Our first day in Athens
Hello from Athens. This summer, together with my friend Joanna, we will explore Greece. We started the day with a very long walk around the Acropolis, visited a very interesting museum and participated in a political demonstration. Sunday in this Orthodox country begins with a liturgy in one of their …
Forest Bathing
Hello from Ottawa! It is the most beautiful long weekend of the year here in Canada, Victoria Day weekend. This blog post is not about traveling, sightseeing or discovering new places, it is about an amazing book – Forest Bathing -written by Dr. Qing Li. As a society we suffer from …
Toronto: Santiago Calatrava’s Brookfield Place
Hello from Toronto! This time, I would like to invite you to visit a masterpiece building designed by Santiago Calatrava, the world-famous architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter from Valencia, Spain. Brookfield Place is located on Bay Street, between Front St. and King St. Let us enter this temple of …
Toronto: King Street
Hello from Toronto!!! Today, I would like to invite you for a walk along King Street in the heart of our city. Before the next travel season begins, I took my camera and decided to rediscover the city that has been our home for the last 31 years. It has …
London’s evening charm
Here we are with our half Polish half British family! They took care of us for a week here in London. In this last post, we are going to see London in the evening. We start on Piccadilly Street: Wellington Arch, designed by Decimus Burton, finished in 1830 and surmounted …
London: The City
Hello from London again! Today we had a chance to visit our cousin Ewa at her office. She works in that modern building called Walkie Talkie that dominates the part of London called “The City.” When Londoner say “The City,” they mean the one-square-mile business center in East London that …
Windsor Castle
Today, we spent the entire day in Windsor and Eton, where the biggest attraction is the Royal Castle. It took us half an hour to get there from Richmond Station in London. Windsor Castle claims to be the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world. It has been the …
London Baby!
Hello from London! We started our tour of the city in the British Museum. The British Museum was established in 1753 and is now home to over eight million artefacts. The most popular part of the museum is the Egyptian collection. We had a chance to see school children working …
Edinburgh: Parliament, Princes Street and Wojtek
We are still on the Royal Mile. The New Parliament building is fascinating. Its construction started in 1999, the first debate took place in 2004. PThe Royal Mile ends with the Palace and Abbey of Holyroodhouse, residence of the royal family. Last glimpse on the Royal Mile: Princes Street is …
Edinburgh Castle
Hello from Edinburgh! We start visiting this amazing city with its most famous landmark – Edinburgh Castle It has been estimated that there were once about three thousand castles in Scotland. Edinburgh Castle is Scotland’s most famous castle. Over its 1000-year history it has been known as the most besieged …