Places I have called home.
Although I have been roaming for years, only three countries have truly felt like home. By this I mean that I went beyond Traveller/Tourist status. These are the places where I have stayed for more than six months, rented various apartments, cooked most of my own meals, shopped for furniture, and where I have received government IDs. In short, these are the places where I set down some roots. Only my native Canada and the United States, as well as my many long-term stays in the Czech Republic, fit in this special category.
Canada
BC Float Planes taking off from Victoria Harbour, with Washington state’s Olympic Mountains in the background.
Seal Cove, Grand Manan Island, NB. A small fishing village with a giant role in my family's history.
Queen Mary 2 in Halifax NS, where Samuel Cunard started his famous line.
BC Ferries in Active Pass, Gulf Islands
Eaton Centre, Toronto
Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island
Covered Bridge, New Brunswick
Floatplane and Empress Hotel, Victoria Harbour
Alberta Rockies
United States
Tucson, Arizona’s Sonoran Desert and Catalina Mountains.
Savannah Fountain
Seattle from Elliott Bay
Mother Emanuel AME Zion Church, Charleston SC
La Jolla, California
Miami South Beach hotels
The Battery, Charleston SC
Czech Republic
Karlov Most, (Charles Bridge), over the Vlatava River in Prague, Czech Republic.
View from Hradcany Hill
The small city of Cesky Krumlov in southern Bohemia.
Prague Castle atop Hradcany Hill.
Tyne Church, Prague Stare Mesto
Dancing House (Fred and Ginger) in Prague. Designed by Croatian/Czech architect, Vlado Milunic and Canadian/American architect, Frank Gehry.