We got up early and set off, starting with a lazy breakfast of fresh-baked muffins, bagels, hot chocolate and coffee at Gastown. Once upon a time – a birthplace of Vancouver, today – a mixture of souvenir shops, boutiques, galleries, decor stores and restaurants. Sitting down and eating together is quite often perceived as a...
Author: Michal Cichecki
Greenwich Mean Time
We’d planned for three nights in Vancouver to recover from jetlag, and before catching our train to Jasper. Although exhausted after trans-continental flight and a sleepless first night, we still wanted to make the most of our time and packed a lot into the day. We did a ‘hop-on hop-off’ bus tour with Westcoast Sightseeing,...
The Åland Islands
Ten thousand years ago, the land began to rise from the bed of the Baltic Sea, gradually giving birth to the Åland Islands – a glorious archipelago of nearly 6500 skerries, desolate rocks and islands of which only about eighty are inhabited. Today, this little piece of Paradise of unspoiled nature and fresh air located...
Every inch
It was going to be one of those days, when the warmth of the sun is like a balsam, and where a light jacket is sufficient. We headed to the northernmost tip of Åland, and once we were taking a hike on the Troll Path trail, the finest view on the entire journey was suddenly...
From field to table
There is hardly anything more Swedish than a traditional red cottage with white trim, and the beauty, for me, is in those quite rural towns or fishing villages dotting the coastline. In Stensjö, the time has stood still – the gravel road winds through a cluster of about 30 red dwelling houses, storehouses and barns...
A travel icon
The Baltic Sea doesn’t work its magic straightaway and, at the first glance, it may lack the glamour of other seas – there are no great mountain ranges rising above its shore, no volcanoes, and the waters are not the world’s warmest. But its beauty and temperament are subtler. Just off north of Gotland lies...
More New Notes to be Available from Aug 27
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Celebrities Who Should Consider a Writing Career
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A Beginner’s Guide to Contemporary Beauty & Fashion
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