Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Famous Islands: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Cape Breton Island is the northern tip of the province of Nova Scotia in Canada:

The Cabot Trail is a ring road that provides magnificent vistas of the sea and the highlands of Cape Breton Island:

All of the great Street View routes on Cape Breton Island:

Aerial View of the Cabot Trail

History of Nova Scotia including Cape Breton Island

Now you can use Google Street View to drive the Cabot Trail on a lovely day!

Cabot Trail Starting just north of Cheticamp and heading north...

Just north of Cheticamp there is a wonderful side trip to take down the Skyline Trail:

Start at the Skyline Trailhead:

Or just take in the spectacular view near the end of Skyline Trail, including a seaside section of the Cabot Trail itself:

Cabot Trail Official Website

Cape Breton Island also features the excellent Fortress of Louisbourg Reconstruction which is well worth a visit.

Fortress of Louisbourg Under Siege

(National Film Board of Canada)

We start our walking tour of the fortress at the Main Gates:

Or enter the main fortress:

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Venice - The City Built on Water

Google Treking now provides a great starting point for exploring Venice using Google Streetview. You can explore by boat, gondola or on foot...

Venice - the City Built on Water

And there are some fun introductory videos as well...

Explore Venice with Google Maps

Venice in 3D

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Elim Museum of Chinese Ancient Porcelain Art

Always have found Chinese Porcelain Art fascinating with its intricately detailed pictures of people, creatures and landscapes.

Elim Museum of Chinese Ancient Porcelain Art is a non-profit organization. From a private collector’s prospective, we focus on collecting, preserving, and classifying those “stylish and characteristic” ancient Chinese porcelains from the collectors around the world. By means of on-line display, a portion of our collection that we believed to cherish relatively a higher aesthetic and academic value, will be periodically unveiled to the public in purpose of promoting further research and discussion, as well the general appreciation. We hope our collections (it is currently limited to Song,Yuan, Ming and Qing four dynasties) will be a more broader representation of ancient Chinese porcelain art to demonstrate objectively its historical progression and achievements.

They also have an excellent 3D display exhibition that allows you to rotate items to see all sides...

Elim Museum of Chinese Ancient Porcelain Art