Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Bruges, Belgium

Everyone's best friend.

Inside the Catholic Church.


Store windows.


Canal tour.

A view of Bruge from the steeple.


Versailles, The Palace of

I have never seen this much gold paint before, it's everywhere.

Main gate the the palace.

Palace interiors


Painted ceilings



The Grand Ballroom


Rear courtyard

From this point the property extends for 5 miles in all directions

A recent visit to Paris, France.

Napoleon's sarcophagus at Hotel des Invalides in Paris
(Click on any photo to see a larger version)

This is a place we all have been Auguste Rodin's "Gates of Hell" at the Rodin Museum

One of the hundreds of statues along the Siene River. This one and the next one are in front of the Grand Palais


The interior of Notre Dame Cathedral

more of Notre Dame

Service at Notre Dame

Another interior shot of Notre Dame

Pigeon eating the dead blooms in the Latin Quarter

No photographer was harmed in the taking of this photo! I was standing on the center line of the Champs Elysees, 4 lanes of traffic each way, at rush hour, next to an eleven street traffic circle. Yes that is the Arc de Triomphe.

The Eiffel Tower taken from the Trocadero

Arc de Triomphe at night with the traffic buzzing by.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

London, England

The Clock Tower at the Palace of Westminster, the bell is known as "Big Ben"

Westminster Cathedral

Pelican in London

The Swiss building the Brits call it the Gherkin

The London Eye

The London Eye at night

Stonehenge

Salisbury Cathedral


I am not sure what this 55 ton bonze horse's head means. Located in Hyde Park

Abbey Road

Statue at the British Museum, Aphrodite?

Sunday, September 18, 2011


The last Peace Roses of the season!

The Spectral Schooner

This schooner was taken leaving Toronto Harbour on a very foggy and misty day in September.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

The Canadian International Air Show on Labour Day 2011

CF-18 Hornet

Mig 15

L39 Albatros

Lancaster Bomber with the vintage look


CF-18 Hornet on a high speed past just short of breaking the sound barrier

United States Navy Osprey 

Canadian Forces Snowbirds - into the sun

...and out

Lancaster Bomber over Lake Ontario