Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos of the Kinsol Trestle. The Kinsol Trestle spans a salmon spawning river in rural Vancouver Island. Looking down at the river below from the top of the bridge The Koksilah River The Kinsol Trestle The trestle is a truly massive structure, one of the largest trestles in…
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The Historic Kinsol Trestle
Follow us on Facebook! If you’re a railroad buff and visiting Vancouver Island, you might want to check out the historic Kinsol Trestle. It is a restored railroad trestle on the old abandoned CN Rail line and now part of the Trans Canada Trail. The trestle is truly a marvel to see. The largest railroad trestle in…
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Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos from our visit to the Dali Museum in 2009. The town square at Figueres, across the street from the railroad station. Yes, that’s a Spanish-English Dictionary Janis is holding. Many tents were set up as artisans and merchants displayed their wares for the May Day celebrations. The…
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Follow us on Facebook! “I want my museum to be like a single block, a labyrinth, a great surrealist object. It will be a totally theatrical museum. The people who come to see it will leave with the sensation of having had a theatrical dream.” – Salvador Dali Figueres is the birthplace of noted surrealist painter…
Read MoreGaudi’s Masterpiece: The Church of the Sagrada Familia
Follow us on Facebook! Our 2009 trans-Atlantic cruise ended in Barcelona. We stayed three extra days there before flying back to Canada and covered a lot of ground in those three days. Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain and the capital of Catalonia. Its history goes back to Roman times. Situated on the Mediterranean…
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Follow us on Facebook! We took about a hundred photos at the Sagrada Familia. Here are some of them. The Nativity Facade with its four towers We were able to go up to the walkway between the two central towers. A crowd admires the sculptures on the Nativity Facade. Construction continues on the church which was…
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Follow us on Facebook! Here are a few additional photos of our visit to Malaga, Spain. Alongside the Alcazaba. The Castillo de Gibralfaro is at the top of the hill ahead. Looking up at part of the Alcazaba Janis by a gate in the Alcazaba Along the ramparts of the Alcazaba, the city of Malaga in…
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Follow us on Facebook! The fourth stop on our 2009 cruise was Malaga, a small Spanish city on the Mediterranean 134 kilometres from Gibraltar. As we did in Cadiz, we decided to explore Malaga on our own rather than take an organized excursion. The city is a short hop by bus from the port. Malaga is an ancient city with…
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Here are some additional photos of our visit to Lisbon. At a park along the waterfront we found these interesting benches before we went into the city itself. The 25 de Abril Bridge and our cruise ship as seen from the ramparts of the Castelo de Sao Jorge The battlements of the Castelo. One of…
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The second port of call on our 2009 trans-Atlantic cruise was Lisbon, Portugal. While had taken a shore excursion on our first stop, Tenerife in the Canary Islands, we opted to check out Lisbon on our own. Upon disembarking, there were free shuttle buses to transport us to the Baixa and surrounding districts which make up the historic…
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