Tagged With: museum
Hockey Hall of Fame
While in Toronto, I made it to Canada's most revered museum: the Hockey Hall of Fame. Upon entering the museum, memorabilia from players who have been inducted into the HHOF are featured in display cases. Gordie Howe. Steve Yzerman. There was a mock locker room that I was curious to visit … Continue reading
MoMA
Fridays are wonderful for countless reasons, one of which being that New York City's Museum of Modern Art is free on Friday afternoons! It was jam packed inside but I was able to maneuver around the groups of people and have a good time. I made a beeline straight for the fifth floor, home … Continue reading
Murambi Genocide Memorial
It's been so easy to put off finishing this post for the last few weeks. Life has kept me happily busy of late, so I haven't wanted to dwell too much on seeing the horrors of Rwanda's genocide, but I've finally finished my post about the Murambi Genocide Memorial. The blog should be regularly updated … Continue reading
Huye, Rwanda
Our Rwandan road trip began bright and early this morning as my friend Posh and I hit the road with David, our driver for the week, bound for Nyungwe Forest National Park. Even though I had already traveled on this same road to Cyangugu a couple of days prior, it was a completely different experience … Continue reading
Paris
My first stop in Paris is always the same place: Le Marais. The Jewish quarter is home to some of the best falafel around. Once I had eaten, I wandered around the city, checking out some of the city’s iconic sites. The Louvre museum with its famous glass pyramids and the fountain at … Continue reading
Rovaniemi, Finland
We caught an overnight train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland which sits just a few kilometers from the Arctic Circle. The train ride was beautiful, which is just as well because traveling north to the Arctic Circle in July means you enter the land of twenty four hours of daylight so at … Continue reading
Kuressaare, Estonia
It was a quick four hour bus-ferry-bus ride from Tallinn to the island of Saaremaa in western Estonia. Along the way, the land was pancake flat and I passed more rolled hay stacks than Monet could paint in a lifetime. Saaremaa is just under 3,000 square kilometers and has a population of 35,000. The biggest … Continue reading
Estonia’s path to independence
Today was focused on learning about the country's busy history so I went to the Occupation Museum which touches on the German occupation and primary addresses Estonia under the Soviets. The one room museum held countless small artifacts from the country and capital city since the early twentieth century. A secret peep hole … Continue reading
Tallinn, Estonia
Before I arrived in Estonia, I knew that I knew almost nothing about this country. I knew this is where Skype was invented, that former pro cyclist Jaan Kirsipuu hails from here, and that it was once part of the USSR. After one full day just wandering around Tallinn's Old Town, I am starting to … Continue reading
The Tower of London
On one side, my family is Scottish and despite the amount of travel we all do, none of us had been to see our family roots in decades. My mom decided to rectify this and organized a week long trip to London and Scotland for me, my aunt, cousin, and herself. At my request, … Continue reading