Follow us on Facebook! North Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain is a popular ski hill for locals but it is also a great destination for visiting in the summer. Not only is the view of downtown Vancouver spectacular from up there, the ski resort has a lot of amenities to appeal to the summer visitor. There’s even a…
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Paris: Ooh-la-la!
Follow us on Facebook! Often the unexpected is what makes a vacation truly memorable. And sometimes the unexpected is so out of left field that it cannot be replicated. While we absolutely loved our week in Paris in 2011, one incident stands out as a story we tell over and over again. It is deliciously…
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Paris: The City of Light
Follow us on Facebook! Paris does not have a wild plethora of neon like Times Square in New York or the Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo. It’s called the City of Light because of its importance during the Age of Enlightenment and because it was one of the first European cities to get street lighting. My wife…
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Photo Gallery: Paris Overview
Here are some more picture of my overview of Paris. In later post I will be looking at specific locales in more detail. The network of streets outside our hotel window. This is the Place Marcel-Sembat in the Parisian suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt. Our hotel, a triangular building wedged between tow of the streets converging on…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Chania, Crete
Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos of our visit to Chania, Crete. Looking down the street toward the bay and harbor of Chania. Greek Orthodox Cathedral A statue of some famous Cretan. The most famous person to hail from Chania is probably world-renowned folk singer Nana Mouskouri. The marina on the left with…
Read MoreA Snug Little Harbor
Follow us on Facebook! Chania, Crete was our fourth and final port of call on our Mediterranean cruise in 2011. As is always the case with cruises, there were a variety of excursions available, but we opted to explore on our own. We do this in about half of our ports of call and always come…
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Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos of the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. Visitors with boats and yachts are welcome at Atlantis. Detail shell work in the cupola at the lobby of the Royal Towers. Another million dollar sculpture at Atlantis. Looks like Medusa to me! Through the plexiglass tunnel. Silver dollar fish…
Read MoreThe Aquarium at Atlantis
Follow us on Facebook! In 2002 Forbes Magazine had an article on the most expensive hotel suites in the world. Top of the list at $25,000 a night was the Bridge Suite at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. Ever since, I’ve always wanted to see the Atlantis Resort. In January 2015, my wife and I, her sister and her…
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Mmmm! An Alluring Bouquet!
Follow us on Facebook! Wine talk is lost on most people. Mention of nose and palate can be Greek to the average wine drinker. Knowledge of wines takes some time and study. I confess to knowing very little about wines except a very subjective, “Mmmm that tastes good,” or “Nah! Don’t care for that one.” But after…
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Photo Gallery: The Butchart Gardens
Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos of the Butchart Gardens. The Sunken Garden. You can see the last remaining stack of the old cement plant among the trees on the right. The flower gardens are stunning in their beauty. The Mound surrounded by flower beds and shrubs and covered in ivy. Janis, Chris…
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