Category: architecture

  • Château de Chillon, part 1

    Chateau de Chillon is located near Montreux on the north shore of Lac Leman – about 40 minutes drive from where we live. It is an extremely popular castle for obvious reasons: its history (built in the middle ages), physical setting (lake side), location (historically on the north-south Alps trade route) and literature connection (Byron). Its

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  • A Night at the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac

    Quebec city, Canada – a short trip taken over the weekend before Christmas 2011. By the time I arrived in Quebec city, it was quite late. The Jean Lesage airport is far given the small size of the city. It snowed the day before and it was freezing that evening. This castle-like building is the Fairmont Le

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  • El Teatre-Museu Dalí, Figueras

    One side trip we took while we were in Barcelona earlier this year was a visit to Figueras.  The only reason to visit that place is the Dalí Theatre-Museum (El Teatre-Museu Dalí), the largest surrealistic object in the world. I came to see this place many years ago but did not mind revisiting. It has

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  • Diagonal Mar, Barcelona

    For this trip to Barcelona, we bought a 2-day ticket for those open-top tourist bus which circle the city.  There are three loops: one goes to the North as far as the city’s university and Camp Nou (FC Barcelona’s stadium); one goes west up to the Montjuic hills and comes back down near the harbor,

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