Tag Archives: Travel
Chocolate Overdose
When I was a child I had the impression that the best chocolate came from Switzerland. I’m not sure where this came from, marketing perhaps, it is true though that the Swiss make excellent chocolate. They are not alone of course. Canada has a few renowned chocolatiers, or at least they have a national reputation, […]
Waiting For A Plane XI – Between Flights at Ataturk
I rarely fly, but these days when I do it seems like I’m always at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport waiting for a connecting flight. The wait seems like forever. As with most airports, there’s not much to do at Ataturk except shop, and even that gets pretty boring. There’s only so much Turkish Delight a person […]
Tea In The Ruins
The Peshmerga guards ask if we would like some tea. I don’t drink hot drinks, but I know it would be culturally insensitive to refuse such an offer. So I sit with a glass of hot tea, very sweet the way Iraqis like it, and look out over the valley, a view worthy of a […]
Does This Sign Belong Here?
Canada is a bilingual nation, though in parts of the country that is more theory than fact. When I was younger both England and France were acknowledges as our founding nations, and English and French were our national languages. Now it is more complicated, and it is commonly understood that Canada’s aboriginal population, the First […]
Starting The Day
I woke up really early, so I went down to the beach to take pictures of the sunrise. Today turned out to be the day it was obscured by clouds, the first time in weeks. The beach was peaceful and deserted, so I snapped a couple of pictures and listened to the waves before heading […]
Waiting For A Plane X – Pearson Airport
I was traveling for a couple of weeks last month. I spent a lot of time in airports. In each one I had time on my hands. As a result I wrote at least one post in each of the airports; this is the concluding post in the series. Some of the posts are more […]
Waiting For A Plane IX – Ataturk Again
I was traveling for a couple of weeks last month. I spent a lot of time in airports. In each one I had time on my hands. As a result I wrote at least one post in each of the airports, which I have been posting from time to time. I’ll finish the series tomorrow. […]
Waiting For A Plane VII – Ataturk Airport
I was traveling for a couple of weeks last month. I spent a lot of time in airports. In each one I had time on my hands. As a result I wrote at least one post in each of the airports, which am posting from time to time, interspersed with some other thoughts. Any flight […]
Waiting For a Plane V – They Do What
I was traveling for a couple of weeks last month. I spent a lot of time in airports. In each one I had time on my hands. As a result I wrote at least one post in each of the airports, which I will post over the next few days. After that, castles and Roman […]
Waiting For a Plane IV – Memories of Frankfurt Airport
I was traveling for a couple of weeks last month. I spent a lot of time in airports. In each one I had time on my hands. As a result I wrote at least one post in each of the airports, which I will post over the next few days. After that, castles and Roman […]
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