If you only have an afternoon in Vancouver, Stanley Park is a great place to spend it. The Park is right in the city’s downtown and offers visitors 400 hectares of green space including rainforest, beautiful formal gardens, sports facilities, biking and hiking trails, beaches and the Vancouver Aquarium. In fact, an afternoon isn’t really enough time to do the Park justice.
Postcard from Seattle Center
The Space Needle is one of the iconic symbols of Seattle and is well known as one of the city’s top tourist attractions – and for good reasons. What we didn’t know before we began researching our trip is that it is located in an area known as Seattle Center which boasts a range of other attractions, including the stunning Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit.
Beating the location blues
It would be fair to say that Texas and I have a slightly fraught relationship. It hasn’t been an easy location for me in many ways but we’ve made it work. On the whole, I think that Houston and I have a healthy respect for each other these days.
Yet last week I found myself falling into one of expat life’s psychological traps. I like to call it ‘comparison roulette’. It’s a dangerous game and it’s highly likely that someone will get hurt. Continue reading “Beating the location blues”
Postcard from Pike Place Market
You can’t visit Seattle without spending some time at Pike Place Market. Its a fabulous mix of tourists there to see the fish being thrown (yes, they really do that) and locals, picking up the freshest produce for lunch and dinner. Continue reading “Postcard from Pike Place Market”