Situated on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, across the canal from Piazza San Marco, sits this beautiful cathedral, one of the iconic symbols of Venice. The church was built by the Benedictine order between 1566 and 1610….
Sintra is a town that’s had two “Golden Ages,” nearly a thousand years apart. They have left Sintra with so many things to visit that it is not only one of Portugal’s biggest tourist attractions but also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Starting…
Lonely Planet rates Sunshine Meadows as one of the greatest hiking destinations in Canada. Unlike most of the Continental Divide, which is characterized by sharp ragged peaks, this region offers 100 square kilometers of fairly…
I like direct clear-spoken people, so you can see why Native American names appeal to me. ” Head-smashed-in-buffalo jump ” was just that — a place buffalo were chased off a cliff and killed for food. (An…
Often the best travel experiences are those which catch us by surprise. I spend a fair bit of time researching and planning my trips, but love to stumble onto unexpected and memorable events. Like when our visit to Kandy in Sri Lanka coincided…
This is the last in a three part series highlighting a visit to Florida’s unique Everglades. The first part discussed the Cypress forests of the Everglades and the second part highlighted the coastal mangrove forests near Everglades…
This is the second in a three part series on Florida’s unique Everglades ecosystem. The first part focused on the Cypress forests of the Everglades, which you read about here. This post deals with a visit to the coastal…
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. His brilliance and great writing skills are well known. He authored one of the greatest statements of liberty in human history, the Declaration of…
When the Eiffel Tower was built, as the centerpiece of Paris’ 1889 Universal Exposition, not everyone loved it. The writer Guy de Maupassant mocked it as a “high and skinny pyramid of iron ladders.”
A look at Gustav Eiffel, and his tower’s importance and stature in Paris
Situated on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, across the canal from Piazza San Marco, sits this beautiful cathedral, one of the iconic symbols of Venice. The church was built by the Benedictine order between 1566 and 1610….
Sintra is a town that’s had two “Golden Ages,” nearly a thousand years apart. They have left Sintra with so many things to visit that it is not only one of Portugal’s biggest tourist attractions but also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Starting…
Lonely Planet rates Sunshine Meadows as one of the greatest hiking destinations in Canada. Unlike most of the Continental Divide, which is characterized by sharp ragged peaks, this region offers 100 square kilometers of fairly…
I like direct clear-spoken people, so you can see why Native American names appeal to me. ” Head-smashed-in-buffalo jump ” was just that — a place buffalo were chased off a cliff and killed for food. (An…
Often the best travel experiences are those which catch us by surprise. I spend a fair bit of time researching and planning my trips, but love to stumble onto unexpected and memorable events. Like when our visit to Kandy in Sri Lanka coincided…
This is the last in a three part series highlighting a visit to Florida’s unique Everglades. The first part discussed the Cypress forests of the Everglades and the second part highlighted the coastal mangrove forests near Everglades…
This is the second in a three part series on Florida’s unique Everglades ecosystem. The first part focused on the Cypress forests of the Everglades, which you read about here. This post deals with a visit to the coastal…
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. His brilliance and great writing skills are well known. He authored one of the greatest statements of liberty in human history, the Declaration of…
When the Eiffel Tower was built, as the centerpiece of Paris’ 1889 Universal Exposition, not everyone loved it. The writer Guy de Maupassant mocked it as a “high and skinny pyramid of iron ladders.”
A look at Gustav Eiffel, and his tower’s importance and stature in Paris