Thursday Doors: Historic León, Nicaragua

March 30, 2017 (Day 9 of our Panama Canal cruise) We took a walk through this historic city. León is the third largest city in Nicaragua and, according to our guide, it has the largest art gallery in Latin America, with a collection of over 2,000 works. In addition, it has many other small galleries […]

Two Modern Architectural Marvels – São Paulo

November 22, 2016 We visited two architectural marvels today, one recommended by our host, the other we just happened to find. Jewish Cultural Center: We happened upon this place on our way to Batman’s Alley and because Dale is Jewish, we decided to go inside and take a look. Celebrating Jewish history and culture since 2003, this center […]

Praça do Relógio on the University of São Paulo campus

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 We wisely took a cab to the Praça do Relogio (the first driver we asked didn’t know where it was, the second did) on the USP (University of São Paulo) campus. I wanted to go there because I had read that it’s a large park containing species from all six ecosystems […]

CFFC: Forgotten

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week, the theme is Isolated Objects. A few years ago, I saw this Barbie doll, forgotten and abandoned, in a yard. There were even lawn clippings on top of the doll, indicating someone had mowed the lawn, which is perhaps why she lost her right foot and seems to […]

CFFC: Sky

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is all about the sky. The temptation at first was to post pretty sunset pictures, but I noticed that often the most interesting sky pictures were not always sunsets, although many were close to sunset. The first picture was taken last September at 7:23 pm CDT, when I was taking a […]

São Paulo’s “Beco do Batman” (Batman’s Alley)

November 22, 2016 Our agenda for today was a bit more far-flung and complicated. We planned to start by taking the Metro blue line, transferring to the green line, getting off at Sumaré and walking from there to Beco do Batman (Batman’s Alley), an area famous for its beautiful and extensive graffiti art. The walls, doors, pillars […]