Too Square to be Hip
A narcissist's guide to travel and culture
This trio of port cities at the tip of a large paw shaped peninsula jutting out into the Georgian Bay are filled with history. From the Huron occupation to its settler past, this region is rich in both history and natural beauty. Port McNicoll Although there is little left of this once great shipping port, …
Exploring the Park The camping and park entrance is built on a forested peninsula at the Base of the Mazinaw Rock. This campsite has access to many hiking trails around the lake and has modern washroom facilities as well as showers. A crescent shaped beach on the north side of this peninsula gives way to …
Helsinki was not on the list of cities I felt compelled to visit. But since I was in Tallinn, I thought it be fun to take the ferry across the Baltic sea for a quick jaunt to the opposite shore. How wrong I was about the Finnish capital – this was a place radiating style …
In the cottagers hinterland of central Ontario, few towns can rival that of those of the St. Lawrence Valley, yet thousands spend their summer here. It is due to the rural character of this region that the cottagers come. Ontario is lettered with lakes, rivers and forests and this part of Ontario can be particularly …
Just upstream of Montreal, on the mighty St. Lawrence river is a set of difficult rapids located between a clump of rapids. The industrious land of Upper Canada lies upstream of this river and downstream you have the metropolis of Montreal as well as Canada’s connection to the outside world, the Atlantic Ocean. History of …
As the harsh summer sun beats down on southern Ontario, locals decamp for the cool waters of the Georgian Bay or their lakefront cottages in the Muskokas. For those of which are looking to embrace the party lifestyle, one destination stands out above the others, Wasaga Beach, a mecca of the weekend benders and late …
Geography Bath is the quintessential south-western British town. Located in Somerset it is surrounded by rolling green limestone hills oozing idyllic charm. It is located only 11km from nearby Bristol on the Avon River. History Occupied since the Bronze Age, Bath has an illustrious history peaking in importance during the Roman Era and then again …
Geography Located in the south-west corner of England Bristol was once one of the most important ports in the British Empire. From the Bristol Channel that separates Wales from England, the River Avon flows through a rocky gorge before becoming the flat floodplain (once a marsh) that the city sits on today! The area around …
Geography Located in the North-Western quadrant of England, Liverpool falls within the historic boundaries of Lancashire, although it outgrew the confines of this historic county in the 1880’s to form what is now known as Merseyside. Liverpool was into the ridge of coastal sandstone cliffs and occupies a desirable protected port setting at the mouth …
Flying from Bucharest, Romania through to Manchester via Paris I did not know what to expect. I had just completed what had been the best trip of my life spending months in the Balkans, and by now I was at the tail end of things. The goal of my visit was to catch up with …
