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Tag: Hotel

Late Winter Update

By admin On 18 February 2023
Hamburg Travel Poster - the Alster river in front, then a bridge, buildings and sky in the distance.

No News is Good News? Maybe so.  It’s been a few months since I’ve written an update here, mostly because it’s winter, and I haven’t travelled.  Usually I spend the early part of the year …

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Tourism
Canada, History, Hotel, Museum, Tourism, Travel

A Road Trip to Toledo Ohio

By admin On 3 May 2022
Flowers

Finally, and with much anticipation, restrictions were lifted on vehicular border crossings between Canada and the United States.  No more negative Covid tests required for entry on either side.  Time for a road trip! I …

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History, Hotels, Tourism
History, Hotel, Maumee, Ohio, Toledo, Tourism, Travel, USA

Ghost Signs AKA Fading Ads II

By admin On 11 April 2022
Ghost sign for the tenth anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera in Toronto

I try and stop for ghost signs during my travels, although it is not always possible.  Here are a few more of my favourites.   Cincinnati, Ohio This building has been in place since about …

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History, Hotels, Puerto Rico, Tourism
Architecture, Cincinnati, Fading Ads, Ghost Sign, History, Hotel

Mercer Hall Inn, Stratford Ontario

By admin On 16 January 2022
Mercer Hall Inn, Stratford, Ontario

Here we are again, in Ontario, reverted back to mid-2020.  Restaurants are closed for indoor dining, and all ticketed events cancelled.  Maybe these restrictions will be lifted in ten days, but it is just as …

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Canada, History, Hotels, Tourism
Canada, History, Hotel, Ontario, Travel

Coronavirus – the First Six Months

By admin On 1 October 2020
Travel Advisory Canada

Today is 1st October, 2020, and I am at home.  Still. I was in Florida in January and February – began the drive home on 1st March and arrived in Canada three days later.  Within …

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History, Hotels, Tourism
Airlines, Coronavirus, Hotel, Ontario, Tourism, Travel, USA

Ghost Signs AKA Fading Ads

By admin On 7 August 2020
Metropolitan Stores Head Office

Ghost Signs These are a reminder of the past.  Usually on the side of a building and painted by hand, early in the twentieth century.  Many are visible, but so weather damaged they can’t be …

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History, Hotels
Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Ghost Sign, Hotel, North America, Ohio, Ontario, Tennessee, Travel

Coronavirus and my Germany Trip

By admin On 10 May 2020
Santorini, Greece

Everyone knows about the state of the world and Coronavirus.  It has had an effect on what we do in many ways.  Some things will be changed forever. I spent January and February of 2020 …

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Airlines, Hotels, Tourism
Airlines, Coronavirus, Hotel, Tourism, Travel

New York City – Historic Hotel Pennsylvania

By admin On 1 November 2019
Penn Station, NYC

Update! According to Wikipedia, the Hotel Pennsylvania permanently closed on 1st April, 2020.  The building is scheduled for demolition, and in September 2021 liquidation of the interior began.  Demolition to begin early 2022.   I …

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Hotels, Tourism
Architecture, History, Hotel, New York City, Travel, USA

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