Rick Steves’ European Christmas – Presepi Manger Scenes
This is the eleventh and final repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I originally posted in 2103. I have posted throughout December until Christmas week. These posts were well received last year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. Rick Steves is a popular […]
Continue readingRick Steve’s European Christmas Eve
This is the tenth repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I originally posted in 2013. I have been posting throughout December until Christmas week. These posts were well received last year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. Rick Steves’ European Christmas is Almost Here! This […]
Continue readingRick Steve’s European Christmas Part 9 – Switzerland
This is the ninth repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I originally posted in 2013. I am posting through Christmas week. These posts were well received last year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. Rick Steves is a popular travel guide, especially in […]
Continue readingRick Steves’ European Christmas Part 8 – Italy
This is the eighth repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I originally posted in 2013. I am posting from now until Christmas week. These posts were well received last year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. Rick Steves is a popular travel guide, […]
Continue readingRick Steves’ European Christmas Part 7 – Austria
This is the seventh repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I originally posted in 2013. I am posting from now until Christmas. These posts were well received last year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. Rick Steves is a popular travel guide, […]
Continue readingRick Steves’ European Christmas Part 6 – Germany
This is the sixth repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I originally posted in 2013. I am posting from now until Christmas. These posts were well received last year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. Rick Steves is a popular travel guide, […]
Continue readingRick Steves’ European Christmas Part 5 – France
This is the fifth repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I originally posted in 2013. I am posting from now until Christmas. These posts were well received last year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. Rick Steves is a popular travel guide, […]
Continue readingRick Steves’ European Christmas Part 4 – Norway
This is the fourth repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I originally posted in 2013. I am posting from now until Christmas. These posts were well received last year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. Rick Steves is a popular travel […]
Continue readingRick Steves’ European Christmas Part 3 – London
This is the third repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I originally posted in 2013. I am posting from now until Christmas. These posts were well received last year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. Rick has produced a wonderful series of ten […]
Continue readingRick Steves’ European Christmas Part 2 – Bath and the English Countryside
This is a repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I originally posted in 2013. I’ll post from now until Christmas. These posts were well received last year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. The first stop on the Rick Steves’ European Christmas tour is to […]
Continue readingRick Steves’ European Christmas Series of 10 Videos for December
This is the introductory repost in a series of Rick Steves’ European Christmas traditions I first posted in 2013. I’ll post from now until Christmas. These posts have been well received each year and I hope they will be a blessing this year as well. Rick Steves is a popular travel guide, especially […]
Continue readingHalloween Wrap Up
Intro Well, we have looked at the “facts” of the history of Halloween and made some “objective” comments on the history. All that remains is to say “So what. What does it mean for me?” It means different things for different people, of course, so I will be answering the question for myself. Commercialization […]
Continue reading“Pipe Dream” by Animusic – How Do They Do That?
Here is a second selection of animated music by Animusic. The first one I posted, Acoustic Curves, drew a very favorable response. As I looked into it, I found that the producer has a unique approach to syncing the music to the animation —actually they do the reverse, they sync the animation to the music. […]
Continue readingTour the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, Barcelona, Spain in HD Video
I have been posting narrated video tours of Great Cathedrals of the World for nearly two years and the most famous of them have been well received. Unfortunately, there comes a time when these famous cathedrals all reside in my Archives! I encourage you to visit the Archives and browse the list of posts […]
Continue readingBest Family Beaches – Part 6 – Summer Vacation Series
This is an update of an earlier post and guess what, when I Googled “Best Family Beaches Parent’s magazine”, the same article discussed below and its rankings was still the second article on the first search page. Introduction It seems like every time I check on the lists of best beaches – and […]
Continue readingWhat Can Possibly Go Wrong Camping? – Part 5 – Summer Vacation Series
Camping – a Great Way to Spend a Summer Vacation My family is a camping family and has been for many years. Our particular “flavor” of camping has been influenced by several factors: We raised four daughter/campers We started out young, inexperienced in camping and poor We used borrowed and untried equipment to start […]
Continue readingWant to See a Buffalo Face to Face? Yellowstone National Park – Part 4 – Summer Vacation Series
Yellowstone National Park is the oldest, largest and most popular National Park. Our family has visited Yellowstone Park twice and we still tell stories about the ice on the water cup when we got up one morning in late July! The video gives a good visual and narrative introduction to the park. To quote […]
Continue readingWe Saw Alaska in the Summer – How About You? – Part 3 of the Summer Vacation Series
Our Alaska Summer Vacation My wife, Lynn, and I took a Holland America Cruise/Tour of Alaska for 10 days back in early August of 2003. It was the first item on our “Bucket List”. For the Summer Vacation Series, I looked at a lot of mediocre quality video that just didn’t come close to my […]
Continue readingTravel Alberta (remember to breathe) – Part 2 of Summer Vacation Series
Travel Alberta (remember to breathe) is back for an encore just in time for your last minute vacation planning. One of my most popular posts and for good reason. Enjoy this masterpiece of video composition and filming! I first found an Alberta, Canada travel video in August 2014 and I wrote a blog post about […]
Continue readingNorway in a Nutshell Video Tour With Rick Steves
Intro Let’s start our summer in Norway. A good time to visit the Scandinavian countries is in the warm summer season, unless you are a determined Alpine or Nordic skier! There are several ways to spend time in Norway including visits to its major cities and cultural attractions but in this video sample we catch […]
Continue readingEmotional “Love Life” Follows Along With 1 Corinthians 13
This short video titled Love Life is an emotional reflection of a long love life. It follows along with the text of Bible’s I Corinthians Chapter 13 which is known as the “Love Chapter”. I originally found a version of this video on Godtube.com where it had over 100K views but I had difficulty […]
Continue readingHD Video Tour the Pisa Cathedral, Pisa, Italy
Worldsiteguides features many of the world’s most spectacular and important historical sites. Many of the sites are the greatest cathedrals in the world, including the Pisa Cathedral right next to the more famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. The Pisa Cathedral is worth touring even without any leaning towers, dating all the way back to […]
Continue readingAll Season Long Lisa Always Struck Out – All But Once!
My wife, Lynn, wrote a book called Precious Memories a few years ago and we published it in print and electronic formats through Amazon and its partner company CreateSpace. It is a compilation of over fifty short stories about things that she or we, as a family, experienced over the years. She says some stories […]
Continue readingThe Best First Date – Not What You Think!
The Best First Date Headline The headline, together with an interesting photo, caught my attention on a Facebook post so I clicked to see what the best first date would be like. The content marketing people all say that its the headline that is most important. If the headline is boring the reader will quit […]
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