on the lake's dock one of the most popular.
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Art and Survival in the Tassili Plateau
Bob Cranwell explores the heart of the Sahara -- a life filled with hardship, sand dunes and camel. A trip highlighted by the remarkable sights of Tassili n’Ajjer, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee: The house Sam Phillips built
What a thrill it was to visit Sun Studio at 706 Union Ave, Memphis, Tennessee! To step through the doors of this old building is to walk into Rock 'n Roll history. It was at Sun Studios that...
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Bayfront Stadium, Pensacola: As Good as it Gets
I t's easy for me to get jaded sometimes, comparing my local sights to more famous places, expecting them to compete. It's always great, though, when I find local places that not only stack up, but outshine the more famous ones. That's...
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Money Saving Tips, for your Big Trip – Part 3
Samantha wraps up her series on how to have the money to travel by saving it up ahead.
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How to Fly through Airports…or at least relax a bit!
Back in the old days, the Cunard steamships were advertised with the slogan “Getting There is Half the Fun.” No one is going to say that about flying these days, but many frequent flyers have figured out how to avoid being a...
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Montana's National Bison Refuge
The National Bison Refuge provides an excellent opportunity to see bison in their natural setting — the hilly grasslands of Montana. The Refuge is located about an hour’s drive northwest of Missoula and is...
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A Visit to Ireland: (Part 7) the Cliffs of Moher
Our journey around Ireland next took us north to the Cliffs of Moher . From Dingle we headed through Tralee then to the Tarbert ferry over the River Shannon. The ferry ride can save you considerable time (the other...
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Take your seat...while you still have one!
Aircraft designers are always busy trying to figure out the best way to get the most passengers in without actually provoking revolt or suffocation...and the past few days bring fearsome news on that front. Included in the roundup are dead-serious proposals to stack seats in the main cabin, to sell passenger space in the hold below the cabin, and even to squeeze business-class seats into a 12-across configuration. Not even the rich, it seems, are immune to the trend. The stacked-seat idea...
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An airline seat that twists to match your best position
A new idea for airline seats: Imitate the human spine and make the seat fit the passenger instead of forcing the passenger into the seat. Read more within...
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Toyota's new dream: a flying car
Toyota's filed a patent design for a possible future car, but it's a long way from that to a realistic product. For now, admire a Prius with a stack of wings!
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Hamburg's Harbor World
Hamburg's whole existence is bound up with its port, and it has kept the port closer to its heart than most major ports. Well worth a visit!
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Departures: Trains and Boats and Planes
Bob Cranwell, the Amateur Emigrant, shares interesting thoughts and observations on the nature of travel and the traveler.
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Re: Money Saving Tips, for your Big Trip – Part 3
We've been replacing CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lighting) with new LED (Light Emitting Diode) type bulbs for over a year. They have multiple shapes to suit your needs. They use less than half the electricity of a CFL and last longer too. They have the added advantage of achieving full light in <0.5 seconds. Prices are dropping for all economy bulbs.
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Re: Money Saving Tips, for your Big Trip – Part 3
A nice conclusion to an interesting and helpful series, Samantha. Thanks! Some people fund their travels by living very simply on the road -- keeping expenses to a few bucks a day. That might work for them, but I travel to experience a place. And that means admissions to attractions, eating good quality meals, staying at a decent hotel etc. I'm old enough that an element of comfort and civilization are important to me. I'd rather live simply at home than on the road, and these tips provide...
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Re: Money Saving Tips, for your Big Trip – Part 3
Some more great tips Samantha! For people with jobs that offer overtime, I've always found that is a great way to save up money quickly. It's easier to stay motivated working extra when you know the extra amount on your check funds your travel.
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Re: Money Saving Tips, for your Big Trip – Part 3
Glad to see that you guys enjoyed the series. It was an interesting and eye opening post. Since I wrote this, we even cut cable and are using OTA and Netflix. Saving us about $100 a month. Not much, but it's a $100 closer to living my freedom lifestyle I am working toward. Thanks again for the comments. Have a great weekend.
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Re: Money Saving Tips, for your Big Trip – Part 3
Haven't gotten to cord cutter status yet, but you did inspire me to caLloyd them up and hack away at the bill...vut about 60 a month with very little pain. Thanks!
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Re: Airbus's new idea: People pods
It is the nature of business that any idea is patented before it becomes talked about. Sardines in a can is has always been the philosophy of airlines. Just like supermarkets - stack 'em high and sell 'em cheap !
