From mid October to early November, 2018, I embarked on a 4 week trip to Spain and Portugal with my friend Blaine, also from Ottawa where I lived at that time. I joined Blaine in Barcelona after finishing up my trip to Venice, Italy. The AirBnB for our 5...
Venice is considered among the the most beautiful cities in the world due to its unusual urban design and artistic heritage. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Venice is comprised of 118 islands separated by an extensive system of canals within the shallow Venetian Lagoon and...
After a hectic two days in Gdansk, my northern Poland journey continued on Friday morning, May 24, 2018, to the Medieval Town of Torun. The Torun Miasto train station was only a short walk to my hotel just outside the old town, a great location for my two day...
After a great day in Bialystok, my northern Poland journey continued on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2018, to Gdansk on the Baltic coast of Poland. I managed okay to buy my train tickets, boarded the right train on the correct platform (this route is served daily by 67 trains,...
On Tuesday, May 22, 2018, and Day 3 of my Poland trip, I left Warsaw by train for a 3 1/2 hour ride to Bialystok, the largest city in northeastern Poland and capital of the Podlaskie province. It was a pleasant ride, I had an opportunity to view the...
My Friday night departure from Ottawa, Ontario on May 18th was the start of my 10 day trip to Europe with a one day layover in London and then onward to my Poland destinations. Coincidently, the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was to be held on...
A highlight of my Remembrance weekend in London this November was when I stumbled across what I soon learned to be Speakers’ Corner, located at the northeast corner of Hyde Park near Marble Arch. Speakers’ Corner gained unofficial status as a “right to speak” area in 1872 and has...