Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, Dec. 25 2013: Holiday Windows
December 25, 2013
A Merry Christmas to everyone from the Gumbo Gurus and friends, including the Eskimos and penguins in this animated holiday display at a Paris fruit and nut store.
A Merry Christmas to everyone from the Gumbo Gurus and friends, including the Eskimos and penguins in this animated holiday display at a Paris fruit and nut store.
Today’s highlighted photo(s) come from one of the finest Gothic cathedrals in Europe, Chartres, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Chartres was built in the 12th century and is unique because it was constructed and furnished in only 66 years.
Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, or Tour Eiffel. You could probably draw a pretty accurate sketch without even looking. And quite a few folks know that that Gustave Eiffel, who designed and built it, also provided the iron skeleton that keeps the Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor.
Taking advantage of more direct France-Minneapolis flights, the state is launching a new website and other measures to lure French tourists.
Jeff Steiner, an American living in France, has a monthly newsletter in which, from time to time, he has a photo feature called Yesterday & Today in which old photos are merged with new ones of the same place and vantage point to create what to me feels a bit like time travel. I don’t find one link to them so I’ll give you the individual links. I especially like the first one with a group coming up a hill. They seem to be emerging from the past and looking directly at…
The Old Mill is a survivor. Built onto a bridge to save money, it still stands, but the bridge is gone. Not only the one it first stood on, but several of its replacements.
One of my favorite places in Europe is France’s Loire Valley. That’s partially because of its pastoral beauty — rolling hills, farmland, vineyards, forest, dairy herds — but largely because the people are much more relaxed and easier going than in the big European capitals.
As reader Port Moresby guessed correctly, Gumbo’s Where in the World photo shows one of the cast-iron bridges crossing the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris—a popular attraction with a fascinating past, and familiar to millions through its movie roles.
Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond of Top Gear were driving across France while filming an episode. They were doing 143 kph (88 mph) in a 130 kph (80 mph) zone and received a harsh penalty.
This is a story I enjoy seeing. The budget hotel chain B&B Hotels wins the top honor in the Worldwide Hospitality Awards . So it just goes to show, the budget traveler does not need to give up good service while saving money.
A Merry Christmas to everyone from the Gumbo Gurus and friends, including the Eskimos and penguins in this animated holiday display at a Paris fruit and nut store.
Today’s highlighted photo(s) come from one of the finest Gothic cathedrals in Europe, Chartres, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Chartres was built in the 12th century and is unique because it was constructed and furnished in only 66 years.
Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, or Tour Eiffel. You could probably draw a pretty accurate sketch without even looking. And quite a few folks know that that Gustave Eiffel, who designed and built it, also provided the iron skeleton that keeps the Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor.
Taking advantage of more direct France-Minneapolis flights, the state is launching a new website and other measures to lure French tourists.
Jeff Steiner, an American living in France, has a monthly newsletter in which, from time to time, he has a photo feature called Yesterday & Today in which old photos are merged with new ones of the same place and vantage point to create what to me feels a bit like time travel. I don’t find one link to them so I’ll give you the individual links. I especially like the first one with a group coming up a hill. They seem to be emerging from the past and looking directly at…
The Old Mill is a survivor. Built onto a bridge to save money, it still stands, but the bridge is gone. Not only the one it first stood on, but several of its replacements.
One of my favorite places in Europe is France’s Loire Valley. That’s partially because of its pastoral beauty — rolling hills, farmland, vineyards, forest, dairy herds — but largely because the people are much more relaxed and easier going than in the big European capitals.
As reader Port Moresby guessed correctly, Gumbo’s Where in the World photo shows one of the cast-iron bridges crossing the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris—a popular attraction with a fascinating past, and familiar to millions through its movie roles.
Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond of Top Gear were driving across France while filming an episode. They were doing 143 kph (88 mph) in a 130 kph (80 mph) zone and received a harsh penalty.
This is a story I enjoy seeing. The budget hotel chain B&B Hotels wins the top honor in the Worldwide Hospitality Awards . So it just goes to show, the budget traveler does not need to give up good service while saving money.