Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, France – Great Castles of the World
The Chateau de Versailles is one of the most popular tourist stops in France but it has not been that way for too many years. The massive structure fell into disrepair after the French Revolution and most of the furnishings were sold off. Only since World War II has there been an ongoing major effort […]
Continue readingOn Safari in Tanzania Part 5 – Visiting a Maasai Boma (Village)
The Boma Part of our culture shock was a visit to a Maasai Boma or small village of a few mud huts. The village population consisted of two husbands, seven wives and about forty children. There were many paradoxes for us to grapple with such as the extreme poverty, lack of education and health […]
Continue readingNeuschwanstein Castle, Hohenschwangau, Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn], English: New Swanstone Castle) is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as a homage to Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for […]
Continue readingOn Safari in Tanzania – Part 4 – The Elephants Video and More
I have been putting off doing the editing necessary to make some of the video footage from our African Safari presentable. Video editing is slow and tedious and it isn’t really my strong suit! Also, I think I’m afraid that the scenes which are so real and memorable to Lynn and me just won’t […]
Continue readingYellowstone National Park – Take an HD Video Tour
If you are thinking of doing a tour of National Parks or even just a trip out west, don’t miss Yellowstone National Park. I am hoping to collect some high quality and informatively narrated videos of National Parks. Yellowstone is a great start. I and my wife, Lynn, and daughters have toured the park in […]
Continue readingOn Safari in Tanzania – Part 3 – First Day of Big Game Hunting
October 21 was the day we first arrived at our camp, received our “potty training” and rested for an hour or so after lunch. Wisely, our tour guides were giving us a deliberately slow start to help us cope with the jet lag of a halfway around the world trip and the 6000 foot […]
Continue readingSaint Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow, Russia
per Wikipedia (excerpt) The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat (Russian: Собор Покрова пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву) or Pokrovsky Cathedral (Russian: Покровский собор) are official names for a Russian Orthodox church in Red Square in Moscow.[5] The church is also called the Cathedral of St. Vasily the Blessed […]
Continue readingThe Science of Happiness – a Study in Gratitude.
I just found a website that produces a variety of catchy YouTube videos. I found this one embedded into a Facebook post and tracked it down to its source. It has nearly 2 million views. Its cool, funny and inspiring all at once. Enjoy it, and if you do, pass it on. The link […]
Continue readingOn Safari in Tanzania – Part 2
I’m going to to start very near the beginning of our safari, hoping to convey just how much of a culture shock we experienced going from the USA to Tanzania’s bush country. We arrived at about 10PM on our flight from the U. S. via Amsterdam at a relatively small international airport in Arusha, […]
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