Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos of our visit to the Palace at Versailles. These were taken with an older camera and if we should be fortunate enough to visit Paris again, I’ll replace them with better pictures taken with my newer camera. Statue of Louis XIV at the entrance to the courtyard…
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Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos from the 2017 Abbotsford International Airshow. The static displays and the Snowbirds each have a separate photo gallery. Above – the FA-18 Super Hornet with after-burners on. Almost at the speed of sound it leaves vapor trails in its wake. The Canada 150 flag was flying at…
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Follow us on Facebook! Here are additional photos of the Snowbird in action. The Snowbirds make their entrance. Up up and away Inverted flyover Heading right towards us Start of the starburst Triple crossover Up for the rollover The Snowbirds were undoubtedly the highlight of the Abbotsford Airshow. Simply amazing. Follow us on Facebook!
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Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos from the static displays ate the Abbotsford International Airshow. CF-18 Hornet. To the left of it is a mock-up cockpit you could try out. C-130 Hercules Canadian Forces Military Transport Plane Those are very large propellers! We were surprised to learn that Abbotsford’s University of the Fraser…
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Follow us on Facebook! This year marked the 55th annual Abbotsford International Airshow. I first attended one shortly after I moved to B.C. in 1974 and have attended several times since then. When I was single we’d cram a bunch of us into a car and go together for a day. Later my wife and I…
Read MoreSuburban Vancouver: An Overview
Follow us on Facebook! This is a follow-up to my previous post, Vancouver: An Overview. In it I gave a rundown of a variety of attractions in the city of Vancouver proper. Today I continue with a list of things visitors to Vancouver may find interesting in the suburbs. And I am using the term…
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Follow us on Facebook! I have been asked to be a tour guide for some visitors from Australia in September. That will be a new experience for me and I thought, what better way to prepare for this than by putting together a post here on things to see and do in Vancouver. There are…
Read MoreThe Forgotten Island
Follow us on Facebook! When we think of the Bahamas we think of the cities of Nassau and Freeport and maybe of the fabulous Atlantis Resort. We also think of an island archipelago with many sandy beaches. The Bahamas, in fact, has over 700 islands of varying sizes. One of them used to be the…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Eleuthra
Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos of our visit to the island of Eleuthra in the Bahamas. Our tour guide on the bus tells of the history of Eleuthra During the ride we were shown how to make some crafts, including this headband made from reeds A house in Governor’s Harbour is…
Read MoreRome’s Colosseum
The Colosseum is the largest amphitheatre ever built and a must-see highlight of any visit to Rome. We spent a day there before taking a Mediterranean cruise in 2011. After the cruise we spent another day in the city. That first day had us take a hop on/hop off bus around the city and one…
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