
Once the symbol of the Cold War, starkly separating the East from the West, today Checkpoint Charlie is a nothing more than a tourist attraction. Or as the Independent deemed it, “a tacky tourist trap.” That said, I still feel it is one of three important sites to visit in order to fully experience the […]

If you get up early enough in the morning, especially on a Sunday morning when most people are barely falling asleep from Saturday night’s festivities, the I AMsterdam sign by the Rijksmuseum is a lot less crowded with tourists than the other times I’ve visited it. I didn’t have my tripod with me, and I […]

…sooooooo much. But we don’t recycle. One of my biggest pet peeves when traveling are hotels that talk about caring for the environment but don’t recycle. If all I see is a sign like the one below, talking about how much the hotel cares about the environment by not bringing fresh towels every day, it […]

…how to get to Somewhere-in-the-Middle-of-the-USA? I snapped the photo below at the edge of Toronto Island. While the concept was cute, it isn’t a very interesting photograph, and I wasn’t planning on sharing it. However, after seeing this post of some very cool, similar photos on a fellow photoblogger’s web site, I thought I’d share it […]