Posts in Category: Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia – A Day in the City of Brotherly Love
On our most recent mid-Spring journey to Florida from Nova Scotia Alison and I decided to stop in Philadelphia for a few days as we’d never spent any time in what is one of America’s truly great cities. Our visit began at beautiful Longwood Gardens which I wrote about in this post and ended with a way too […]
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National Constitution Center in Philadelphia
This is the third of four posts I am writing about Alison’s and my visit to the great city of Philadelphia, which has long been on our ‘must do more than drive by’ list for years. The first was on Longwood Gardens which anyone with the remotest interest in horticulture must visit at least once in […]
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Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia
Although I’m a Canadian and a resident of Nova Scotia, the 14th colony that chose to side with Britain, I have always been an admirer of the people and principles that led to the creation of the United States, particularly the Constitution. For many years I have wanted to visit Philadelphia and tour the sites […]
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Longwood Gardens – Fantastic Forest and Flowers
To the amazement of some of my friends, all male ones I might add, I love flowers – looking at them, smelling them, photographing them and, of course, growing them. When traveling, visiting gardens is always one of my top priorities. Longwood Gardens had long been at or near the top of great gardens in […]
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Nemacolin – Western Pennsylvania’s Premiere Resort
One of the reasons I seldom go on travel writer’s fam (familiarization) trips is because they are bloody hard work – long hours, often visiting sites that have zero interest even though the host thinks that it is the next big thing in tourism, dealing with travel divas who can make me cringe with embarrassment […]
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Pittsburgh – First Impressions of the City of Bridges
I almost didn’t get to Pittsburgh yesterday thanks to the ever vigilant authorities at Pearson Airport. Despite having a Nexus card I got tagged for extra scrutiny and diverted to the regular security lineup where I presented my boarding pass and put my things through the scanner. No big deal – until I tried to […]