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Category Archives: History and Culture
New Year at ROM
My husband and I visited the Royal Ontario Museum on New Year’s Day 2011. We have always been fascinated by world cultures and natural history. We had been planning on doing this for a long time and could not seem … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music and Movies, History and Culture, Travels|Vacations
Tagged art, culture, history, ROM, royal ontario museum, terracota army
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A Visit to the Local Museum
We went to Royal Saskatchewan Museum here in Regina the other day. It was a warm and cloudy day. There was also a bus load of Chinese-looking tourists there. I could not really tell because I did not understand a … Continue reading
Posted in History and Culture, Weather and the Environment
Tagged aboriginal history, cree, first nations gallery, glaciers, life sciences, museum, regina, royal saskatchewan museum
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Crazy about the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
I have been following the HBO Original Series, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency for sometime now. I fell in love with everything in the story. It is wholesome entertainment for the family. It shows there how people need one … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music and Movies, History and Culture
Tagged alexander mccall smith, Botswana, HBO Original Series, Jill Scott, No. 1 ladies detective agency, Precious Maramotswe
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Reliving the American Civil War at Gettysburg
One of the highlights of our visit to the United States is the Gettysburg National Military Park in the state of Pennsylvania. We got there after lunch time and we went to check out the tours of the battlefield. We … Continue reading
Posted in History and Culture, Travels|Vacations
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, battlefield, David Wills, devil's den, Gettysburg, Gettysburg address, Hall of the Presidents, National Military Park, Pennsylvania, valley of death
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