According to legend, Alexander the Great came to visit the Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope. Alexander wanted to fulfill a wish for Diogenes and asked
Captives, Martin van den Bogaert/Desjardins (Louvre Museum) Taken from the pedestal of the statue in the Place des Victoires, these captives represent the nations
Today we visited the Louvre and viewed the Napoleon III Apartments which were built for the ministry of state between 1852 and1857 as part of
Yesterday I needed to pickup a new camera, the new Lumix GF5 was not released when we left, so i decided to buy it here
As we have discussed in my previous post, the food in Paris is amazing. This is the second part in a series I am doing
Tonight we decided to eat locally (since it was raining) and went to the Bon restaurant situated in a lovely building on Rue de la
When we were shopping at the local supermarket in Paris today, I decided to pick up some beer. They had three sizes as shown above.
I know this is a little out of order since I am currently in Paris, but I found this charming photo from our trip to
One of the greatest things about Paris, as we all know, is the food. The photo shown above is a collection of varietal tomatoes I
If you love flowers, plants, birds and animals, then you are in the right place. I love nature photography and combined with my love of birds, flowers and travel I have decided to create a place to present photographs and information on my favorites. This is a revision of my previous website traveltoeat.com since I become old (and fat) and I have become more interested in photography than eating.
I live in Las Vegas but I travel frequently in the southwest, California and in fact around the world. While Las Vegas would seem to be an unusual choice with regards to plants and birds it is an unusually busy place due to Pacific Migration Flyway which comes through Las Vegas. Since this is a desert, the birds are concentrated in the many springs, seeps, lakes and parks in and around Las Vegas, making for really great birding.
Since the previous blog focused on travel and eating, there will be a fair amount of focus on history beautiful architecture and food. However, both in the past and today I am always interested in a good garden, zoo, safari or hike.My idea of a perfect day is to be surrounded by flowers, insects, animals and birds, I hope my photographs and descriptions will inspire you in your own travels and hikes.
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