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City of Gibraltar – Here’s Why It’s A Surprise Tourist Destination
In my previous post I explained why Alison and I, pretty well on a whim, decided to visit the British colony of Gibraltar after spending a few days in Nerja. We are staying at the wonderful Rock Hotel, just above the cable car station to the top of the Rock of Gibraltar and tomorrow we will […]
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Montparnasse Cemetery – A Visit by the Maritime Explorer
Paris has many cemeteries, but three are generally reckoned to be genuine tourist destinations. In spring 2015 I stayed in an apartment overlooking Montmartre Cemetery and wrote this post about my visit. Later I visited Pere Lachaise Cemetery with guide David Burke and wrote this post. Early this spring of 2016 I returned to Paris […]
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Mullin Automotive Museum
The number one attraction in Oxnard, California might also be the most difficult to get to. That’s because the Mullin Automotive Museum is only open from 10:00 to 3:00 Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but trust me if you are in the Los Angeles area on one of the days it is open, it’s more than […]
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Cluny Museum – Paris’ Medieval Marvel
In a previous post I explained why I chose to stay in the Latin Quarter on my most recent visit to Paris. I also described a walking trip around the Latin Quarter and stopping at the exterior of the Cluny Museum, Paris’ museum dedicated to the Medieval period. This morning I’m headed back to visit the […]
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Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve, Fort Myers
I’ve been coming to the Fort Myers area for almost forty years and I thought I had visited pretty well all the major wildlife viewing areas and parks in Lee County and most of Southwest Florida. Until today that is, when I found one almost right next door to where we are staying. I’d passed […]
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Ventura California – A Downtown Walking Tour
Gertrude Stein famously quipped about her home town of Oakland, California that “There is no there, there”. Without naming names I’ve been to a few other places in California that would fit that description, but today I’m about to walk the historic centre of Ventura California and I can assure you that it’s definitely there […]
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Gibraltar – Totally Different than Expected
The last four posts on our spur of the moment trip to the Spanish province of Andalusia have focused on the area around the small and very nice town of Nerja on the eastern end of the Costa del Sol. Now it’s time to move on, but to where? I’m poring over the map of southern […]
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Santa Cruz Island – A Quick Visit
Everyone knows the saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” and that’s exactly what I’m about to do as I head out to Santa Cruz Island for the day. One of the main reasons I have headed to Oxnard, California for the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) annual conference is to spend the […]
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Reagan Library – A Must Visit in Simi Valley
I’m headed for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library or the Reagan Library as I’ll call it from here on, in semi-arid and quite beautiful Simi Valley, California. It’s about an hour north of Los Angeles via the Ventura Freeway and then a short distance on highway 23. Won’t you join me to examine the life […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz