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Mississauga's centre is growing up to look like North York Centre with many condominium towers rising around the lowrise Square One shopping mall. If only they can build a GO train connection here but I guess that's a bit too greedy. Its long-time mayor Hurricane Hazel was just as good at seeing...

Tourists may not have Hamilton high on their radar as they pass by en route from Toronto to Niagara Falls. The city's image had long been mired by its heavy industry as you see the ugly steelworks driving past on the QEW, but this city of about 800,000 people is not just a commuter town, but...

Named after Elizabeth Cornell who owned and farmed the land in the early 1800s, Cornell is a planned community in the eastern part of Markham with new urbanism principles. Development began in the 1990s with walkable streets, diverse and affordable housing options for 27,000 residents, and rear...

Just east of the Don River along Gerrard Street is an offshoot of the main Chinatown around Spadina and Dundas. This small Chinatown East dates from the 1970s when rising property prices pushed the community to Riverdale. You will find the typical mix of Chinese restaurants, small supermarkets...

The Cheltenham Badlands are about an hour northwest of downtown. Formed at the bottom of an ancient sea some 450 million years ago, the unique colours of the Queenston shale were exposed by deforestation and farming in the early 1900s. Human activity removed the top soil layer, making them...

David Gibson was a Scottish immigrant who made a living as a surveyor, helping the British colonial government settle this part of the colony. His original farmhouse was burned down after he fled following a rebelion in 1837, rebuilt into what we see today when he returned from the United...

Little Canada is a miniature world inspired by Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg. The dream began in 2011 when the founder reached out to model railway clubs for help. This 2 floor attraction across from Yonge-Dundas Square is still growing with more sections due to open in the coming years...

On Jan 25, 2023, a major winter storm swept through southern Ontario. Between 11am and 8pm that day, 10cm of snow fell at Pearson Airport, while northern and eastern suburbs received more with 15cm in Brampton and Whitby. The forecast called for up to 20cm in the Greater Toronto Area into...

Canada's COVID caseload has stabilized recently and Ontario's daily case numbers have trended below 600 in early October, and the country has slowly and surely opened up to international tourism once again. Flying internationally to Canada was relatively simple although unpredictable due to a...

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Ascending from Hauptwache station is the edge of the old town, Altstadt. The guardhouse dates from 1730 and is 6m away from its original location. The Galeria shopping centre marks the beginning of a pedestrianized shopping street. The Protestant St. Catherine's...

Tokyo After a long absence, I made it back to Tokyo thanks to mileage redemption. The cherry blossoms were at full bloom and the city was abuzz with parties under the trees. Tokyo has many observation decks. Although I tried quite a lot of them, I passed on this one...

The checkpoint at Lok Ma Chau (called Futian on the Chinese side) is the less crowded way to get into China from Hong Kong, and is my preferable route. Once across the border, the subway line is just under the immigration building, although it doesn't go too far yet. This line is now...

I went to Spain in 2008 (Madrid, Toledo, Segovia) and enjoyed 3 days of blue skies, and hopes of lovely weather drew me back in 2009. 1. Surprisingly, London had a great day as well. Thanks to Ryanair, it didn't even cost 40 pounds. 2. Welcome! 3. The BBC weather forecast...

I realize I had some Sydney photos lurking around unposted to my website during my Chinese New Year housecleaning. Now it's time to bring them back to life even though I'm 2 years late. My backlog is slowly being cleaned up as automation accelerate the processing and posting steps! Taste of...

Bamberg was a pitstop from our drive into Munich across western Germany. It was a charming little town, and too bad we had so little time to explore. Emerging from the car, we crossed a bridge with this big landmark in sight. The red flowers seem to be a common decoration throughout...

hkskyline Goes to Munich. I first visited Munich while in transit from Switzerland to Canada in 2004. Back then, I only got to see some airplanes at the airport and the maglev train exhibition. This time, I returned for the city, and beer. It was Oktoberfest! 1. During the sober hours, I...

1. My Strasbourg series begins at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame. It is the most prominent building in the city, and is quite a sight! 22. The cathedral features prominently above the city! 23. The name of...

1. The animated Taipei map ... 2. The subway system is clean and people line up in a very orderly fashion. Even when the lines seem excessive, surprisingly, everyone can somehow get in! 4. There are fewer motorcycles / mopeds every time I visit, but the traffic infrastructure...