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When tourist attractions are worth the hype: David, and how to visit him
Not long ago I was amongst a group of people talking about European travel, all of whom have been very lucky to have (and continue to have) prolonged travels there. We discussed how awesome hostels...
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Photo: Ontarian graffiti in Florence, Italy
Holla, Ontario! Walking along the streets of Florence on our first day in the city, we spotted this renegade artwork on a random wall. Baden is a town not far from the outskirts of our own hometown....
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5 gelato flavours you should try
In looking through our 2008 Italy photos, we realised we don’t have a single photograph of gelato. As you probably know, we love taking pictures of food; plus, we ate gelato nearly every day that...
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Way Back Play Back: a teen’s eye view of Greece
In honour of the 2012 Olympics, I thought I’d dig through my pile of old CDs, photo albums, and file folders filled with souvenir ticket stubs and brochures, and dust off my photos of my highschool...
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Why McDonalds can be your best friend abroad
Before I begin, I should probably specifiy that when I say McDonalds can be your best friend “abroad,” I really mean Europe. Having not travelled to other continents thus far, I cannot be held...
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Walking in Ischia
Some, if not all, of my favourite travel moments have been experienced by walking. I’ve written before about the fresh air of Glen Coe, Scotland; strolling through bohemian Montmartre in Paris; our...
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Appendix B: Places We Would Like to Live
(In order of appearance in our lives) What Canadians Eat: smoked meat | on Schwartz’s famous deli A week in | reflections on a week of living in London An English Weekend + the merits of tea | museums,...
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Home and Sick and Homesick.
Much-missed coffee. My living room window. I’ve been MIA lately in everything regarding the internet and my computer. I haven’t written, I haven’t tweeted, I’ve barely perused Facebook. I’ve worked,...
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Tourist pictures vs. Local pictures
Eric Fischer has put together maps of large metropolises visually representing where tourists take photos, versus where locals take pictures (and how many of each they are). London‘s is particularly...
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On meeting Maggie in London and Prague
See her there? Mrs. Thatcher, hanging on the stone cellar walls of a pub in Prague, watching students drink beer and listen to post-punk live music. She’s frozen pale in her pop art picture frame;...
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