Linda Krakow Eaman The world through my lens
Pie and Mash
One of the challenges, when returning to a city you’ve spent time in before, is finding new corners to explore. So when I saw Broadway Market mentioned in the hotel pamphlet–a market I somehow...
A Walk on the Wild Side
After all the travel we’ve done recently, it’s been a bit hard to settle in at home again. When we moved to California twenty years ago we did a lot of exploring; everything was...
More London, Off the Beaten Path
… I’m missing London today, so I thought I’d take you on a tour of a few more discoveries in my favorite city. Perhaps not entirely off the beaten path, but likely not in...
A Canterbury Tale
Sorry for the corny title, I just couldn’t resist! I spent a whole semester of high school studying the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer’s 24 stories “told by” a group of pilgrims on their way...
Finding quiet moments in Tokyo
… I feel like I’m in a jungle. It’s unseasonably warm for September, over 90 degrees and the air is almost dripping with humidity. Trees tower overhead, and all I can hear is the...
The Jurassic Coast
… When we first found out we were moving to London for a year, we expected to be running off to European destinations at every possible opportunity. In fact, though, we have found...
Islands, Puffins and the Hogwarts Express
In some ways Scotland reminds me of Canada. A big space, much of it remote and wild. And in fact the landscape is similar to Canada’s east coast; the Gaelic settlers coming to Nova...
A slice of heaven… the Yorkshire Dales
… I think I was still in elementary school when I first read James Herriot’s books. With titles like “All Things Bright and Beautiful” and “All Creatures Great and Small” they followed...
Cornwall on my mind
Warning: this post may leave you with wanderlust. It’s only been a few weeks since I returned from my brief foray into Cornwall (that skinny, southwest bit of England), and I already can’t wait...