by Jane Canapini | Jul 18, 2020 | Architecture, Europe
One of the advantages of taking a European river cruise is that you get to see places that you might ordinarily not place on your ‘Top Ten Cities to Visit List’. One of these places is Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia that sits right on the shores of the Danube, tucked between Vienna to the north and Budapest to the south. Even with only a day in the city, because of its compact historic centre and relative lack of tourists, you can see and do a lot without feeling rushed…
by Jane Canapini | Jul 19, 2018 | Architecture, Cuba, Food & Drink
Even for people who have been to Cuba many times, it’s difficult to describe Cuban culture in a nutshell. Not just because of its complicated political history, but also because of the influences that have shaped it…
by Jane Canapini | May 18, 2018 | Architecture, Art, Cuba, Events & Festivals
White sands, mangroves, tropical breezes and a never-ending supply of rum-based cocktails. If this is the image that comes to mind when you think of the keys just off Cuba’s northern coast, it’s a pretty good one, and one that tens of thousands of Canadian visitors experience every year. But the….
by Jane Canapini | Oct 16, 2017 | Architecture, Quebec
Years ago (and I mean YEARS ago!) when I attended Guelph University and lived in one of the on-campus housing complexes known as South Residence, I was told that our multi-tiered concrete community had been modelled after the Habitat 67 housing development built for Montreal’s World Exposition of 1967…
