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bill hertha

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Travel

World Heritage Sites

Alhambra
World Heritage Sites

A list of visited World Heritage Sites.

Log


2019

 

2018

Cats, Saint Rémy de Provence
2018 France (Provence)
 

2017

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2017 Curaçoa

Coming Soon!

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2017 Germany

2016

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2016 Curaçoa

We visited Curaçao for one week starting January 24th, 2016. We stayed with my brother and sister-in-law in Jan Thiel, just south-east of Willemstad.

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2016 Florida and Caribbean

Between February 17th and 28th we visited Florida 4 days, followed by a 7 day cruise through the eastern Caribbean. 

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2016 Algonquin

On February 7th we drove north to spend the night at a resort in Whitney Ontario. On our way, we stopped off in Algonquin Park.

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2016 Newfoundland

This road trip began on May 18th and ended July 15th 2016. The route took us from Calgary to St. John's Newfoundland and back over three legs.


2015

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2015 Ireland

Our visit to Ireland was split across two periods. The first was October 6-11th and the second was October 26-29th.  During the first part, we rented a car and drove from Dublin to Killarney, and then up the west coast and back to Dublin with several stops in between.  The second part of our visit was spent almost entirely in Dublin.

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2015 Morocco

We arrived in Marrakech Morocco on October 11th and left October 25th.  The first few days in Marrakech were spent with a local NGO volunteering our time to provide photography training to children. The remainder of the time was spent on tour.

Main Square Krakow
2015 Poland

This was our first trip to Poland.  We left Toronto Friday June 4th and returned Monday June 29th.  We flew to Warsaw, where we spent the night before continuing by train to Krakow. We stayed a week in Krakow and then returned to Warsaw on the 14th.  In Warsaw we joined a team of 12 people (including ourselves) on a Habitat for Humanity Build Project.

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2015 Virginia

On May 2nd we drove down to Massanutten Virginia for a week of golf followed by a few days in Georgia and then a trek through Knowlton Quebec via Cape Cod on our return home, on May 17th.

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2015 South-eastern United States

We started our tour January 18th, 2015 and returned home February 24th 2015.  This was a driving trip; we drove 9,299kms. Broadly our tour took us to Louisiana and then along the Gulf Coast through Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and across to St. Augustine, then up the East Coast of Georgia and North Carolina and to North West Georgia and back home.

 

 

2014

Elephant
2014 Kenya and Tanzania

Our first trip to Africa was between February 12 and March 3, 2014.  We left Toronto Pearson at 6:30PM.  We had a 2 hour stop-over in Amsterdam before our connecting flight to Nairobi.  We arrived in Nairobi at 8:30PM. We returned via the same route but with a 6 hour stop over in  Amsterdam.

Burrard St. Bridge
2014 Vancouver

This trip was between Wednesday April 2 and Tuesday April 8, 2014.  We arrived in Vancouver, picked up a car and drove out to Harrison Hot Springs where we stayed a couple of days.  We returned to Vancouver Friday.  Sunday we drove north to Squamish where we spent Sunday and Monday night.

Budapest: Millennium Monument
2014 Europe

Our trip was between September 16th and October 4th.  We departed on the evening of September 16th and arrived the following day in Budapest.  Our tour took us from Budapest, by train, to Prague, then Salzburg, Strasbourg, Verdun, Bruges and Cologne.  On October 4th we drove to Frankfurt for our return flight.

 

2013

Intersection
2013 Georgia

On January 18th we flew down to Georgia to visit my brother and his wife in McCaysville.    

North of Blueridge and south of Ducktown, McCaysville is the gateway to the Cherokee National Forest and cultural hub of North West Georgia; a destination offering high culinary arts, quintessential representations of period architecture and of course the Gateway.

Georgian Bay Shoreline
2013 Sudbury and Killarney

Over the Easter Weekend, March 29 - 31 we drove up to Killarney Provincial Park and then Sudbury. 

Georgian Bay Water and Rock
2013 Killarney Provincial Park

Between May 18th and 24th we were in Killarney, a little village just outside the western boundary of the Provincial Park.

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2013 Ithaca and Watkins Glenn
Larch on Keyhole Lake
2013 Midland

While Linda was travelling with friends to Montreal, I drove north to Midland and Bigwind Provincial Park and area.  This sojourn was over the weekend of September 28-29:

View of Cathedral and shoreline
2013 Spain, with France and Andorra

Our three-week trip began when we landed in Barcelona on October 6th.

2012

The Obelisk
2012 Georgia and Eastern US

April 6th - 14th, 2012 While our destination was Georgia, this was a trip where the journey was the destination.

Jiuzhai Valley National Park
2012 China

May 26th - June 13th, 2012.  We left for Hong Kong on May 26th 2012 and returned June 13th to Toronto.  While we covered a number of locations, outlined below, the itinerary wasn't so packed to be uncomfortable.

18th at Pebble Beach
2012 California

February 5th - 11th, 2012.  While this was a business trip, I was able to take a few shots along the way.

Stanley Park at Third Beach
2012 Vancouver
Track & Tower Trail, Algonquin
2012 Fall Colours: Algonquin, Awenda and Bigwind Lake Parks

Over the three weekend of September 29-30th, October 7-8th, and October 13-14th we drove north and visited three parks to see the fall colours.

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2012 Portugal

November 3rd - 17th 2012: We left Toronto November 3rd and returned on the 17th. Our original plan had us leaving on the 2nd but damaged passports prevented us from boarding. In a mad dash we were able to get new passports and leave the following day.  On this trip our first week was doing volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity.  

2011

Monument Valley
2011 Arizona

September 4th - 19th, 2011

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2011 Chile and Argentina

February 19th - March 7th, 2011. Our tour covered Santiago Chile, Pucon, Puerto Varas, Bariloche Argentina, El Calafate, Torres Del Paine Chile, and Buenos Aires.

Broken links beyond this point :(

2010

  • Nassau

  • Calgary

  • Niagara Falls

  • West Palm Beach

  • San Diego and the Channel Islands

  • Frisco Texas

  • Nassau

2009

  • Peru

  • Niagara Falls

  • Tobermory

  • Muskoka

  • Miami (April)

  • Miami (February)

2008

  • McCaysville Georgia

  • England

  • Niagara Falls

  • China

  • Boston

2007

  • Redmond, Washington

  • Calgary, Alberta

  • Las Vegas, Nevada

  • Belleville, Ontario

  • Horsehoe Valley, Ontario

  • Southwestern Ontario

  • Europe (Germany, Belgium, France)

2006

  • Cuba

  • Chicago, Illinois

  • Maine, USA

2005

  • MacCaysville, Georgia

  • Chicago, Illinois

  • Heidelberg, Ontario

  • Niagara Falls

  • New York

  • Stratford, Ontario

  • Europe (Germany, Denmark)