Ottawa's suburbs, family and Canadian First Nations

 Here is an excerpt lyrics from The Cabaret of the Old Men: Family, oh  family. Family doesn’t rejoice, when is. But when she is not You are alone as a dog. But it makes you extra happy when they are living abroad .... Especially somewhere in North America, right? My cousin Tadeusz with his wife ...

The Thousand Islands

From the town of Gananoque, Ontario, still in the province of Ontario, we are taking a  cruise ship on a tour of the land of the Thousand Islands. The Thousand Islands constitute an archipelago of 1,864 islands that straddles the Canada-U.S. border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the...

Ottawa - the Capital

Ottawa - the capital and fourth largest city in Canada; located in the eastern part of the province of Ontario, on the south bank of the Ottawa River. Here lives here around a million people. Why Ottawa is the capital of the country? On December 31, 1857, Queen Victoria chose this city for the new...

Greenwich an Emirates Airline

Sunday in London means choosing one of the great green areas where you can relax from the hustle and bustle of the city. We chose Greenwich. We went there by boat - a catamaran on the Thames watching the city from the river. In  Greenwich there is the longitude ZERO meridian of and except a big pa...

Borough Market and Brick Lane

Do you want to know how look like a hipster? In London hipsters are everywhere, but most likely you can peep into their pop culture in Brick Lane. The history of this street and the surrounding area is similar to many other boroughs of large cities, which are first occupied by artists, outcasts a...

Tate Modern

  A sunny morning in London, but unfortunately cold. Not discouraged, we are going to Tate Modern. What amazes us are hudge banners, big inscriptions and advertisements placed outside the building: If Tate Modern was Musée de la Danse? We are going inside and admiring not only the gallery, but al...

Rainy London welcoming

How  beautiful the Polish coast is can be viewed from an airplane on the route Szczecin - London Stansted in fine weather.   Then there were just clouds, fog and rain. Naturally, it was raining in London. Then waiting a long in a  queue for the bus on the way to Victoria Station. From Victoria in...

A Bangkok view from the top

Tired of the last day in Bangkok decided odetchąć slightly cooler and fresher (false) air at the 61st floor of the Banyan Tree Hotel.The bar has a significant name "Moon Bar". And again, we were watching another sunset. Prices also look like from the moon, but the customers fairly down to earth... ...