Human Beens
Grand Tour Days 63-67 – The subsurface and art of Paris
The city of Paris is huge. While the city proper is a bit smaller than Vancouver land-wise (105 km2 versus 115 km2) the metropolitan area sprawls (14,500 km2 versus Vancouver’s meager 2,900 km2). And population density? I would have thought that with all of the new condos in downtown Vancouver that we are a reasonably dense city but all you have to do is walk through Paris to know that there are many more people here.
Grand Tour Days 47 – 52 – Here, there and bedbugs where?
I’ve been touristing through Paris over the last several days, and after nearly a week of debating with myself about where the scads of bites I’ve been getting were coming from I woke up on Tuesday with a fierce reaction and, luckily, one dead bedbug by my bed (I hope I squashed him in my sleep!). The reason that it was lucky to find a dead bedbug was that now I knew for sure that this ridiculous little insect was what was causing my bites. Anyhow, I’ll get on with the rest of the bedbug story in a bit.
Grand Tour Days 11 & 12 – London
I think I’ve been trying to jam things in like I’m on a short trip – running here and running there. But on a trip of this length I think I had better slow down, at least some days… This is a learning experience in so may ways, especially in ways I hadn’t anticipated. I am looking forward to what tomorrow brings.
Grand Tour Days 7-9 – Southwest Cornwall and on to London
There is so much to do in Cornwall. It is really amazing! There are castles, mines, ancient villages, harbours, good food and so much more! Days 7 and 8 were devoted to exploring more of Cornwall, while today, Day 9 was mostly a travel day.
Grand Tour Days 4-6 – Visiting Cornwall
We started with pasties for breakfast. I had a steak and stilton pasty for my first true Cornish pasty and it made a super-wonderful breakfast! After pasties Dan drove us up to the north coast of Cornwall for a wide-ranging mission. We wanted to see puffins, Tintagel and some great folded rocks. We forgot to bring the map with us but somehow, we did get to all the places we meant to go!
Examining ‘Human Beens’
With less than five days to go before I head off to Europe for a trip that I now know will be a once in a lifetime experience, I find myself thinking about it constantly. Where will I go? What will I see? Who will I meet? What do I want to experience, learn or gain?
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