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Philadelphia Historic Landmarks – FriFotos

Philadelphia historic landmarks, some world reknown, others just locally loved are all around the city.  For this week’s #FriFotos theme of Landmarks, I share a bit of my city, The City of Brotherly Love.  We have over 60 National Historic Landmarks in and around the city.  Walking around to see […]

Spring flowers Kirstenbosch South Africa

Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, South Africa

I don’t have a green thumb, never had, never will, so I enjoy visiting gardens because they are pretty colorful, relaxing and give me so many photo opportunities.  The Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden ,outside of Cape Town, was a stop on the day long private tour  (we spent the morning […]

Monaco yachts

Luxury travel indulgences – FriFotos

  Everyone dreams of luxury but what is luxe to one person may not be to another.  For me, I try to use loyalty points/miles to stay in luxury hotels, fly long haul business class and use the savings to upgrade my experiences along the way with private guides, helicopter […]

Dublin at Night - Convention Center colors reflected on the Liffey River

Dublin at Night – the photography tour

A photo tour may not be something you ever thought of adding to your “must do” vacation list but you should definitely add it.  While some photo tours are instructional and require special cameras and tripods as you learn technique, other tours are educational and fun.  Dublin at Night with […]

Fall colors in Dublin's park

See Dublin by Bike – the Taste of Dublin tour

Attending the TBEX Conference in Dublin, attendees were offered complimentary tours/experiences during our stay.  Keeping with my new “see the city by bike tour” credo, I signed up for a bike tour (The Taste of Dublin) with See Dublin by Bike.  It had rained for most of the week in […]

South African Flag

Capture the Colour of South Africa in Photos

When Vanessa at Turnipseed Travel tagged me to participate in the Travel Supermarket’s Capture the Colour (ah the British spelling…) contest, I was happy to participate.  Each travel blogger creates a post of five photos to represent the primary colors of red, blue, green, yellow and white.  As I’ve just […]

FriFotos – It’s Travel “Electric” (no dancing required)

This week’s FriFotos theme is “Electric” so it will be quite interesting to see the creativity of the posts from around the world.  A mish mash of travel photos and stories that are “electric” to me, hope you enjoy my interpretations. The Electric Street Car – the 501 Trolley in […]

Gondolas in Venice

Finally! A Room with a View #FriFotos

This week’s theme of FriFotos is “A Room with a View” and for the most part my view is usually the back alley, a brick wall or no view at all on the inside cruise cabin.  Traveling solo, I’m usually more interested in saving money so I rarely get a […]

Sunrise in Botswana

Sunrise and Sunset Photos from Africa and Easter Island

Every Monday on Twitter, there is a #TravelPics chat at 3pm EST. With a different theme each week, it is a great opportunity to share travel photos.  If a picture is worth a thousand words, well, this chat is worth many millions. The artistry and talent exhibited is amazing – […]