Parliment Hill, Ottawa

Parliment Hill in Ottawa is Canada's seat of government. There is a Changing of the Guard here similar to the one at Buckingham Palace. Here is their web cam.


Windows Live Local's image isn't as good but I think it shows a boat and barges traversing the locks of the Rideau Canal. To see what I'm talking about, go here and click back and forth between Google Maps and Microsoft VE (aerial).

Here's the wikipedia article and here's their web site.

From the Spirit of Canada web site:

The Tulip Festival has its origins in World War II when the late Princess Juliana (later to become Queen of the Netherlands) spent the war years in Ottawa. When peace came, she returned home; but she never forgot her stay in Canada. So each year, a gift of over 20,000 tulip bulbs is sent to Ottawa. This year (2005), the festival signals the 60th Anniversary of the end of the war and the Gift of Tulips to Canadians comes as 'A Celebration of Peace and Friendship'.

Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

Anne Frank's house is at Prinsengracht 267 in Amsterdam. You can see the line outside. We got there when it opened at 9:00 AM and walked right in. I strongly recommend that. Here's their web site and here's their webcam.

There's an unforgettable statue on the sidewalk.

Trafalger Square, London

Trafalger Square is the quintessential place to go play with the pigeons in London. Oh, by the way, the ice cream there is pretty good (just don't ask what's in it!).

Here's the wikipedia article and here's their webcam.

When were were there in 2003, it was rainy (surprise!).

Banbury Cross, UK

During our trip to Europe in 1991, one of my "musts" was to see the Banbury Cross. Their web site has a good picture of it here. Here's the wikipedia article and here's their webcam. Here's my photo of the cross.

I guess my fascination with Banbury comes from the nursery rhyme:

Ride A Cock Horse To Banbury Cross
To See a Fine Lady Upon a White Horse
With Rings on Her Fingers And Bells on Her Toes
She shall have Music Wherever She Goes.

I'll let you do your own reading on the history of the cross.

Big Ben

Big Ben is actually the bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliment but everybody calls the clock "Big Ben." Here's the wikipedia page and here's their webcam. Here's a picture that I took from the London Eye and here's one I took closer up.

London Eye

The London Eye is a huge ferris wheel (443 feet high) on the Thames just across from Parliment. I like the shadow on Windows Local Live but Google Maps shows the wheel better.

Here's a picture of Charring Cross Station that I took from the Eye. Notice Tower 42 in the distance behind it. Here's Big Ben.

Here's the wikipedia page and here's their web site. Here's their webcam.

Eiffel Tower, Paris

We've been to the Eiffel Tower twice. Here's the wikipedia article and here's their webcam.

We always walk across the bridge near the Eiffel Tower, ride the carousel, eat ice cream, and take pictures from here.

Notre Dame Cathederal, Paris

Notre Dame Cathederal in Paris. Not really much needs to be said. Just zoom in one more click and look at those flying buttresses. If you must, here's the wikipedia article and here's their webcam.

Charlottetown, PEI

We went to Prince Edward Island in 2004 and stayed in Charlottetown at the Hillhurst Inn. The red coloration isn't a problem with the imagery. The dirt there is red. Here's a webcam on the wharf.