Travel Quiz 39 answer

Did you know what this was? We saw it demonstrated at Fort Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, Canada. (check out our Fortress Louisbourg visit) and in Oamaru, New Zealand. (check out our visit to Oamaru, NZ) So, that is the answer to the second part of the question of where we saw this. What is it? […]

Travel Quiz 38

Ready to try a new travel quiz? See how you do with this one. Where in the world were we when we took this photo? (Click on the photo to enlarge it.) Quite distinctive, n’est-ce pas? Need a few more hints? (Hint: the words just above are a clue.) Okay, a few more visual clues… […]

Answer for Travel Quiz 38

So you think you know the answer, do you. Tres bon! To recap…here is the photo you were trying to identify. I am sure you picked up on the french language clues… but this is not in France. (Even though it is French!) Answer: We were at the Fortress of Louisbourg. The photo shows the […]

Fortress Louisbourg

We are here at one of Canada’s National Historic Sites on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Welcome to Fortress Louisbourg… and welcome to the 1700’s! (A national historic site, this is an authentic reproduction) We are almost there. In the distant past we would have likely arrived by ship and passed through these gates…the Frederic […]

Eating in the 1700s

Hungry? Mais, oui! After a day of touring Fort Louisbourg you must be starving! So let’s head down toe the Hotel de le Marine here in the fort and see what is on the menu. We have our “bib” (don’t worry, everyone wears one!) and our only utensil. What!! (remember this is the 1700s) You […]

Japanese Gardens in Lethbridge

Almost fifty years ago Prince and Princess Takamatsu opened the Japanese Gardens in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The year was 1967 and Canada was celebrating its centenary. In 1992 Prince and Princess Takamado visited to celebrate the garden’s twenty-fifth anniversary. In 2017, when Canada celebrates its 150th birthday, the gardens will be fifty years old. An invitation for another […]

Fort Whoop-Up

Let’s take a visit into Canada’s past. While in Lethbridge, Alberta we can do that by heading down into the coulee and finding Indian Battle Park. Down there, by the Oldman River, signs lead us to Fort Whoop-Up. Come on in! The first section of the museum introduces us to the Blackfoot and their culture and way of life […]

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

When we told a friend we were spending a week in Lethbridge her response was (and I quote!) A week! What on earth will you do there? Well, we found a lot to do! Our home for the week was at a lovely timeshare in Paradise Canyon…down in a coulee next to the Oldman River, […]

Travel Quiz 37

This travel quiz will take you back in time. Perhaps you are old enough to have seen one of these in use. Or maybe your grandparents have one sitting out in the field. Or maybe you just love “old” things and have researched this before. Whatever your background, let’s see how you do with this […]

Travel Quiz 37 answer

To recap…here is what we were trying to solve. What in the world is it? That was an easy one as the answer was right on the display board in front of the carriage (hopefully you clicked on that photo, as suggested in the travel quiz posting.) If you want to go back and check […]

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