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July 4 Salute to the U.S. Air Force

Culture Travel Tuesday

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Destination: Dayton, Ohio

Cultural Museum: National  Museum of the USAF

By Jessica Voigts

It’s a visual extravaganza of the history of flight, and the U. S. Air Force. It’s worth days of your time. It’s the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, located in Dayton, Ohio. It’s the world’s largest and oldest aviation museum – and it is an extremely powerful experience. Continue reading July 4 Salute to the U.S. Air Force

Bored By Museums? Not Meijer Gardens.

Culture Travel

Butterflies and Bloom
Butterflies and Bloom

Destination: Grand Rapids Michigan

Museum: Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park

 By Jessica Voigts

When you hear “world-class museum,” do you sigh in anticipated boredom? Does the idea of yet another walk through a sculpture park make you want to head to the nearest café, instead? When museum or art fatigue sets in, you know it’s time to find a different way to explore the culture of a place. Continue reading Bored By Museums? Not Meijer Gardens.

Travel Photos: Monet’s Gardens on Tour

EasyJet Holidays

What fun! Easy Jet liked our shot of that goat in the tree in Spain two Thursdays ago.! Thanks, guys.

Water Lilies in Monet's GardenNOTE: Read to the end to learn how you can see Monet’s gardens in New York, and a link to a video of Monet paintings.

Last week I showed you some of the reflections of people that we saw in places in Paris.  Today it is  photos of the reflections in a pool that launched a most famous series a paintings and a museum to hold them. Continue reading Travel Photos: Monet’s Gardens on Tour