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Author Archives: Graeme
Hoover Dam
Today’s trek is the other direction from Red Rock Canyon, heading East through Boulder City to the Famous Hoover Dam!
Red Rock Canyon
First full day in Las Vegas and we decide to start off with a day trip to the Famous Red Rock Canyons! Absolutely stunning views and rock formations, its about a 10 minute drive out of Las Vegas (~30 minutes … Continue reading
Ottawa Zombie Walk 2012
“Arr… Brains!” was the sound tourists visiting Downtown Ottawa heard on a drizzily Saturday before Halloween. Suddenly the streets filled with Zombies! They were everywhere at once! Was it the Zombie apocalypse? No, not yet, but it was the Annual … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged authorities, brains, dead hands, flesh wound, gardens park, ground zero, hasty retreat, hoard, macdonald, Ottawa, ottawa zombie walk 2012, parliament, parliament hill, photo shoot, refreshments, skirmish, solider, tourists, zombie apocalypse, zombie walk, zombies
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Reddit Night at Funhaven
Reddit Night at Funhaven Who wants a night of impromptu fun? Well, last night was it at Funhaven where I and a group of friends partied to the wee hours… iPhone pics galore!
Posted in Home and About
Tagged 9am, armbands, big wheel, bumper car, bumper cars, cars games, charity, cheese, funhaven, grand prize, iphone, iPhone photos, lan party, laser tag, Ottawa, ottawa ontario, prizes, projectors, Redditt NIght, side art, sping, unlimited laser, usa visitors, wee hours, wheel
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Visiting Belgium 2012
Visiting Belgium 2012 Belgium would be our fourth and last country to visit on this trip. We had begun the trip in Copenhagen, Denmark, taken a one-day side-trip across the bridge into Sweden, then traveled to the Netherlands where we … Continue reading
Visiting the Netherlands 2012
Visiting the Netherlands 2012 Although we had a few moments of concern when we learned that Copenhagen’s Metro ticket vending machines only took coins and not plastic, our flight from Copenhagen to Amsterdam was uneventful. Danish and Swedish portion of … Continue reading
Posted in Amsterdam, Europe, Netherlands
Tagged admission prices, Alblasserwaard polders, Amsterdam, Amsterdam StayOkay, Amsterdam Train Station, Bikes for rent in Rotterdam, clock tower, ConTiki TOur, Dam PLaza, De Haag, Dutch, Dutch windmills, Dutch wooden shoe, Dutch Wooden Shoes, flower shop cacti, Glass Taircase in the Apple Store, Heineken tour, I Amsterdam sign, Jan Asselijn, Kinderdijk, Kinderdijk location, Kinderdike, Kinderdyke, Lek River, Mini COuntryman car, Museum of the Netherlands, museumwindmill, Netherlands, pumping station, red light district, Riksmuseum, roller blade night, Rotterdam, Rotterdam roller night, Rotterdam StayOkay, Rotterdam Very Italian Pizza, StayOkay Hostel, the Rijn, traditional windmills, train in station, train tracks, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vodelpark, Wereld Erfgoed Kinderdijk, windmill, Windmill 2 of the Nederwaard, windmillmuseum, Wisboomgemaal
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark August 31, 2012 – Copenhagen is the first stop on our three country tour. The Copenhagen airport (Location) is very nice with real wooden floors and Danish furniture everywhere (not surprising but nice). To get here, we drove … Continue reading
Posted in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, Roskilde
Tagged Amailienborg, astrophotography, Audi e-tron Spyder, Audi Sheres in Copenhagen, Audi spheres, Øresund Bridge, Øresund Strait, Öresund, Bådsmandsstræde, Bådsmandsstrædes Kaserne, boat building, Carlsberg beer, Carlsberg Brewery, cathedral, Christianborg Castle, Christiania, Christiania Bikes, Claudia G. Burgess, Copenhagen Denmark, Copenhagen Round Tower, Danish, Danish Crown Jewels, Danish Museet, Danish Museum of History, Den lille havfrue, Denmark, Didrik Fyren, Elsinore, European travel, European vacation, Freetown Christiania, Fristaden Christiania, goldsmith Corvinius Saur, Hamlet's Castle, Hamlet- Prince of Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen fairytale THe Little Mermaid, Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, Helsigor, HSB Turning Torso, I kan ikke slå os ihjel, International Sand Sculpture Competition, Kastellet Kongeporten, København, King Christian IV, King of Denmark, Kronborg Castle, Kroneborg, Langelinie Copenhagen, Little Mermaid statue, Lund Sweden, Malmo Sweden, Manning the tiller, Marble Church, marijuana in Christiania, Mermaids in Denmark, Meteroologisk Institut stamp, Nordic seafarers, Ofelia Beach Copenhagen Denmark, Opera House, Oresund Straght, Orienteering stamp, panoramic view of the city of Copenhagen, pot-smokers' heaven Christiania Denmark, Pusher Street, refracting telescope with an 80 - 450x magnification, ribs of a Viking boat, Rosenborg Have, Rosenborg Slot, Rosenburg Castle, Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde Fjord, Roskilde Harbor, Round Tower Observatory, Rundetårn, Sand cartel sculpture competition, Santiago Calatrava, Skuldelev Denmark, skyscraper, Sund, Sundet, The Forbidden City of the Military, The Sound, tourism, travel photography, tunnels beneath Kronborg Castle., Twisted building, UNESCO World Heritage SIte 696, University of Denmark Botanical Gardens, Viking, Viking history, Viking SHip Museum, Vikingeskibsmuseet
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Copenhagen International Sand Sculpture Festival
Copenhagen International Sand Sculpture Festival Okay, its raining in Copenhagen, so what to do? Well, let’s go and see a collection of 20 very large sand sculptures at the Copenhagen Annual International Sand Sculpture Competition on Ofelia Beach!
Posted in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe
Tagged Copenhagen Annual International Sand Sculpture Competition, copenhagen international, creation of the world, cultures, international sand, Københavns Sandskulptur Festival, little mermaid, Opera House, representations, sand sculpture, sand sculptures, spectacular results
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Kronborg Slot – Helsingor
Kronborg Slot – Helsingor Kronborg Slot (Castle) is the castle setting for the Shakespearean play “Hamlet”.
Town of Roskilde, Denmark
Town of Roskilde, Denmark (Location) We had caught a train from Copenhagen in the morning and were now in the town of Roskilde, Denmark. It is a neat little town that we walked through to get to our primary destination … Continue reading
