The world through photos
Seattle may be known for its rainy winter weather, but we still have days of crystal blue skies and sun. Granted, it’s cold enough to still be all bundled up, but it’s also enough to remind us that spring, and warmer weather, is just around the corner.
The day I visited the Pantheon in Paris, there were some repairs being made (note the ladder on the right side). It’s dome still look impressive against the blue sky dotted with fluffy clouds.
Last fall I had a series of missed airline connections that resulted in my having to sleep in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. I just needed to chill out for a few hours, nowhere near long enough to go to a hotel, no matter how close, and then catch a 6 am flight to Washington DC.
I found myself wandering around the airport in the very wee hours of the night/morning. Airports can be a very eerie place in those wee hours! I mean, when else are you going to find no people around the people mover in this busy airport?
As you look out at the red-tiled rooftops of Dubrovnik, you will occasionally see one that still has not been repaired from the bombing the city suffered from years ago. Find a high spot in the town, perhaps the wall around the city, and you’ll find great views of the city, its rooftop, and the sea.
Hand-carved wooden carousel horses are a thing of the past, which is just one of the reasons that the carousel in Spokane’s Riverfront Park is such a gem. You can choose your favorite ride and try to catch the brass ring.
It may be cheesy, tacky, and an overdone neon nightmare, but there’s no denying that the Las Vegas Strip at night is impressive.
It’s been awhile since I experienced night time Las Vegas, but last fall’s trip for Blog World Expo gave me another link at this city that NEVER sleeps.
The Etruscan Museum is located in Chiusy, Italy. It’s full of Etruscan art, especially funeral urns. Admission is a couple Euro, and you can easily see the museum in about an hour. While you’re there, why not pick out the funeral urn that you think suits your style?
Closer to home than the original, the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas is like much of the rest of the city’s attractions – over the top, a bit on the tacky side, but still luring visitors.
The visit to the town, and UNESCO World Heritage Site, was a bit anticlimactic for me. There was beautiful architecture, incredible history, and a sort of peaceful calm about it. I just didn’t connect to it emotionally the way most visitors did.
I had a rare opportunity to go onstage and backstage at Cirque du Soleil’s long running production of “O”. Walking around on the stage, which becomes water during the production, I wondered how it must feel for the performers to look out, night after night, at the faces in the audience. I’ll never know, but this is what the theater looks like when there is NO audience. “O” plays at the Bellagio Resort to sold out crowds.
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