Too Square to be Hip
A narcissist's guide to travel and culture
First Light! The religious mission looks dazzling lit up. The path are delineated by the lights and will help you guide your way through the complex and then back out. Not only will you find recreations mimicking the French colonial period but also that showing how the French adapted to the first nations technology and …
Refered to as “Ontario’s Most Beautiful Village” by A. J. Casson of The Group of Seven, Elora had a lot to live up to! Although I cant totally agree with the moniker (there are many competitors), it would surely contend for the title. Here is a quick look at this little corner of Ontario. Geography …
The northern part of New York state, the one that adjoins the St. Lawrence Seaway, is not often frequented by travelers unless they are visiting the Alexandria Bay and the Thousand Islands. Yet from my home in Ottawa, it is the gateway to New York, and my nearest border crossing the the United States. As …
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. This well known poem adorns North American classrooms every Remembrance Day (Veterans Day/Memorial Day), but did you know that its origins lie in the small Canadian city of Guelph? I sure did not, but now I do! Known for its University and …
A moody metropolis, Prague looks its best on a glum evening where its majestic gothic architecture looms oppressively over its citizen. Its lugubrious character has been immortalized by its most bohemian citizens namely the late writer Franz Kafka who had a complex relationship with his hometown. As he would once express “Prague won’t let you …
This article is a stub of my Prague post, for more information please refer to that post. What is Hloubětín Castle? This Neo Gothic castle lies in a far flung suburb of Prague, in what was one a little hamlet. How to Get to Hloubětín Castle From Prague (Metro) ? From Prague 1, you can …
Arbeit macht frei (Work will set you free) German concentration camp phrase Some things ought to be confined to the dark twisted tales of fantasy or the horror of nightmare… and most of it is. Yet there is one place in the world that makes me shudder, you know, in that primal way, where your …
One of the pretties town in Europe, Český Krumlov is notoriously full of tourists during the summer months and almost empty in the spring and winter. I visited the city on an empty spring day and although I brought material study on the train I only studies ever so marginally. I was with my good …
Ninety Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall Traditional North American Counting Song The Holy grail of beer destinations, Pilsen (Plzeň) is a town like no other! It is said that had pattons men not stopped here to drink, they would have liberated the city of Prague before the Red Army. Yet the legendary beer …
Known for the sublime (if not a little morbid) Sedlec Ossuary, Kutná Hora is more than a pile of bones – it was one of ancient Bohemia’s great urban center. A silver mining town, Kutná Hora was often lusted after by conquerors and kings, today displaying that heritage proudly for all to see. Come see …
