Exploring Stockholm’s art museums
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, […]
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Hamlet’s castle really exists in Denmark!
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 […]
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15 things you probably didn’t know about Iceland
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 […]
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5 reasons why you should visit Philadelphia
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 […]
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Walking Historic Philadelphia with Context Travel
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 […]
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Free summer events in Toronto
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 […]
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Salento and the Cocora Valley (Colombia) – a photo essay
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 […]
