Travel
Everyone wants to see the flying fish, they are crowded around the fish stall at the entrance to Pike Place Market in Seattle. The school children are just waiting and watching – we all are. The one item missing is the customer – the fish stall needs a customer to […]
My first stay at the Hotel Monaco Seattle was many years ago and the only memorable part of the stay was the goldfish “Talula” that was placed in our room. Memorable because we had a pet for the night but also because we had just seen “Saving Nemo” at the movies and when […]
The Garden Route in South Africa is one drive that everyone tells you to do during your visit. As I did not want to rent a car and drive the three day trip alone, I signed up for a tour. The tour ended up being me, a pensioner from Australia […]
On my recent Portland/Seattle trip, I needed to visit the Emergency Room. Visiting the hospital on vacation was not on my vacation “to do” list but the experience made me think about vacations and health a bit differently. While I understand my insurance coverage, I was a bit lost on how […]
On a recent twitter chat, we were queried to name a few “travel gems” that people may not know about. I revealed a gem that I had just returned from – the San Juan Islands in Washington State. This was my third trip to the San Juan Islands, a group of islands […]
The theme of this week’s #FriFotos is “babies”. Babies are cute so my contribution this week are baby animals on safari (super cute). I visited Botswana and South Africa for safari/holiday and was fortunate to see a few young animals (if they are smaller than the mom, i will say […]
“You’re last”, “You’re last” were the words the small four year old boy in front of me was yelling about at Union Station in Portland, Ore. He was very cute along with his older sister as they jumped with excitement for their first train ride back home to Seattle (the […]
I cheated, I didn’t mean to but the concierge had visited Voodoo Doughnuts before I arrived and left me two doughnuts as a welcome amenity (I had joked that i was working out at the gym like a fiend before my visit having heard about the doughnuts). I cheated because […]
Living in Philadelphia, I am surrounded by history everyday and July 4th is a great reminder of the events that brought about our freedoms and liberties to draw up the U.S. Constitution (the Constitution Center is also a large reminder with life size statues of the signers). Celebrating July 4th […]
With only a day open in my conference schedule on my first visit to Portland, I asked the concierge for tour suggestions as I did not have a car during my stay. My initial plan was to visit the Willamette Valley wineries known for Pinot Noir but as she found […]