Travel Blogs
Categories
-
Travel Blogs 219
Latest blog comments
-
New Orleans - Spring 1950LOL Funny stories!
Men without a good sense of humour are no fun at all.
- Levina de Ruijter
-
New Orleans - Spring 1950My mother's father was the same way. When my parents were leaving after the wedding reception and my grandfather told my dad just to leave...- greatgrandma
-
New Orleans - Spring 1950Yes, my mom said whenever he was going to say something outrageous, his eyes would kind of snap and sparkle. I have photos of him in a blanket...
- greatgrandma
-
Germany in 1950- Eagle's Nest - Post 6
Daddy was fascinated by the way the traffic was directed - policemen with white gloves who were almost dancing. He took movies of them. German traffic cop German children old couple Mannheim street American GIs with a German girl - the GIs had access to many things unavailable to the...- greatgrandma
- Updated:
- 3 min read
- Views: 465
- Likes: 2
- Comments: 3
- Travel Blogs
-
Some photo's
Right. We'll actually make this a little bit interactive. On some of the Murals, you'll see a black number on an oval shaped plaque in the corner. If you take note of the number, and look here, you'll get a bit of a description of the painting :) https://katikatiopenairart.co.nz/ourmurals/ Oh...- Markuswelder
- Updated:
- 1 min read
- Views: 397
- Likes: 4
- Comments: 1
- Travel Blogs
-
Second Part of 1938 -Colorado and the World's Fair
June of 1938 my parents got a telegram that my dad's father had died on June 5th in Colorado. They were already planning a visit. But they didn't get out there in time for the funeral. Published in the Wet Mountain Tribune June 1938 "Death Calls John Figge - Pioneer Silver Cliff Resident"...- greatgrandma
- Updated:
- 4 min read
- Views: 226
- Likes: 1
- Travel Blogs
-
Arriving in Brussels in 1950
In 1950, my parents took us to Europe. To save money my mother and my sister and I all were on the same passport. I'm on the left - age 12. My mother is in the center, and my sister is on the right - age 10. My mother had her 41st birthday on the trip. Our passport picture. My mother...- greatgrandma
- Updated:
- 2 min read
- Views: 314
- Likes: 5
- Comments: 1
- Travel Blogs
-
My Parent's Trips Before I was Born - 1932 to 1937
My mother learned to drive in 1923 in North Carolina. She was 14 and she learned on a Model T. The Model T had a different transmission from what you see today. Part of shifting gears was done with your feet. Mother She was taught by her uncles - her mother's younger brothers Willard and...- greatgrandma
- Updated:
- 4 min read
- Views: 563
- Likes: 4
- Comments: 9
- Travel Blogs
-
Dinner in New York City - 2007
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 61
- Travel Blogs
Eating at The View - the revolving restaurant in New York City A section of the Buffet desserts The napkins had the exploded view of the... -
Finishing Up At Ellis Island in 2007
- greatgrandma
- 3 min read
- Views: 64
- Travel Blogs
Posters at the History Center Ship posters My back was sore, and I was beginning to have trouble walking, so we got a wheelchair and my... -
Circling Lady Liberty in 2007
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 62
- Travel Blogs
I took pictures of the Staten Island Ferry (which since it is free, I had some idea that I might take that). I went down to use the bathroom... -
Aiming for Ellis Island in 2007
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 90
- Travel Blogs
On my first Grandchild trip we visited New York from my sister's house in Princeton. We took the train. After we were half way there, we... -
Driving Through a Tree in Yosemite in 1966 - post 9
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 63
- Travel Blogs
- Cathedral Spires Falls Walking down a path Bridge My mom wanted to get a good picture of the reflection in Mirror Lake. So we got up... -
Back to Yosemite in 1966 - post 8
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 54
- Travel Blogs
My parents and I went to a San Jose swap meet Swap meet in front of Model A Ford (1930?) and we visited the Lick Observatory on Mount... -
San Francisco 1966 - post 7
- greatgrandma
- 3 min read
- Views: 47
- Travel Blogs
In April the Anatomy meetings in San Francisco meant that my father had a book to promote at the meeting. Displaying the Atlas that my father... -
Cottages, a Pig Sty and Village Shops in Bunratty - 2007 - post 10
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 65
- Travel Blogs
In addition to a fireplace, each cottage had a bed or beds small bed by the fire Bed and trunk and hutch or a similar piece of furniture to... -
Bunratty Chickens, Goats and Haystacks before Lunch 2007 - post 9
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 41
- Travel Blogs
The Horizontal Mill is a working corn mill based on findings of an excavation in Mashangla Co. Cork. This type of mill is described in detail in... -
Exploring Bunratty in the Rain 2007 - post 8
- greatgrandma
- 3 min read
- Views: 55
- Travel Blogs
June 2, 2007 The tour offered a 'full Irish breakfast" each morning. At Bunratty, this consisted of a base of scrambled eggs and what they called... -
Horrible Heathrow and Awful Aer Lingus in 2007 - post 7
- greatgrandma
- 5 min read
- Views: 60
- Travel Blogs
Arriving at Heathrow Since the plane was 5 hours late (we arrived about 11:20), they had to get us off via a stair and bus us in to the... -
Times Square to EWR (Newark airport) in 2007 - post 6
- greatgrandma
- 4 min read
- Views: 48
- Travel Blogs
Then I hobbled down to Times Square where I took some pictures of the billboards. Time's Square Times square Times Square Hard Rock... -
Dinner in Manhatten for the View 2007 - post 5
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 47
- Travel Blogs
After we'd finished there my sister and I went back down the elevator and my grandson went up to the third floor without us. Third floor... -
Searching for Ancestors on Ellis Island - 2007 - post 4
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 42
- Travel Blogs
Ellis Island from the ferry Private Vehicles Prohibited Ellis Island Center We got off at Ellis Island and picked up the audio tour tapes... -
Circling Lady Liberty in 2007 - post 3
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 40
- Travel Blogs
after many inquiries, we found the right train and the right track and counting to be sure that we were in the first five cars, we got on. Sign... -
Aiming for Ellis Island - 2007 - post 2
- greatgrandma
- 3 min read
- Views: 52
- Travel Blogs
On the way to my sister's house, We drove through Princeton University Nassau Hall? Then she took us to her house, and she went back to work... -
Starting for The Sparkling Emerald Isle in 2007 - post 1
- greatgrandma
- 4 min read
- Views: 68
- Travel Blogs
When Erin first rose by William Drennan When Erin first rose from the dark swelling flood, God bless'd the green island and saw it was good; The... -
More Yosemite and Big Basin in 1966 - post 6
- greatgrandma
- 2 min read
- Views: 63
- Travel Blogs
We went back to the campsite for lunch, and the children played in the river. Playing in the river Mule ride - Bob leading the mules In the...