I’ve been horse racing in Hong Kong and Greyhound racing In Macau. I thought I knew how to read classes and handicaps until I watched harness racing in Ottawa where each horse pulls a two-wheeled cart that carries a jockey. Read more
It’s not usually open to the public, but the once-a-year Doors Open Toronto event invites everyone to take a peek inside a collection of heritage buildings and city infrastructure. The interwar water treatment plant still provides about a third of Read more
There are two sections to the Warsaw Chopin international airport: the Schengen and non-Schengen area. While the EU-domestic Schengen area has one pay-per-use lounge and two LOT Airlines lounges, the non-Schengen area as one pay-per-use lounge and one LOT Airlines Read more
The state capital of Wisconsin is located on a narrow isthmus between Lake Monoma and Lake Mendota, kind of like Interlaken or Istanbul. The narrowest point of land is only six blocks wide. Between the two lakes, I think the Read more
Star Alliance and Canadian carriers operate out of Terminal 3. It’s a small terminal, but it also means less walking and more time in the lounge since gates are so close together. Escape Lounge Available to certain credit card holders Read more
The only reason I visited Green River was for a cheap room on the way to Salt Lake City. What I didn’t prepare for was a snowstorm in May. In the morning, the hotel clerk lent me her snow brush Read more
I wanted to do a quick visit to Buffalo just before Christmas, but the border closed before I could go. So, I got a refund for my ticket to the Buffalo Botanical Gardens and credit for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin Read more
At first, when I looked up the place in Cleveland I thought it would be a museum on maritime science and weather patterns of the Great Lakes, like the National Museum of the Great Lakes. But I was wrong. It’s Read more
I started traveling extensively in Canada during the Covid-19 pandemic when I got bored and looked at where the government would permit me to travel on a map. Turns out, Ontario is the largest of the provinces by population and Read more
Route: Warsaw to LondonPlane: B737 Max 8Date: 4 Jan, 2026Price: $2,009 as part of a trip to Ottawa via Toronto ComfortEuropean domestic business class has always been a step below Asian and North American domestic equivalents. The middle seat is Read more