See her there? Mrs. Thatcher, hanging on the stone cellar walls of a pub in Prague, watching students drink beer and listen to post-punk live music. She’s frozen pale in her pop art picture frame; like a vampire encased in an eternal tomb, forced to ever-after gaze down upon behaviour she would most certainly have … Continue reading »
Eric Fischer has put together maps of large metropolises visually representing where tourists take photos, versus where locals take pictures (and how many of each they are). London‘s is particularly visually striking, just for the enormous quantity of photos taken over such a sprawling landscape. Most – the blue – are local, though it’s hard … Continue reading »
I’ve been MIA lately in everything regarding the internet and my computer. I haven’t written, I haven’t tweeted, I’ve barely perused Facebook. I’ve worked, I’ve spent evenings reading in bed, I’ve seen old friends, I’ve daytripped around Southwestern Ontario, I’ve had dinners out, given up coffee temporarily (and replaced it with large quantities of herbal … Continue reading »
(In order of appearance in our lives) What Canadians Eat: smoked meat | on Schwartz’s famous deli A week in | reflections on a week of living in London An English Weekend + the merits of tea | museums, Hyde park, a bout of rain and a spot of tea Best (and worst) of British: … Continue reading »
Some, if not all, of my favourite travel moments have been experienced by walking. I’ve written before about the fresh air of Glen Coe, Scotland; strolling through bohemian Montmartre in Paris; our peaceful and isolated hike through the English countryside in the Cotswolds; and a magical day of walking amongst the fantasy landscapes of Sintra, … Continue reading »
Before I begin, I should probably specifiy that when I say McDonalds can be your best friend “abroad,” I really mean Europe. Having not travelled to other continents thus far, I cannot be held accountable for bad McDonalds experiences elsewhere. When you’re travelling long term, there are certain comforts you begin to miss to the … Continue reading »
In honour of the 2012 Olympics, I thought I’d dig through my pile of old CDs, photo albums, and file folders filled with souvenir ticket stubs and brochures, and dust off my photos of my highschool trip to Greece in 2005 (which, as you’ll remember, was the year after they hosted the Summer Games), when … Continue reading »
In looking through our 2008 Italy photos, we realised we don’t have a single photograph of gelato. As you probably know, we love taking pictures of food; plus, we ate gelato nearly every day that month, so we’re not sure how it escaped my lens. But I assure you, we ate (probably more than) our … Continue reading »
Holla, Ontario! Walking along the streets of Florence on our first day in the city, we spotted this renegade artwork on a random wall. Baden is a town not far from the outskirts of our own hometown. It really makes you feel like it’s a small world after all, doesn’t it?
Not long ago I was amongst a group of people talking about European travel, all of whom have been very lucky to have (and continue to have) prolonged travels there. We discussed how awesome hostels are, the virtues of an afternoon siesta, the best pastries and tomatoes and wine, the architecture, and the art. We … Continue reading »
