Pizza -Where Was Its Birthplace?
How Did Pizza Get its Start? The video below recounts a slice (pun intended) of the history of pizza. Naples lays claim to being the place where it was first put into common use back as far as the 16th century. Watch. More Detail Wikipedia tells you more than you need to know about […]
Continue readingHD Video Tour Budapest, Hungary – Castle Hill with Rick Steves
Tour Budapest in HD Here is an HD video tour of Budapest, Hungary Castle Hill, and Chain Bridge with Rick Steves, well-known tour guide and tour guide book author. Rick takes us on an informative and professionally videoed tour of this twin city location (Buda on one side of the Danube and Pest on the […]
Continue readingRick Steves Tours the Doges Palace in Venice, Italy in HD Video
Venice and the Doges Palace Venice is a really spectacular city, and one of its most famous buildings is the Doges Palace. My wife, Lynn, and I can personally attest that Venice is a great city to visit, perhaps best in late spring or autumn away from the heat of mid-summer. I was fortunate to […]
Continue readingPrague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic
Prague Castle is the centerpiece of tourist interest in Prague. It is believed to be the largest ancient castle in the world. It covers several centuries in its evolving size and shapes differing from most castles in that it is developed much more on the horizontal plane than vertically. The video does a good job […]
Continue readingKonopiště – Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s Castle, Czech Republic
Introduction Konopiště, the lavish residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir of the Habsburg throne, lies thirty miles south of Prague. While waiting his turn to become emperor, Ferdinand turned this castle into a palace with all the latest comforts, amassed one of the world’s best collections of arms and armor, and lined the walls with […]
Continue readingFantastically filmed video – Travel Alberta – (remember to breathe)!
The Travel Alberta – (remember to breathe) video is unlike any other travel I have ever seen. I have seen a lot of travel videos from tour promos to cultural or educational or historical places and from animals to flowers and landscapes. Some are poorly filmed and don’t really get the intended message across. Others […]
Continue readingThe Magnificent Louvre Paris, France
“Filled with over 30,000 works of art, the Louvre is a treasure trove of Western civilization. This vast former royal palace is famous as the home to Mona (Lisa) and Venus (de Milo) but that’s just the appetizer course.
Continue readingRick 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 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 […]
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