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Why bother traveling these days? Why bother packing? Why bother going through airport security? Instead, stay at home in front of your computer – where it is warm and cozy – and travel the world through the eyes of web cams.
The advantages of this are numerous. For one thing, it is safe: no plane or car crashes, no pickpockets, no pigeons. And no traffic jams.
But you can watch traffic jams. Wouldn't you rather watch a traffic jam, via a web cam, instead of sitting in one? Here you can watch traffic jams at ten locations in the traffic jam capital of the world, New York City:
http://nyctmc.org/xmanhattan.asp#stream
Bus Stop in the Algarve — least exciting live web cam in the world?
April 15, 2006
Dear DMC,
After my Coventry baggage belt e-mail, i suddenly remembered my friend in
Portugal has the least exciting live web-cam in the world [exclamation mark
removed]
It overlooks Burgau bus-stop in the Algarve. Wouldn't even stimulate a brain cell. Check it out.
http://www.burgau.co.uk/Webcam.htm
Enjoy it if you can.
Jim
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Dear Jim,
This is a good web cam for dull men to watch. There certainly is no reason to travel to
the Algarve if we can enjoy what it has to offer with a web cam like this.
We see that you are getting better with your letters to us. There was only one
exclamation mark in this letter for us to remove whereas your earlier letter had
three. The excitement of writing to us is wearing off. That is a good sign.
We apparently are having an affect on you — apparently we are dulling you
down.
Sincerely,
DMC
Web Cam Traveling — Durham Cathedral
April 9, 2006
Dear DMC,
Have you found the link to a view of Durham Cathedral from the top of the
Physics dept. of Durham University? This one actually has recordings of certain
days, and is brilliant when you have a week to kill. It’s found at http://www.dur.ac.uk/john.lucey/webcam.html
Thanks for a great site, I’ve spent hours browsing the huge collection of
interesting anecdotes.
Enjoy perusing the magnificent view,
Chris
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Dear Chris,
I was especially interested in learning that the cathedral has been voted Britain’s
favorite building [click here] and that I can tour it without leaving home [click here]
Regards,
Grover
Moose Cam
http://mooseworld.com/
http://www.moosecam.com/Webcam/LiveMoos2.html
London
Seeing Big Ben is one of the principle reason visitors travel to London. Here is a fine view of Big Ben:
http://www.camvista.com/england/london/bigben.php3
Another leading reason visitors travel to London is watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. We have been unable to find a web cam of the Changing of the Guard. We did find, however, a link to the History of the Changing of the Guard:
http://london.lycos.co.uk/g.php?a=14&p=58
If watching the Changing of the Guard is too exciting for you, this website with the History of the Changing of the Guard is for you.Here you can view Trafalgar Square without the danger of a pigeon evacuating on you from overhead:
http://www.camvista.com/england/london/trafsq.php3
Moscow
View Moscow from the comfort of your home:
http://www.earthcam.com/russia/moscow/
There’s a view there of course of Red Square. But there also are stunning views of parking lots out in front of a hotel, a concert hall, a movie theater, and a church.
Paris
Why to go Paris? To visit the Eyful Tower? Instead, why not view the Pylon of the Month with a web cam?
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/bigh/bigh/pylonof.htm
Rome
Pope Smoke Cam . . . it was a wonderfully dull way to while away our hours as the cardinals do ing their dull job of counting ballots in the Sistine Chapel . . . click here
To get away from all the excitment of the Vatican, click here for a nice view of a tree-lined street in Rome, framed by apartment balconies on both the right and the left side.
Tuscany
Here is a view out the window of an office in Tuscany -- a view of a street corner and two trees. There also is a view of the inside of the office:
http://www.restarting.it/home/index.jsp?livecam
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