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I have a tendency to get really attached to the shoes I wear while traveling. They become my friends, and considering how much I tend to walk while touristing, they really are patient and generous friends. so I just want to take this opportunity to thank the shoes that took me from Edmonton, Alberta, toContinue reading “Chapter 327: These boots were made for walking”

One of the most exciting things about traveling is eating the local food. But, to be honest, much of the food in the States is just strange. Lots of sugar, but surprisingly many things that are fat free. Or deep fried. Like this corn dog I had at a festival in Windsor, north of SanContinue reading “Chapter 326: American food”

30/7: My last meal in North America consisted of a variety of melons. Because that is something that they have plenty of in Arizona. Melons love the desert, just like me. A cantaloupe, a water melon and a Santa Claus melon. Nothing could be more perfect on a quiet, hot night, on a roof terraceContinue reading “Chapter 325: A farewell to North America”

Tic Tac. Famous. Sweet. Colourful. And elegant. Mr. P likes.

Phoenix is an odd city. It’s like there’s no gravity, no center. The streets are wide and the houses are bare. And they just go on and on and on, there’s no limit, no mountains or trees to limit the growth. It’s a city made for cars and air conditioning. It did rain when weContinue reading “Chapter 323: Phoenix”

30/7: When I was a teenager, I had an online friend called Daniel. We e-mailed and talked through MSN Messenger, and sometimes we even sent real, old school letters. Our korrespondence got really intense at times, while at others it could take months without me hearing from him. When I was 19, we met once,Continue reading “Chapter 322: Desert Architecture at Taliesin West”

29/7: Another impressive thing that Phoenix has to offer, is the Desert Botanical Garden. You know I love botanical gardens, but this was something really special. I guess it’s part of my fascination for deserts. I just love succulents.

27/7: The public transportation in Phoenix consists of busses and the Metro Light Rail. Vladimiro calls it the Fried Brain Express. One day on the way to meet up with him for lunch, we learned why. A man got on the train and sat down facing us. He had a bandaged hand and still theContinue reading “Chapter 320: The Fried Brain Express”

Petrified tree trunks. Fascinating. I should have become a geologist.

27/7: The Heard Museum is the anthropology museum in Phoenix. Our first real day in Phoenix, me, mom and Daniel went there to look at pots and statues. It wasn’t as big as the anthrology museum at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, but they had some really beautiful and some really interesting exhibits. TheyContinue reading “Chapter 318: The Heard Museum”