Photo Friday

Views Flying Into New York-LaGuardia On Southwest Airlines

June 14, 2013

Last month we flew into New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Southwest Airlines. Despite an overcast day, we had an great view from the window.   This shot gives one a perspective of just how much water surrounds New York City, and how many people call the city home.   We are getting closer, time to [...]

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Photo Friday: Travelling

May 24, 2013

Benedicto: May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets’ towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a [...]

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Photo Friday: The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

April 5, 2013

The Final Resting Place of 17,201 American Military in Metro Manila The cemetery with the largest number graves of U.S. personnel who lost their lives during  World War II is located in the Philippines. The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial is located on 152 acres in a prominent plateau in metro Manila. 17,201 headstones are arranged [...]

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Photo Friday: Going the Distance at Olympia, Greece

March 29, 2013

If you visit the city of Olympia, Greece, you can put your feet on the starting lines in the stadium where the original Olympics were held beginning in 776 BC. The Ancient Greeks honored the god Zeus with athletic competitions held every four years. These competitions — called the Olympics — were contests between Greek-speaking [...]

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