The Royal York Toronto Hotel -walking history tour
The Fairmont Royal York hotel was one of the many stops on our walking history tour of Toronto. I wasn’t staying at the hotel and if I had been, I’m sure I would have overlooked the layers of history...
View ArticleWalking through history in Toronto with Bruce Bell
My last tour of Toronto would be a history walking tour with local historian, Bruce Bell. He loves the city of Toronto and wants you to fully understand it, this wasn’t just a regular tour of Toronto...
View ArticlePhiladelphia 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...
View ArticleParis: Arc de Triomphe…just 100 steps or so
After my niece ran out of her shopping money in Paris, her enthusiasm for touring the city was beginning to wane. It was a bright sunny June day in the city and I was loving walking around taking it...
View Articlea Saturday in Philadelphia – time travel
We all dream of time travel in literature, in the movies and maybe just to correct the neon clothing we wore in the 80’s with our teased hair in the photos that our nieces laugh at (ok, that last one...
View ArticleVisit Herculaneum – Surprising Details In the Shadow of Pompeii
Herculaneum – More Intimate and Lesser Known than Pompeii Lost in the shadow of Pompeii popularity is Herculaneum. Everyone has studied the history of Mt. Vesuvius and its aftermath the most famous...
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