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Archive for category: Destinations

Articles about places I have visited, with personal impressions and suggestions, and a budget-focused angle.

  • Moderna Museet, Stockholm
     

    Exploring Stockholm’s art museums

    29th July 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Sweden / 1 comment

    Art lovers will love Stockholm! For a city its size, Stockholm is surprisingly well endowed with museums, and especially art museums.  Most visitors flock to the famous Vasa Museum of course, but if you love art, […]

     
     
  • Kronborg Castle guarding the Sound, Helsingør, Denmark
     

    Hamlet’s castle really exists in Denmark!

    26th July 2016 / Denmark, Destinations, Europe / 0 comments

    Did you know that the castle where Shakespeare’s play Hamlet takes place really exists? Elsinore Castle is actually Kronborg Castle, located in the small town of Helsingør (known as Elsinore in English), a short train ride north […]

     
     
  • 15 things you probably didn’t know about Iceland
     

    15 things you probably didn’t know about Iceland

    7th July 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Iceland / 2 comments

    The morning I landed at Keflavic Airport in Iceland, I wondered what had possessed me to leave behind beautiful warm summer weather in Montreal to end up in pouring rain and 9C temperature barely five […]

     
     
  • View from One Liberty Observation Deck, Philadelphia
     

    5 reasons why you should visit Philadelphia

    21st June 2016 / Destinations, North America, United States / 4 comments

    Why visit Philadelphia you ask? Does it have architecture and history? Art and culture? Does it have beer? Well, all of the above as it turns out, and much more. Philadelphia is slightly over one […]

     
     
  • Context Travel guide in historic Philadelphia
     

    Walking Historic Philadelphia with Context Travel

    17th June 2016 / Destinations, North America, United States / 2 comments

    I seriously feared I might get stabbed by a flying branch! When that crazy gust of wind swirled around us, I got grit all over my face, felt something hit my leg, then noticed several […]

     
     
  • Toronto skyline
     

    Free summer events in Toronto

    7th June 2016 / At home in Toronto, Canada, Destinations, North America / 4 comments

    If you’re still using paper guidebooks when you travel, you probably won’t find a mention of most of the following summer events in Toronto, which are either new this year, have a new twist, or have […]

     
     
  • Salento and the Cocora Valley (Colombia) – a photo essay
     

    Salento and the Cocora Valley (Colombia) – a photo essay

    24th May 2016 / Colombia, Destinations, South America / 4 comments

    You’ve probably heard of Cartagena, Bogotá, and possibly Medellin, but today I want to show you one of my favourite corners of Colombia: Salento and the Cocora Valley, located within the Zona Cafetera, which produces […]

     
     
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