The World Through Our Lens
Photography of architecture we have observed around the world.
From our accommodations, Hotel Palazzo Priuli, Bob and I set off for mercato di Rialto, a bustling fish and vegetable market. When we rounded a corner to cross Piazza San Marco, we found the square flooded from the high tide. Venice is sinking, and Piazza San Marco is always the first part of the city to get wet! Read more
Knowing that local Venetians fill their baskets daily at Rialto’s produce market on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, Bob and I left the fish market behind in search of the fruit and vegetable stalls. Bursting with colours and aromas, they were a feast for the senses. Read more
As avid fans of the Harry Potter series of books and Harry Potter movies, Bob, our son and I were dying to visit the locations at Oxford University where some of the movie scenes were set. We were tickled pink by Christ Church College’s Great Dining Hall. Read more
After Bob and I completed our walking tour of the Rialto Markets, we thought it high time we hire a gondola. Who could pass on a dreamy gondola ride on Grand Canal? It was such an iconic thing to do when in Venice, Italy. Read more
After spending considerable time in Piazza San Marco, where floodwaters provided great reflections of the surrounding buildings, it was on to the famed Rialto fish market hall. We were agog at the vast assortment of fresh fish and seafood in this fish market. Read more
To round out our sightseeing in England, Bob and I had a couple of other locations to check out during our last two days in London. We thoroughly enjoyed our weeks in the countryside and were rested and rejuvenated. To ease ourselves back into the hubbub of the city, Bob, our son and I booked a riverboat to Tower Bridge, Greenwich and the Royal Observatory. Read more
On our second day in Seoul, South Korea, we found ourselves with a thick fog hanging over the city. Weather aside, it was time to take a walk and visit a couple of the key historic sites of the city. Read more
Bob and I were eager to get to Hadrian’s Wall in England, but we wanted to have a whole day to freely explore and experience it. The hours spent in Barnsley and Darfield looking into my family’s past left us with no time to visit the Wall that same afternoon. Read more
Bob has done extensive research over the past number of years into the history of both of our families. Ancestry.com has made this possible combined with archival material from a number of different sources. With this knowledge in hand, we decided to visit a couple of sites relevant to my family’s ancestral history when we traveled to England. Read more
When it came time to depart from Bath, England, it was decided that a brief tour of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds was a must. I was dying to see the iconic thatched cottages and hedges manicured to perfection. Read more
