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Tag: Travel

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

Looking Ahead to Travel in 2023

By admin On 8 November 2022

Travel in 2023 brings me to four new countries.  First is Germany, which is restarting what was cancelled by Covid in 2020.  Following that, Thailand, Viet Nam and Cambodia which were also cancelled by Covid.  …

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History, Tourism
Architecture, History, Museum, Tourism, Travel

Anticipating Morocco

By admin On 31 May 2022
Morocco

Travel Resumes My last on a plane was in September, 2019, on a wonderful trip to India.  Subsequent to that a road trip to Florida for two months, then Covid, with all its restrictions, messed …

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Airlines, History, Tourism
Africa, Airlines, Coronavirus, Marrakech, Morocco, Museum, Tourism, Travel, Yves St Laurent

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

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

Travel Failures for 2021

By admin On 20 November 2021
Vancouver Sunset

Cross Border Travel It’s now mid-November 2021, and Coronavius remains at the forefront of the travel industry, despite many openings and relaxing of restrictions. At the end of this month, Canadians can now enter the …

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Airlines, Canada, History, Tourism
Coronavirus, History, Tourism, Travel

Coronavirus Continues

By admin On 21 April 2021
Travel Advisory Canada

  It was March of 2020 that we initially shut down.  Almost everything closed so there was almost no traffic.  Grocery stores were open but with limits on shoppers.  There were lines to get in.  …

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Canada, Tourism
Canada, Coronavirus, Ontario, Travel

Some Symmetry, Just on a Whim

By admin On 29 November 2020
St Mary's, York

Whether by plan or by happenstance, some things just catch my eye when I travel.  Hopefully I have my camera with me, but my phone (Samsung) always does in a pinch.  Symmetry can be anywhere. …

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Canada, England, History, Tourism
Architecture, Canada, China, England, History, Religion, 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

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