the Olympic site
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Sandra Scott Travels: Enjoying the Sights And Sounds of Historic Montreal

The best and quickest way to get to know Montreal is on a Grayline hop-on hop-off tour. The tour hits all the highlights along with an informative narration. John and I usually take one complete loop and then decided what venues we want to visit. There is never enough time to do everything.

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Fall foliage along the Oswego Canal
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Sandra Scott Travels: All Aboard For A Cruise Along NYS Waterways

I have always been intrigued by rivers. The Hudson, Mohawk, and St. Lawrence Rivers made NYS the Empire State. The waterways were used by the Native Americans, explorers, armies, and settlers. Not only was it a key to the development of New York State but to the expansion of the United States; and, it still is. Traveling the length of the New York State’s waterways was at the top of my bucket list.

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono bed-in.
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Sandra Scott Travels: Suite 1742 Remains A Shrine To ‘Bed-In’

One of the finest hotels in Montreal is the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth with a great location in downtown Montreal above the train station and Amtrak, the underground city, and within walking distance to the hop-on bus tour station. I think most hotels have stories that would make a fascinating book. One story the Queen Elizabeth Hotel is willing to share is the week-long Bed-In staged by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

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Calvin Coolidge.
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Sandra Scott Travels: ‘Silent Cal’ Hailed From Vermont

Plymouth Notch is a very small town nestled in the quiet Vermont countryside and is now a Vermont State Historic Site and the entire settlement is a historic district. There is a Coolidge Museum and Education Center plus a restaurant, general store, a few other buildings, and an operative cheese factory. The village is virtually unchanged since the time when Calvin Coolidge lived there.

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Greeting the donkeys.
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Sandra Scott Travels: Donkeys Receive Special Treatment In Bonaire

The Spanish brought the donkeys to the island to use as draft animals.

When they were no longer needed, the donkeys were set free to roam the island. They did not fare well. In 1993 Dutch Nationals, Marina Melis, and her husband, Ed Koopman, established a donkey sanctuary on Bonaire for sick, wounded and orphaned donkeys.

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