The ground under Paris is mostly limestone and settlers of the city, dating back to the ancient Romans, have been using this rock for building the city we love today. Both the Louvre and the Notre Dame Cathedral are made…
Category: travel
my citiestalking post on vienna
Like Cinderella, I am dying to go to the ball. I love dressing up. I have some great rhinestones and even took ballroom dance lessons (surprisingly good exercise!). But, lucky for me, I don’t have to wait for my fairy…
citiestalking post on berlin
Renowned Canadian artist Landon Mackenzie describes Berlin as “a city of shadows and hope, the perfect place for an artist”. And she should know, she has spent a ton of time there over the past 20 years teaching, painting and…
my cities talking post on budapest
The first time I was in Budapest was in 1967 and I was 5 years old. Yes, that is a long time ago and, if you have any manners at all, you will assume there was a typo involved and…
my citiestalking.com post about the venice biennale
The hardest part of visiting Venice is….visiting Venice. In any other place I will willingly bump elbows with throngs of camera-toting tourists in order to stand before a master-piece of art or architecture. Yet, despite Venice’s magnificent cultural endowment, I…
new york, new york
Funny that New York City is now “abroad”. I grew up 20 miles west of the Lincoln Tunnel and had more fun that any human being should when I lived here in the 80’s. Last week, I spent four days…
