Mika couldn’t decide whether to chew on the box or take a nap in it.
Resting after lots of chasing and playing…
Miso and Mika
Hotel Rooms
Frequent travelers know how and what to ask when booking their hotel rooms. Upper floor rooms and away from the elevators are first things to request…if you want a quieter hotel room.
Did you know the quietest part of the floor is midway along a hallway. It’s away from the ice and vending machines and laundry facilities. And if you do not want outside noise…stay away from rooms with a view of the pool.
You can always ask for a room on the concierge level. If the hotel is not full, chances are you will get a room there.
Happy Traveling…and sleeping…
Yum
Treasure Island buildings
Does this building look familiar to Indiana Jones film fans?
The Treasure Island Administrative building was the Berlin Airport in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Other buildings on the island have appeared in countless movies and television shows.
Treasure Island, San Francisco
Treasure Island’s Flea Market is not your average flea market. Held on Treasure Island, connected by a small isthmus to Yerba Buena Island. Constructed in 1936 and 1937 from fill dredged from the bay for the Golden Gate International Exposition, the island is named after the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. He lived in San Francisco for a couple of years.
Color everywhere…
I was a little concerned for the poor bear…so I bought some stuff.
More history later…think flying, movies, and the Navy.
Garden of the Gods
Outside of Colorado Springs, Garden of the Gods Park is a registered National Natural Landmark. Fantastic red sandstone rock formations are set off by the brilliant blue Colorado sky. Quite the contrast…
Rocks like this balanced one make you wonder how they got here. Apparently they were deposited horizontally but have been tilted vertically and faulted by the immense mountain forces close to Pike’s Peak.
Legend has it the name came from a couple of surveyors thinking this would make a great place for a beer garden. They thought the gods would come…hence it turned into Garden of the Gods. The beer garden never materialized!
U.S. Air Force Academy
The chapel at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.
Inside…looking up
Scenes from Italy
Street in Assisi…
The bridge by St. Peter’s at night…
Domes across the sky in Rome…
The bridge by St. Peter’s at night…
Domes across the sky in Rome…
Vatican Post Office…
Walking in Rome
Imagine walking on this every day. That’s what we did while in Rome. We were wearing tennis shoes or cushioned flip flops.
Now imagine women dressed in suits or dresses and wearing four inch heels walking on this every day. That’s what we saw while in Rome. Amazing…
Piazza Market in Rome
Purses for sale on the street. Think they are “real”?
T-shirts…lots and lots of t-shirts.
Spices…lots and lots of spices…
