Adorable Rare Double Rainbow Spotted in San Diego
An adorable and extremely rare double rainbow was spotted in San Diego. The double rainbow is not often spotted, particularly one that is this remarkable. What do you think of this? Is this amazing?
Montreal Street Scenes
Montreal is a great city. This is Part II of our Canadian Travel pictures. These are street scenes from the cool city.
Vietnam – Laughing Girls
I found these pictures that I never posted. When I was in Vietnam, these girls wanted some pictures. They were funny and as I took more pictures, they got more and more goofy. Who doesn’t like seeing photographs of kids being funny and cute.
24 Rainy Hours in Quebec with thin-soled shoes
When you travel you are always there. That’s always my motto. What this means is that the minute you leave home to travel, that you are already there. Whether you are stuck in the snowed in airport overnight on the way to a beautiful Hawaiian Beach, or in your hotel while the rain pelts outside – you are always there and the minute you step out of your house, your adventure has already begun.
Sometimes when you travel you have visions in your head of what the place you are visiting will be like. Those visions can be so strong, that when you finally arrive you are disappointed because it is different. You have to accept what it is and love it for that.
We had visions in our head of Quebec; beautiful castles and churches against sunny skies and warm breezes. or perhaps, lightly snow dusted streets – something out of postcards. Hoping off the train in Quebec City that Sunday, we realized it would be quite different than the vision in our mind. The rain was pelting down. It was just above freezing – too warm to turn the rain to beautiful snow yet cold enough to feel like sharp pins hitting your face.
Ducking under any awning we could find at the train station and running to the cab I encountered my first large cold puddle of rain. Looking down at my woefully inadequate white converse in the cab on the ride to the hotel I realized much too late that I was in Rainy Quebec with thin soled shoes. This was going to be different than the picture perfect postcard visions in our head. I reminded myself – when you travel, you are always there.
A rainy, but comfortable train ride to Quebec City.
We were quite happy that the hotel provided us with an Umbrella, something else we forgot to bring
Beautiful Parks with trees like this are all over Quebec. Even in rain they were beautiful.
We loved this park. So calm, so peaceful. And it was all ours. Thank you to the rain.
A feeling of Europe, so close to home.
Horse drawn carriages. The clopping of horse shoes on cobblestone. What a beautiful sound.
Graffiti provides beauty in the city as well. It is quite common in many parts.
A ghostly figure of an elderly lady. She walked slowly. I followed her and took a photograph
Pay phones. They are everywhere. No one uses them. Canadians are slower than us to abandon traditions.
A beautiful church, the lights reflect off the wet ground.
The entire city is built of stone and brick – so few cities are like this anymore.
A beautiful hotel from afar. It was morning. I got up early and everyone was still sleeping.
This is the famous church. Each year, perhaps millions take a picture here.
If you like small beautiful quaint hotels, come to Quebec because they are everywhere. You cannot go wrong.
Quebec is to Americans what Europe is to the UK – Quebec is our Europe. A 4 hour plane ride to arrive in another world.
Quebec is extremely French. Without the tourist many might stop speaking english altogether.
Too bad we were not foodies. We didn’t take advantage of the excellent food in the city.
This sweet tree with 4 benches. I am sure many come here to sit and read.
Our trip to Quebec was nice memories. In spite of the cold rain, we still loved everything about the city. The people, the town, the scenes.
Even with rain, thin shoes and cold feet, the city warmed our hearts and is a place we will return to again and again.
Rural Canada Photographed from Train Window
Traveling by train is nostalgic. It’s comfortable and exciting ,giving you a feeling that you are going somewhere and that anything is possible. I often used to think that train time was down time, a time to just reflect and watch the world go by.
One of the more well known classic train trips is the beautiful trip from Montreal to Quebec. The country side is some of most beautiful in world. I photographed out the window as dramatic storms brewed in the distant. There was something strangely familiar about the scenes.
I felt I was not only traveling to Quebec, but back in time. Peoples lives and homes were flashing by me at 90 miles per hour but my camera was capturing them. It was freezing them. And here they are.
Distant clouds provided a surreal backdrop to the mundane scenes that flew by.
A lone tree in fields of grain. It’s leaves were yellowed and ready to fall.
A tiny car darting down the road was no match for us, as we overtook it.
What kind of dreary things were they doing inside. It was a cold day, not much to do outside.
Farm equipment, quite technical looking but doing important things for many.
Sitting in a train, is like taking a plane but on the ground. It is infinitely more interesting.
You get a sense of the beauty of Canada on a train. Autumn is ending now, Winter is approaching.
Take the train whenever possible. It is better than a car, a bus or a plane most of the time. If you have the time that is.
There is something about photographing from a window. You will always be surprised at the result.
Hazy cold rain fell. It was still beautiful. The rural country side was beautiful.
The train and storm were moving quickly. Every minute was changing.
