In anticipation of an upcoming trip to Spain, I’m re-reading For Whom The Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway’s novel based on his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. I haven’t read Hemingway since the 1980s, and I’m enjoying it much more than I expected to. I had mis-remembered Hemingway as a
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wmtc: seen in upstate new york
Something for all your needs, plus excellent alliteration. Down the road in Mohawk territory, in the North Country region of New York State, we saw this: Many generations of Mohawks have been ironworkers. Many of the great New York City skyscrapers were built by Mohawk labour. We didn’t have a
Continue readingwmtc: a few words about burlington vermont
We are in Burlington, Vermont, for a wedding. We drove here on Friday, a nice drive mostly through blue skies and autumn colours. On Saturday, we found a public library so I could do some school work. Saturday night was the wedding. The ceremony was held on a patio overlooking
Continue readingwmtc: boston mini-vacation, days 1 through 4
This must be a huge Skip It! for most readers, but I write this blog for myself as much as anyone else, and I must have a record of all my travels. And so… This trip had a dual purpose – friends and baseball – and both came off brilliantly.
Continue readingwmtc: greetings from boston
Astute baseball fans might recognize this as Fenway Park, seen from behind the outfield. This would be totally unremarkable… if I hadn’t taken it five minutes ago from my hotel room. We are in Boston for a quick – although highly anticipated – mini-vacation. We drove down yesterday, driving back
Continue readingwmtc: matt green is just walkin’ again. this time it’s nyc.
Some two years ago, I posted about Matt Green, who (as I said at the time) was living my oldest dream: walking across the United States. Now Matt Green is walking every street in New York City, all five boroughs, about 8,000 miles worth of walk. In 2010, Matt Green,
Continue readingwmtc: photos from quebec trip on flickr
Our photos from Quebec City, dogsledding and Montreal are on Flickr. There turned out to be more decent dogsledding photos than I thought. The city photos are just a few details here there, on our little point-and-shoot camera. Nothing spectacular, but if you’re interested: Quebec City Dogsledding Montreal
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Shorter wmtc: Quebec in winter: the weather is cold, the people are warm, the food is good. I loved all of it, and I especially loved traveling with my sweetie. Driving home, we were on smaller country routes in Vermont and New York State for a good two hours before
Continue readingwmtc: more montreal, vermont, and homeward bound
Our second full day in Montreal was simply lovely. In the morning we headed up to the Marché Jean-Talon, the largest of Montreal’s four public markets. I felt as if we had wandered into Europe. The gorgeous produce carefully displayed, the charcuteries, the boulangeries, patisseries. Snack bars selling cassoulet, pasties
Continue readingwmtc: la belle province… la belle ville
Montreal bagels! Why oh why did I not know about Montreal bagels all the other times I was in this great city?? * * * * We had another easy drive from Duchesnay to Montreal. The first part of the trip was beautiful, through snowy woods and farm country, the
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We had our third and final awesome breakfast at Chez Hubert, then said goodbye to the Crying (or possibly Laughing) Dresser and hit the road. Station touristique Duchesnay is about a half-hour from Quebec City, outside of Ste-Catherine-des-Jacques-Cartier, on the Lac St.-Joseph. (Place names here are very big on the
Continue readingwmtc: quebec city, day two, allan and laura, 25 years
Last night we went out in the neighbourhood of the B&B, in search of a local fast-food chain that mainly serves poutine. We found a Chez Ashton a few blocks away, a brightly lit, bare-bones place with a steady stream of locals scarfing down the smothered fries. Supposedly they also
Continue readingwmtc: quebec city, day one
The drive from Mississauga to Quebec was long but easy. My only concern was winter storms, and we saw nothing more than the occasional flurry. In fact, for the portion of the trip in daylight, it was bright and sunny. I love long road trips; Allan gets cranky near the
Continue readingwmtc: nous allons à québec
We are driving to Quebec City this morning. What better way to kick off an anniversary vacation than a road trip together. If the winter weather will cooperate – only for our driving days – that would be grand. Trip details are here. I will blog, of course. This is
Continue readingwmtc: soliciting quebec travel information
Last time I asked for Canadian travel advice was 2008 – too long ago! That ended up as 16 days exploring Newfoundland. This trip is more modest, but I am very excited. We haven’t had a good holiday in so long. In 2007, we spent our 20th anniversary at the
Continue readingwmtc: nyc reflections part 2: the high line
While in New York last week, I finally made it to The High Line. The High Line is a unique city park that opened in 2009. I’ve been meaning to go there ever since, but now I’m glad I waited: the second stage is open, so we were able to get the full eff…
Continue readingwmtc: back, more soon
We had a terrific little trip to New York. It was a real treat for us to be there together without the crush of holiday crowds, to see family without the big Thanksgiving gatherings, and just enjoy the City. Perfect weather didn’t hurt either, especial…
Continue readingwmtc: greetings from new york city
We’re here early this year, visiting friends and family now instead of over US Thanksgiving. Occupy Wall Street is definitely on the agenda. Probably not much blogging though.
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