Posts in Tag: churches
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Bridgetown – A Walking Tour of Barbados Capital City
A few days ago Alison and I really enjoyed the tour of the Barbados Garrison and George Washington House put on by the Barbados Garrison Historical Consortium Inc. However, that tour does not actually take you to the sites of downtown Bridgetown so today we are returning by ourselves to see what Bridgetown has to offer. […]
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Touring Barbados – A Visit to the South & East Coasts
In a previous post I described a visit to Harrison’s Cave and other sites in north central Barbados by way of rental car. Despite getting lost a few times it was a lot of fun and not hard to do, but with the $25 USD a day rental insurance added to the vehicle rental cost […]
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Barbados Flowers Followed by Flying Fish Sandwiches
Day two of the Barbados trip dawns clear and bright with the waves continuing to crash quite loudly not far from our balcony. Getting up early to write a post I have my first beef with Bougainvillea Beach Resort and while it’s pretty minor on the overall scale of pluses and minuses it is an issue […]
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St George Bermuda – Find Out Why It Is a World Heritage Site
In the previous post Alison and relocated to the eastern portion of Bermuda to set up residence at the Grotto Bay Beach Resort for three nights. We will use it as a base to explore St. George, Bermuda or St. George’s as it seems to be called on at least half the maps. It was settled […]
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Winnipeg – An Early Morning Walking Tour and History Lesson
When I’m travelling I always try to get up at first light to see if there is going to a ‘magic hour’. This is the brief period of time in the very early morning and late dusk that creates the best light conditions for photographs. It took three days, but on the third morning in […]
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Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk – Visiting Delft’s Two Famous Churches
It was nice to get up early and have Delft’s market square pretty well all to ourselves. It had been wall to wall people on Koningsdag and yesterday when we took a cruise on the canals it was not much better. This morning it’s mostly us and the pigeons except for one damn lorry diver […]
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La Seu d’Urgell – Finding Marilyn Monroe in this Ancient Spanish Town
Spain abounds with well preserved small cities and towns that, if they were located anywhere else, would draw a large number of tourists to their unique sites and atmospheres. However, with the irresistible pull of the Toledos, Segovias, Rondas and other better known places, they just get lost in the shuffle. Such a place is the […]