From the title, it may seem like I have given myself an impossible task (the cold weather edition of visiting a city in Canada, really?), but in Toronto’s defense and from experience with many northern summers, the city is probably a very different place in the summer with an abundance of rooftop bars, open markets, outdoor events, a beautiful waterfront, and even a beach/dock fusion situation. So this fall/winter Toronto travel post focuses on what’s best for brief outdoor walks or activities with plenty of options to warm up inside. Continue reading “Toronto in 48 Hours: Cold Weather Edition”
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The streetcar track runs through the center of St. Charles Avenue, on a grassy strip of land between each direction of the road. Joggers run on the narrow area of grass that separates the two streetcar tracks, because the sidewalks are too uneven to safely exercise on. After all boarding passengers have inserted $1.25, the streetcar jerks to life and heads toward the next stop. While our elevated seats provide great views of stately mansions on St. Charles, and tourists snap photos of the streetcar as it goes by, the old world ride is only graceful on film. Our ride is rickety and slow, and as the driver winds a joystick back and forth, the engine and breaks shudder and groan as we continue toward the bustling French Quarter. The lights flicker on and off, and the stop requested signal interrupts any streetcar-induced reverie like a blaring alarm. This is New Orleans. Continue reading “A Big, Easy Weekend: While City Systems Fail, New Orleans Culture Is Wonderfully Alive”
I have finally had the opportunity to start to take in Berlin in person, which I plan to do in a series of visits, and I still can’t wrap my mind around it. Berlin is the Hauptstadt of Europe’s economic powerhouse, a centuries-old city, but also a brand new city, reborn again and again through some of modern history’s worst clashes.
Most know that the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but I was shocked when I realized that its occupiers, including the Russians, did not leave until 1994. 1994! Continue reading “Berlin: Meeting a European Hauptstadt That’s Younger Than Me”
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Idag var det ganska kallt men otroligt klart, soligt, och fint med lite snö. Från mitt hotell bredvid tåg stationen, Nordic C Hotel, så var det bara att börja vandra. Jag vandrade söderut mot Riddarholmen, Gamla Stan, Grand Hotel, och sedan körde till Djurgården.
From the central location of my hotel (Nordic C Hotel), a lovely stroll could get me anywhere I wanted to go. I walked south from the train station towards Riksdagen, and these are the places I revisited: Continue reading “Uttlandsvensk i Stockholm: Gamla Stan, Djurgården, Riddarholmen”
anchored & adrift 