As Toronto grows and continues to gentrify at the pace of a…
Toronto: Favourite 5 Coffee Shops
Canadians love their Tim Hortons coffee (Timmie’s) or Starbucks; and, constantly spend…
Toronto: Favourite 5 Restaurants
Toronto is quite possibly the most overwhelming foodie city I have ever…
The Patron Saint of Murderers and the Oldest House in Paris
Across the Seine from Notre Dame, in old Paris, is Église Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre.…
Notre Dame’s Unfortunate Suicide History
Meet Notre Dame de Paris: it’s neither the oldest, nor the biggest,…
Steampunk Paris
Paris is steampunk in a very complex and deep way. You could…
The Macabre Epilogue of those who Drowned in the Seine
Meet the Seine River: it’s 776km long, the second largest river in…
The Sick Children of Alijn’s Hofje
It seems that in Dutch, there are dozens of words that can…
Wandering through Yorkville and Learning about Cholera
It’s easy to do a tour of Yorkville by simply walking from…
Where Angels Wear Gas Masks and Monks Make Beer
The monks of the Augustijnen Monastery in Ghent (Sint Stefanus) are poly-skilled;…
Lace, Paper Mache Angels, and Grass Flip Flops
As part of the Peculiar Things theme, I’ll periodically share forgotten surprises…
Marché aux puces, Paris
On one rainy Saturday morning, we stepped out on our balcony in…