Most of my long trips begin with a red-eye out of Montreal, and a fair number of those red-eyes put me down at Schiphol with hours to spend before the next leg. …
Hello, fellow adventurers! Some places feel important the moment you arrive. Not because they overwhelm you, but because they carry weight – quietly, steadily, and with purpose. Parliament Hill in Ottawa is …
I went to Tate Modern in London to see a spider, and the spider was gone. That is the short version. The longer one is that Louise Bourgeois’s Maman is one of …
The Tower of London is famous for the Crown Jewels, the executions, the medieval fortress walls, and the ravens. Of all the things to do in London, a visit here is one …
The South Bank is the southern edge of the River Thames in central London, running roughly from Lambeth Bridge in the west to Tower Bridge in the east. The stretch most people …
The White Tower sits at the centre of the Tower of London, both literally and architecturally. Most visitors walk past it on the way to the Crown Jewels, glance up, take a …
Few places in London capture the city’s energy, charm, and theatrical spirit quite like Covent Garden. Filled with historic market buildings, lively piazzas, elegant architecture, street performers, cafés, boutiques, and cultural institutions, …
There are few places in London where history feels as immediate and layered as it does at the Tower of London. Rising beside the River Thames with its imposing stone walls, towers, …
