Villa Gessell Argentina

I goofed when planning our Argentina trip. Yes, I know that is incredible!…but understandable, as you will most likely agree once you hear what happened. What I know now, but did not know during the planning stages, is that there are two Buenos Aires. There is the city of Buenos Aires and there is the […]

Versailles France

About an hour west of Paris is the community of Versailles. It is best known for the Chateau and the Hall of Mirrors…but today we are going to take a slightly different look at this community. Let’s hop on the RER train. The RER C line ends at Versailles-Rive Gauche station and from there it is […]

Musical Instruments China

Lusheng. Do you know what that is? I have also seen it spelled lu sheng… does that help? How about erhu? Pipa? Okay, an easier one…zither. (Zither is the only one I was familiar with.) Lusheng, erhu, pipa, zither are all musical instruments that mostly were unknown to my western ear (and not even in my […]

Downtown Las Vegas

There are different sections to Las Vegas. The one most of us likely think of when we hear “Las Vegas” is known as The Strip.The original town of Las Vegas (known as Downtown) is a city bus ride or a car trip just north of The Strip. Welcome to a glimpse of Downtown Las Vegas. Driving […]

A Glimpse of Las Vegas

Let’s take a “quick” walk down The Strip in Las Vegas. I put “quick” in quotations because distances in Vegas are deceptive… “The hotel is just over there, we can walk.” becomes “Why did we not take a cab!” when 40 minutes later you are still walking and not yet at the destination that seemed […]

Worldwide Tour

Short of time travel, do you think you could visit all these places/do all these things in one day? Ride in a gondola… Cross the Rialto Bridge… Go up the Eiffel Tower… Have supper in Piazza Saint Marco… Admire the pyramids and Sphinx… Stroll around the Colosseum… Visit with some penguins…. AND admire New York’s […]

Want to buy a carpet?

Attending a carpet show seems to be on most guided tours of Morocco…so let’s attend one. Leaving the busy street we climb up a staircase… and enter a large room. Notice the walls are covered with carpet. Our host enters and begins an interesting talk about the carpet industry in Morocco. We learn a lot […]

Lunch in Tangier

Tourists visiting Spain will likely have a chance to nip across the Mediterranean to Morocco. If they do, Tangier is one of the ports they are likely to go to. Want to join us for lunch there? Welcome to Tangier, Morocco. Our tour bus has brought us to this large open area in the city. […]

Auckland Museum

Located on a prominent rise in the Auckland Domain (the city’s oldest park) is this striking building.    It is the Auckland War Memorial Museum…also known simply as Auckland Museum. From the grounds one can look out over the green of The Domain and off in the distance see the downtown. The exterior of the […]

Travel Quiz 32

A two part question this time. First,  WHERE in the world was this photo taken? Second, WHO are the men in the photo?  (You can click on the photo to enlarge it.) Ready to check your guess? Click here.

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