The Twin Towers Memorial
The memorial in New York city that has been constructed as a tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks is known as The National 911 Memorial. Evidently there were 1.8 million tons of debris left behind after the Continue Reading
Poughkeepsie to New York
I recently had the opportunity to travel to the Metroplolitan Museum of Art. Really up until April of 1012 I had only ever flown into New York City and then out on my way to some other destination. My trip Continue Reading
Irene & Aileen come to Maine
My dear friend Aileen has been traveling about the Northeast with her lovely mother Irene Rose O'Donoghue who is 91 years old. Yesterday we started out with a return trip to Baily's Island where we went to Land's End, not Continue Reading
Athenian Acropolis
I'm not sure if it was because it was just the half day tour or if was because a few of the other participants on the tour became lost from time to time, but the amount of time we were Continue Reading
Jim & The Athens Experience – Part Two
September 1, 2011 (continued) Meanwhile back at the mother ship, all the smaller shuttles had managed to drop off all the other eager tourists just chomping at the bit for an Athenian Adventure. So, off we go to explore both Continue Reading
Jim & The Athens Experience – Part One
September 1, 2011 The tour bus arrived essentially right on time although it was a little difficult to tell that it was actually the right bus. But no worries. It was 7:45 in the morning and possibly already 90 degrees Continue Reading