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I fall in love with Toronto’s Distillery District the moment I spot it a few blocks ahead through the bus window. My new love doesn’t disappoint. We are greeted by interesting restored buildings – the Read More …
This year TBEX held an evening event at Shopsy’s on Toronto’s Centre Island. Oddly, I’d not been particularly excited about this party. While most of Centre Island is actually park land, it also has an Read More …
I am in Toronto for this year’s TBEX travel blogging conference and my first conference activity is a guided photo walk led by Toronto photographer David Goorevitch.The group is too large (25 of us were Read More …
While spring has been slow to come this year, the trees have (finally) burst into bloom. It is still too cool and rainy to come to the park for a picnic or a concert, but Read More …
I had a chance to travel to Cuba in 2002. I didn’t go for a whole variety of reasons, including a (ridiculously optimistic) belief that travel restrictions would soon be lifted.I’ve continued to regret that Read More …
I never finished editing my pictures from my visit to Finland in 2010 and now the cousins I visited then are coming to visit me. Their upcoming visit has served as good motivation to get Read More …
Often people will tell me “I don’t need to travel to see the world; I can see it through pictures.”As a photographer, I should be grateful for this attitude, as it provides a potential market Read More …
When traveling in Morocco, it is not unusual to see a wall with a variety of symbols painted within a grid. While visually interesting, these graphics serve a civic purpose. Each square in the grid Read More …
While we spent most of our time in the Seychelles on the boat, you can tour the islands from shore too. :-) On the Road in a Car Rental cars are available on Mahé and Read More …
The Riad d’Or provides lovely, comfortable lodging inside the medina in Meknès. Living with history The structure that houses the Riad d’Or dates back at least to 1791. It was renovated in 2007, but retains Read More …