Too Square to be Hip
A narcissist's guide to travel and culture
As a traveller, I often forget how beautiful places around my own home can be. It usually takes a friend visiting from out of town or a push from a relative to rediscover and reclaim my kingdom. This brings me to Upper Canada Village. I had the fortune/misfortune of visiting this attraction so many times …
I often hear fellow travellers deride Skopje as kitschy, often telling others not to visit this city. I find all this talk preposterous, Skopje for all it’s faults, is absolutely worth seeing. For one, it is the most ridiculous and strange place I have ever visited but most importantly, it is fun! Take that self-important …
This article should be read in conjunction with my previously released Champlain post as well as Saratoga. Why spend a weekend at Lake George, I was asked? I remember stopping at Six Flags Lake George as a child and enjoying myself. I was in the Upper Adirondacks the previous year and had such a good …
I first visited the small city of Saratoga Springs in 2017, on my way to New York city from Montreal to see a Billy Joel concert at Madison Square Gardens. After dropping off my bags at my accommodation, I made my way into town. It was charming, Christmas decorations lined the main street and the …
The new friends I had met on the Greek island of Corfu, Deano and Charlie, dropped me off at the port in the Old Town of Corfu from our hostel, The Pink Palace located in the village of Agios Gordios. The hostel is a 40m ride to the city, but this distance can be bridged …
Graz, a pretty university city located in the Graz Highlands (a low lying mountain chain of the Alps) makes for a wonderful getaway! Although the city is located in Central Europe, I visited Graz during my trip to the Balkans region due to its importance to the Slovene and Croat subjects of the Austrian Empire. …
Long considered Serbia’s second city, and the Serbian capital of culture, Novi Sad is making a dramatic comeback as the capital of the autonomous Vojvodina state. Affectionately referred to as “Serbian Athens” by locals, the city has its own acropolis, the Petrovaradin fortress. The Gibraltar of the Danube is one of the most imposing fortress …
General Information One of the advantages of Furgons is that they are inexpensive. This does come with trade-offs as the vans are usually crammed to a point of physical discomfort with other passengers. This is fine on a cool day but can quickly become unbearably hot on a summer day. One of the funniest things …
Arrival In San Francisco I flew into San Francisco Airport located at the south of the city. The most convenient way to get downtown is to take a taxi, but wanting to save a few dollars I took the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transportation), a train built in the 1970’s to serve the bay area. …
Montenegro, a land with a fjord to rival any in Norway, has a breathtaking northern mountain range to compare with any in New Zealand. One particular sight, that of the Tara river gorge, is one of the most impressive in the world. The gorge is the deepest canyon on the European continent and registers as …
