Glory Tuesday

When visiting Washington DC, there are hundreds of sights to see, however listed below are 5 sights that shouldn’t be missed.

The National Gallery of Art , home to the Armand Hammer collection is located at 4th and Constitution Avenue NW. Once there, you’ll be able to peruse a wide range of world-class art collections from American Modernism of the Shein Collection to the German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection. The Gallery guarantees you’ll find an art style to suit your taste.

Visit the new Elvis exhibit for some hip-shaking fun at Washington’s Neweum . The Elvis exhibit is currently the hottest tickets in town and will run through February 14, 2011. Located at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Street, within walking distance from a few of the luxury hotels Washington DC offers its visitors.

The Library of Congress: a Citadel of Learning. You definitely don’t want to miss the opportunity is visit the largest library in the world; filled with millions of books, recordings, photographs, manuscripts, and maps. Continual exhibitions, lectures and concerts are absolutely free to the general public.

Take in the aesthetic beauty and history of our nation’s capital with a Segway Tour. A Segway Night tour will take you by many of the city’s most important landmarks such as the Lincoln Memorial, the White House and the Smithsonian Institution.

After the Segway tour, it’s time to take a night-time cruise on the Potomac aboard the Odyssey, which offers a moonlit glance at Washington’s famous monuments; a most memorable experience.

Montreal is one of the most beautiful cities in Canada, as well as throughout the world. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second largest in the country. It follows behind Toronto in terms of population of the overall metropolitan regions. The greater Toronto metropolitan area has a population of over 5,100,000 people and Montreal has over 3,600,000. Vancouver is third largest with population of over 2,100,000. In addition to being one of Canada’s largest cities it is also one of the urban regions that has a predominate French speaking primary language.

In addition to all of the people and French words that can be found and heard in Montreal it also has some of the country’s most popular landmarks and cultural attractions. People from all over the world visit this city and do so for a variety of reasons. Some of the city’s churches and cathedrals are also some of its most beautiful landmarks. Montreal is an amazing city with a tremendous amount to offer the guests in any one of the Montreal Hotels . The Notre Dame Basilica, The Queen of the World Cathedral and Saint Joseph’s Oratory, which is also the largest church in Canada are just a few. In addition there are a number of impressive cultural establishments such as the Place des Arts , which is a large complex of various theatre and concert venues and halls.

Trade shows have always been an important part of various industries and fields and they provide businesses as well as private freelance professionals the opportunity not only to show off their incredible product or service to new consumers but also to network with other professionals in their field and those that are associated with it. And while this is a traditional component of business events, the experience and structure for these shows has changed dramatically, particularly in the last decade or two.

One of the reasons for the enormous changes that have taken place is the quality and variety of the trade show displays themselves. The tremendous advancements that have occurred in display technology make it possible to create an entire thematic experience. Life-size cut out displays and fold up boards can combine with spectacular full screen visual presentations that will allow your business to stand out and attract people from across the room. Having a quality product or service is as important as it ever was for maintaining your businesses’ success, however, the way and extent that you present your company has become incredibly dynamic and almost as exciting as the product itself. You can be as creative and adventurous with your display as you’d like or as simple and refined as your product or service requires. Plan ahead and really make an impression at your next trade show.

While visiting the city of Stockholm Sweden you will want to head over to see the ship of King Gustav II Adolf from the Vasa Dynasty. They named the ship after the family name and it is a major heirloom to the city today. When Gustav inherited the throne there were three wars going on one with Russia, Denmark and Poland. This king needed the baddest warship he could build. And so came the Vasa.

After two years of hard work the ship left the dock for her maiden voyage in August of 1628 but ended up sinking in the middle of the harbor only meters away from the dock. There were some things salvaged from the bottom of the harbor over the next few years but mostly it just sat on the floor until the mid 1900s.

By 1990 the ship had been removed from the bottom of the sea along with many of its contents and had been restored. It has become Vasa Museum that takes visitors back hundreds of years in culture and maritime design. So while you are staying at one of the Stockholm hotels you really should go see some wonderful, well restored, displays of Swedish history.