While mystery surrounded Bosnia from the beginning of planning my journey (which may have something to do with the fact that my guidebook covers Western, not Central Europe), as I rode the bus from Croatia into my first stop, Mostar, I could see immediately that Bosnia would be a fascinating part of my trip. […]
Croatia was a blissful vacation from my vacation, the kind of place you would want to escape to in the dead of a Canadian winter (except that technically it would be colder at that time in Croatia). Evidently the week before I arrived it had been pouring a kind of smattering rain for about […]
My time in Italy was limited (for various reasons) to 11 days, which I carefully planned along the lines of a makeshift art history tour. It enabled me to see many of the artworks I studied in person, and I made a special trip to Bologna for a somewhat-unknown sculpture that had knocked my socks […]
I want to apologize for the recent series of dull and very didactic posts, where I mechanically describe my trip. Everything I experience is pretty much always “breathtaking,” “meaningful,” “extraordinary,” and especially “beautiful.” Not much to report on anything ugly or boring, so I tend to overuse these sorts of adjectives and end up gushing […]
Moulin de Braux was a very special experience for me, and one I will cherish. The farm is set in Braux which is close to Dijon in the Burgundy region of France. As I took the train into the area, I saw huge fields of luscious yellow flowers. Not dandelions as you […]
Subconsciously knowing that we would really like Granada, we ended up giving it more breathing space in our itinerary. It is hard to describe just why Granada was a fantastic city to explore. First, there is actually something to explore… a complex network of alley ways and sudden apparitions of graffiti (not just […]
I am starting to summarize Spain in fewer words so I can finally catch up to where I am now, Bern, Switzerland. After we finished exploring Madrid, we hiked out on the train system for a day trip to Toledo. What a picturesque town, barely any of my photos of the approach of […]
If I never see another Iberian ham leg dangling in front of my face, I will be happy. In Spain, these delighfully cured pig legs (complete with a blackened hoof intact, mind you) are hanging in every grocery store, plenty of other smaller stores, and we even once found a store dedicated totally to […]
As I expected, I had no problems whatsoever eating in London. I even had vegan food that was not all that bad on the airplane! Soon after I arrived I bought some fruit, pita and hummus at a local grocery store for breakfast and snacks. The first day, Donal took me out […]
(at Kensington Palace - and there’s a 159 more photos of London where that came from, once I got over my camera-shy anti-tourist thing). Well, it has been an eventful and overall great experience in London. Sorry for not blogging until now, I’ve been wanting to experience everything and then write about […]
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