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, whew!), and enjoyed the 6 hour […]
Month: June 2018
A day in Bialystok, the largest city in northeastern Poland
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 lush countryside and pass through some […]
A tour of northern Poland conveniently begins and ends in Warsaw
My 9 day visit to Poland was planned as at least a two part journey, this first trip focused on northern Poland anchored out of Warsaw and took a counter clockwise route via the train system to stops in Bialystok (bʲaˈwɨ.stɔk), Gdansk (and neighboring Sopot), Torun, and back to Warsaw. Someday I will return to […]
Landscape astrophotography in Joshua Tree National Park, California
About this time last year in June 2017, I flew down from Ottawa to California to take in Sean Parker’s Joshua Tree Astrophotography Workshop. Silly me, I arrived in Los Angeles and rented a car for the anticipated 2 1/2 hours drive to Joshua Tree National Park but I could have saved time and money […]
My Journey to the Royal Wedding 2018
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 the Saturday, the day of my […]
Visiting Halifax, Nova Scotia on the off-season
In late April, 2018, I spent a nice relaxing 5 days in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was a quiet time of year, the snow had melted and Spring had not yet sprung. Tourists were not here in droves and many key attractions were not yet in full swing. Nonetheless, it was a pleasant visit and […]