Kensington Market is a eccentric area of Toronto, Ontario which is still in the grip of the 1960s. Someone has turned this old car into a planter as part of the street [...]

This Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt Chris Christensen are joined by this week’s guest: Laura Bly formerly from USA Today and now from BlyOnTheFly.com Subscribe on [...]

Hear about travel to Amsterdam as the Amateur Traveler talks again to Erik Smith from onmyfeetorinmymind.com. Erik returned to Amsterdam for the seventh or eighth time recently and continues to find the [...]

I love U.S. National Parks and the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia is no exception. This picture is of an actor who plays the part of a [...]

In an amongst the tags and graffiti in the back alleys of Toronto you can find some wonderful street art like this lovely woman.

I started to write an article about my perfect vacation my perfect holiday and I failed miserably. I failled in part because my perfect holiday is always my next one. There are [...]

The red brick buildings of the Distillery District in Toronto no longer make whiskey as they once did but hold restaurants, shops and at least one brew pub.

Productive Capitalists – Toronto, Ontario – Photo This detail mural of productive capitalists is on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Toronto, Ontario. Oddly it reminds me of some of the murals I [...]

Hear about travel to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jodi Ettenberg from legalnomads.com. Visually Ho Chi Minh City looks more chaotic than Rome, Istanbul or [...]

While in Toronto I took this panorama of the old and new City Hall buildings. The Finish architect died before the new building (left) was revealed so there is some debate why [...]