Friday, October 21, 2011

Alaska Postcard from Zazzle.com

Alaska Postcard from Zazzle.com
Alaska Postcard postcard
Alaska Postcard by TravelWithPaula

My favorite things about Alaska travel were:
The natural beauty that seemed to be everywhere
Fresh air (no factories)


In the future I would like to return to Alaska and also go on an Alaska cruise.

Monday, July 4, 2011

My Next Trip Is to Alaska

I am getting ready for my next trip which will be to Homer, Alaska in August of 2011.  In thinking of what I need to purchase before I go I thought I would like to upgrade my camera equipement and came across this interesting comparison shopping website.  www.canadapost.ca/shopper/canon/store/445 which seems to have some great deals.

I am not sure if I need a new camera but maybe I could just add some accessories and upgrades to my current camera which is actually working fine and taking great photos.  I just know that Alaska is such a beautiful place and I really want to be able to capture its beauty in my photos.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Your Delft blue portrait on a real KLM Plane

I received an e-mail from the Dutch airline tileyourself.com about a contest they are having where you can have your photo painted in a tile on the side of their aircraft.  This is a very intersting contest to me that I may enter.  I really like KLM airlines and  used to travel to Europe quite a bit for a former job that I had in the late 90s.  I loved how KLM would give you one of those little blue dutch houses when you flew in Business Class.  They were filled with some type of liquor.  I still have a nice collection of the houses on a shelf in my study at home.  The liquor is still in them as I don't drink and had no reason to open the house.

For more information please visit tileyourself.com  or watch this helpful video.





KLM is based in the Nethlands.  Some of my favorite things to do and see in the Netherlands were:
  • The very quant town of Delft and the very quaint shops along its canal lined streets
  • The Hague and all its beuatiful embassy buildings
  • Shopping and sightseeing along the canals of Amsterdam
  • The thouseands of tulip bulbs in bloom at KEUKENHOF Gardens
And of course to get to the Netherlands I highly recommend flying on tileyourself.com Airlines  Their service was almost always on time and outstanding.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Key West Florida End Of The Rainbow Sign Ornament from Zazzle.com

Key West Florida End Of The Rainbow Sign Ornament from Zazzle.com


I absolutely love Key West and have been there several times in the last 10 years.   I came across this sign which is on a road a block or two off of Duval street.   It reads End of the Rainbow and end of the Route US-1.  I don't know what posessed me to take the photo except for the fact that I simply liked the sign. 


Friday, February 18, 2011

Why I Love Samantha Brown And Her Travels

Thanks to Darwin Barton for todays guest post.

When I want to treat myself to some great tv viewing of lavish lifestyles I watch Samantha Brown on the travel channel. Now that I can watch her on my cannonsatellite tv life is much better. She is always going on wonderful trips to Africa or taking cruises and living the high life. My favorite episode was when she took a cruise to the Carribean where she stayed in style. They showed the huge suite she had in the ship and all the amenities available to do on the trip. On this episode she tried wakeboarding in the wave simulator and she got mass ages from the spa and went dancing in the nightclub. They also showed the destination stops and how beautiful the different stops were like Jamaica and Ochos Rio.

On the episode where she went to Africa she stayed in a lavish hotel with marble and beautiful greenery surrounding the hotel. Once again she was taking in the massages, great food and went on a really neat looking safari. Samantha really looks like she has the dream job but as she says in one of the episodes she also has to show up to the gyms available at these hotels and burn off all that good food. I would still be willing to try her job for a week though.





San Diego

We visited San Diego as part of our cruise vacation itinerary a few years ago. Since we had only one day in San Diego we decided to tour the city on the Old Town Trolley. We booked the tickets through the cruiseline since it was a few dollars less at the time.   The Trolley picked us up and dropped us off right at the ship so it was very convenient.

We saw downtown San Diego, Coronado Island where we went to the beach in front of the Coronado Hotel, and the mission area of San Diego where there are beautiful homes. There is some nice San Diego real estate to see there.

For more San Diego travel information please see San Diego Official Travel Info or San Diego Info from Lonely Planet.

Another nice area in the San Diego is LaJolla prounounced LA-HOY-A.  In spanish the J is prounced as H and the double l makes the Y sound.    LaJolla is also an area with nice homes that you can see at LaJolla Real Estate.    For additional imormation on La Jolal please see:  Official La Jolla Site or La Jolla on Wiki Travel

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Honolulu, Hawaii

My husband and I honeymooned on Oahu 20 years ago. We climbed Diamond Head and enjoyed the fantastic view from the top. Even though it is only 800 feet high I found it a strenuous climb for someone who is not athletic. It was easy for my husband but not for me.


We enjoyed renting a car and driving through the pineapple fields. We saw s ome beautiful homes, for info on homes on Oahu please see Honolulu Real Estate.


We have been back to Hawaii several times in since we originally went on our honeymoon and have visited all five of the Hawiaan islands. For more information from Go Hawaii please see Hawaii Travel or Frommers Hawaii.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Cozumel Island Tropical Blue Water Poster from Zazzle.com

On my most recent trip to Cozumel, Mexico which was aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in January of 2010 I snapped this photo of the island as our ship was approaching Cozumel.   The weather was a perfect 80 degrees.  I had visited Cozumel twice as part of a cruise itinerary and really enjoyed it.   On our most recent trip my son and I visited Chankanaab National Park and enjoyed a day of the sun, sand, and tropical blue water.   My husband stays home when we go on cruises because he might get seasick, might get claustrophobic in the cabin, might get Norovirus, etc.  Please watch for my post on Chankanaab National Park comning soon!

On my first cruise vacation visit to Cozumel in Feb of 2008 we went shopping in downtown San Miguel.  The shopkeepers are very anxious for you to go into their stores and even borderline on being a little bit aggressive.  Some of the shopkeepers stand outside their stores and invite you in as you pass by. I bought a beautiful black onyx necklace that I have yet to wear and my son got a colorful purple striped Mexican blanket for $5. 



Cozumel Island Tropical Blue Water Poster from Zazzle.com

Cozumel Island Blue Water Tropical Postcard from Zazzle.com



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