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo #386
View of one of the complex brick buildings with chimney stack and a few historic nautical items. Gumbo’s location will be revealed tomorrow, so submit your guesses today.
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Paris: A Rambler's Memories
Another trip down memory lane with PHeymont, emphasizing scenes that are more memorable than monumental.
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Techniques to Play Like a Champ in TriPeaks Solitaire
A new way to play a Solitaire (sponsored content)
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Robbins Sculpture Garden, Richmond, Virginia
While in Richmond for the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, George G found another treat nearby.
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Five Amazing Foods in Texas
Zara shares five favorite traditional Texas foods and the stories behind them
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Re: Sun Studio, Memphis: Where Legends Were Made
Thank you for bringing back terrific memories of visiting this famous studio. My wife and I first visited it in the late 1980s and enjoyed the tour, followed by lunch at the Sun Cafe. To my great delight, the cafe's Wurlitzer had an original Sun 45 by Elvis in its stack (Sun #223). I have been collecting records since I was in early teens and have a number of Sun records, including all 5 of Elvis' Sun records in both 78 rpm and 45 rpm formats. Not sure what they're worth right now, but...
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Canada House, London
DrFumblefinger spotted this image of a stack of standing and partially fallen beer cans sitting on the stairs of Canada's embassy in London.
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Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park, Montana
DrFumblefinger visits the Anaconda Smoke Stack. The 12 acres site contains a 585-feet chimney, still the largest in the world.
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Lord Howe Island, Australia
With daily visitor numbers capped at 400 to help protect the island’s natural environment, this is one destination where you never need to worry about crowds.
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Plastic brick by brick: Another Legoland
Europe's fifth and the world's seventh Legoland will open in a few years in Belgium
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IX Art Park, Charlottesville, Virginia
George G takes us to an unusual community art park with some wild exhibits, created on a former factory site
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Walking England's Kennet & Avon Canal
PortMoresby takes us along for a walk beside the historic British canal and its beautiful countryside
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Portland Bill in Storm and Sunlight
Mac shares wonderful views of nature at work on a small island at the tip of England's Devon coast
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Ethiopia Musings: 4)The Food
The food is quite unique and tends to be inexpensive. Something I noticed immediately, especially as a vegetarian, is the large number of Italian food selections on most menus. Mind you, I am given English printed menus, so who knows what...
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Perspectives on East Africa: 2) A visit to "Noah's Ark", the Ngorongoro Crater
In all my travels, visiting the Ngorongoro Crater remains one of my most precious experiences.
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Update: The Renaissance of Notre Dame
Two years on from his last serious look at the fire-ravaged cathedral, PHeymont finds it's moved from salvage operation to busy construction site
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Stacked Chairs
PHeymont's eye is constantly drawn to stacked chairs, especially those with a bit of color
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Notre Dame: Builders to Restorers
A major exhibit on Notre Dame, its builders and restorers, continues at Paris's Museum of Architecture and Heritage
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Delta clears the air...of plastic cups
Delta's moves to eliminate single-use plastics by 2025, including a huge amount of cups
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Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, May 1, 2015: Pulpit Rock
Pulpit Rock is a coastal feature at the southern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The artificial stack of rock was left in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at the Bill Quarry on the famous headland, Portland Bill.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 4, 2015: Take a Seat, Please!
A stack of chairs turns into an abstract display of color simply by turning a digital camera dial. At the other end of the spectrum, with color limited to shades of black and white, they are equally abstract but quite different!
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Pictures from a small island - Portland Bill
Some 5 miles to the south-west of Weymouth is Portland Bill, a narrow promontory (or 'bill') at the southern end of the Isle of Portland, and the southernmost point of Dorset, England.
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Walking in England: The Kennet & Avon Canal
My discovery of the Kennet & Avon Canal was a revelation. Id been confronted with a dilemma, the fact that I loved walking in the English countryside but had come to the conclusion that I could no longer take on the hills comfortably. Bath is the end point of more than 100 miles of the Cotswold Way and Id completed it in 3 trips. The last section left me wondering if my walking days were over.
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Re: Sea of Shopping Carts, Brooklyn
I suspect that as a child you liked to stack your toy blocks neatly.
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From Where I Sit: A Gallery of Benches
In a recent Gumbo blog , Jonathan L. pointed out that travelers (and locals) need a place to rest from time to time while visiting or going about daily life...and part of the need is what's called—logically—street furniture.