Oh my Gaudi! ~ Unknown Highlights from our trip to Spain, August 2023: Barcelona: Madrid: Segovia: Córdoba: Seville:
¡Bienvenidos a España! 2023 🇪🇸
Category Archives: Summer
Denver/Red Rock & Garden of the Gods Park: colorful celestial spires, July 2023
Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory. Ed Viesturs Those colorful celestial spires: “Their story begins hundreds of millions of years ago, when the area around the Garden hosted the mighty “Ancestral Rockies” (so named because they rose in much the same place as our modern Rockies). Like all mountain ranges, they […]
The North Shore MN, 2015 🦆 2021 🐠 2022 🌳 2023
You know the 4 MN seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction. ~ Unknown Minnesotan What is the Minnesota North Shore? The Minnesota North Shore refers to the northern shore of Lake Superior, one of the five great lakes in North America. The North Shore runs from Duluth, Minnesota, at the southwestern end […]
Summer’s Tranquility: Brook Creek and Prairie Song Farm, Iowa, 2020/21/22/23 🚜🐂🌼
If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal. ~ Paul Coelho Dorchester, IA: Enjoy fishing at one of the most popular coldwater trout streams in the state of Iowa, Waterloo Creek. It offers exceptional angling for brook, rainbow and brown trout. The section of Waterloo Creek near Dorchester is not stocked, but fish […]
The Right Way To Do Amsterdam 🇳🇱
A Ship in Harbor Is Safe, But that Is Not What Ships Are Built For. ~ John A. Shedd Cruise past canal houses and bridges Created in the 17th century to keep the sea at bay, Amsterdam’s UNESCO protected canal belt is the quintessential postcard-perfect vision of Amsterdam. It is an unbelievably pretty sight, especially […]
In a Quest to Find Hidden Gems: 🇨🇭🇩🇪🇫🇷🇳🇱 Flusskreuzfahrt auf dem Rhein, Juli 2019
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. ~ St. Augustine Switzerland flourishes as a country of innovation and diversity while putting an emphasis on protecting its pristine nature, timeworn architecture, and unique traditions. While urban pleasure-seekers succumb to the temptations of world-class cuisine and sophisticated living, others […]
Crossing the English Channel (La Manche): London and Paris, June 2018 🏴🇫🇷 Londres et Paris
Laughter is an instant vacation. ~ Milton Berle
Island Hopping: Italia 🇮🇹 agosto 2017
Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers. ~ George Carlin From the famous Roman amphitheater, the Colosseum, that was built between C.E. 70 and 72, to Michelangelo’s David in Florence, to the Vatican City and Michelangelo’s masterpiece, the Sistine Chapel, to the rolling hills and beauty of Tuscany to Portovenere […]
Floating Through the Venetian Culture 🇮🇹
With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding. ~ Sandra Lake The most ancient findings in and around the Venetian lagoon date back to the period between the 10th and the 7th cent. BC. According to the tradition, Venice was founded in 421 AD, which is the date of the first settlement on the islands […]
Out East —> Summer, 2016 🚕☀️
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. ~ Anna Quindlen Antietam, Maryland (September 17 1862): Antietam, or the Battle of Sharpsburg, is the bloodiest battle of the Civil War that happened on a single day. And while the numbers of killed and […]
