Lisbon Tour Day 2

Yesterday we took the Red Line hop-on hop-off bus tour. Today let’s head off on the Blue Line tour. Both tours start at the same place …so we know how to get there this time! Ready? Let’s go! This time we head south (towards the river), passing through what seems to be a residential area. Quite […]

Mont Tremblant National Park

Canada has 38 National Parks (and 8 National Park Reserves). Mont-Tremblant National Park is one of them. (or at least I believe so. The park is not listed on Parks Canada website, but it is classified as a national park. Maybe administration is different in Quebec.) Welcome to Parc National de Mont-Tremblant. We are in the Laurentians… […]

Saint Jovite, Quebec

Mont Tremblant Village is lovely and has everything one would need if you were staying a short time and in a hotel. However if one is staying a bit longer and has access to a kitchen, finding a reasonably priced grocery store is difficult in a ski resort. So…off we go on a 10 kilometre drive […]

Travel Quiz 33

Do you enjoy trivia involving geography? Noting details other might miss? Great! Here is your challenge. Where were we when we took this photo? (Hint: click on the photo to enlarge it and see more details) Yes, I know there are lots of churches in the world, but… – look at the construction material. Where […]

Answer for Travel Quiz 33

To recap…here is one of your photo clues.   Let’s see if you guessed correctly. Answer: We are in Canada in the province of Quebec in the town of Saint Jovite. To read about Saint Jovite, click here. and/or See more of Canada, click  here. and/or See other travel quizzes, click here. or See more […]

Old Village, Mont Tremblant

Just a short drive (or a lengthy walk) from the resort village of Mont Tremblant, Quebec, one finds the Old Village. Aside: I love the signs at pedestrian crosswalks. It would be nice if more communities made this effort! (Hint: Click on any photo to enlarge it for a better view) The Old Village is a […]

Hill House in Helensburgh, Scotland

Just north of Glasgow, along the north bank of the Firth of Clyde, one will find the charming Scottish town of Helensburgh. And if you drive up one of the hills overlooking the firth, you will find an architectural treasure… Hill House. As you read the commentary and look at the photos keep in mind […]

Death Valley USA

Where is the lowest, the driest, and the hottest place in North America? Well, that would be Death Valley.  We had been traveling through desert area for days and days when we decided to take a trip across Death Valley (from west to east).  Up until that point we had been in desert…but there still were […]

Hope BC

Hope…that one word conjures up a lot of images, doesn’t it. I bet one of those images is not art work carved out of wood with a chain saw, was it! Well, once you  visit Hope, British Columbia in Western Canada and walk the streets with us you just may picture chain saw art when you […]

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 […]

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