Posts in Category: Trips
River Seine
Sunset over the River Seine in Paris. The Eiffel Tower can be seen just beyond the bridge. The northern side of the river is described as the Right Bank (Rive Droite) and the southern side as the Left Bank (Rive Gauche), because when facing the same direction that the river flows, these are the directions to the left and right.
Domplatz
St. Paul’s Cathedral in Münster, Germany was built in the 13th century and was the city’s first cathedral. Domplatz (Cathedral Plaza) is home of the popular farmer’s market, which takes place each Wednesday and Saturday. The plaza is flanked by the Bishop’s palace, Fürstenberghaus, and the Westphalian Museum of Art and Cultural History.
SPF 30
Shouldn’t this thing be in a cage? I turned around a corner and here he was, sunning himself on a limb.
Roundhouse
On February 17, 2003 the Iron Structure of the 1884 Baldwin Roundhouse at the B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD, collapsed under the weight of a record-breaking 3 foot snowfall. The Roundhouse is a 22-sided polygon and is the largest circular industrial building in the world. Designed by E. Frances Baldwin, the Roundhouse was completed in 1884. Throughout the restoration process, crews have worked to completely rebuild the lower roof, clerestory roof and lantern while preserving the original design of the building. The museum re-opened in November, 2004. <a href=”http://www.borail.org/”>Click to visit.</a>
Capitol Building
Short layover between trains in Washington, DC allowed me to venture outside of the station, just 2 blocks from there was the US Capitol Building. This is a prelude to my trip back to DC at the end of July for a photographic tour of the nation’s capitol.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum
While in Baltimore I visited the B & O Railroad Museum. This visit was extra special for me as my grandfather was a trainmaster on the B & O for 52 years. I grew up with trains and the stories my grandfather told me. The museum is a full affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute and I highly recommend stopping in if you ever get to Baltimore. <a href=’http://www.borail.org/’>Click here to visit.</a>
Say Cheese!
USS Torsk (SS-423) was built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The keel was laid on 7 June 1944. The submarine was launched on 6 September 1944. For many years it was customary to name U.S. submarines for fish, although this custom no longer exists. World War II submarines were named for everything that swam, from <i>Albacore</i> to <i>Whale</i>. The <i>Torsk</i> got its name from a gadoid fish, allied to the codfish, which is found in the North Atlantic. The name <i>Torsk</i> is Norwegian in origin. The <i>Torsk</i> has the distinction of firing the last torpedo and sinking the last Japanese combatant ships of World War II.