We started our trip to the West coast with an adrenaline rush in Sin City—Las Vegas—followed by a calm retreat at Red Rock Canyon and the Hoover Dam. This was my third time in Las Vegas. I think coming here … Read More
Death Valley National Park Make your way through Death Valley National Park from as far as Ubehebe Crater to the Amargosa Opera House and you will strike gold. There’s so much natural beauty to discover in this desert. When you … Read More
Prior to venturing into Death Valley National Park, we explored Beatty and Rhyolite, which were small towns in Nevada, just outside the national park area. The environment in this region made you feel as if you’d stepped back in time. … Read More
I remember visiting Acadia National Park in Maine as a child with my family, full of wonder, and picking up a nature guidebook from the gift shop. Inside the book, I placed a maple leaf I’d found on one of … Read More
This was my second time in Stockholm, Sweden, in over a decade, but my first time seeing it in the summertime. Previously, I experienced a Stockholm covered in snow and filled with holiday cheer. The buildings were vibrantly colorful, and … Read More
Prague, in the Czech Republic, was like a portfolio of architectural styles and structures. Together, the city was greater than the sum of its parts. Each building’s design and detail brought a different flavor to the city, e.g., the medieval … Read More
Lisbon, shaken and bandaged by the 1755 earthquake, emerges with a new face, more beautiful with age. We found Portugal’s capital, this old-world city, standing tall despite the toll. Carmo Convent is the perfect testament to this with its skeletal, … Read More
‘Aloha’ they say. Whether one is searching for an oasis of calm or an adrenaline rush, Hawaii’s Maui offers a plethora of both. From the drive through majestic, luscious valleys of little-known Kahekili Highway – a one-lane strip at the … Read More
We rediscovered a newly disheveled Toronto in the wintry spring, while sprinting from Downtown to Uptown and back. Modernism intersected with old-world charm, evident in the sites we visited. Sprinting between University Avenue, Dundas Square, and Spadina Avenue gave us … Read More