Favourite 2012 travel photos. Þingvellir, Iceland. August 2012
Þingvellir
Author: Greg
Denver, delicious
The last word on my recent trip to Denver will be all about the food. I spent remarkably little money for some truly delicious eats. Here are a few of the highlights…
Euclid Hall – On a recommendation from a colleague, I headed here for dinner the first night and had what was probably the most unique of the dishes I sampled on my trip – a green chile and pork cheek poutine. It was a perfect blend of sweet, hot and salty:
Banff from Sulphur Mountain
Favourite 2012 travel photos – Banff, Alberta from Sulphur Mountain. April 2012
Drottningholm Palace
Favourite 2012 travel photos – Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm. July 2012
Denver Nuggets Game
The NHL lockout cost me a chance to see my Nordiques (I refuse to call them the Avalanche) play Chicago while I was in Denver, so I took the opportunity to see only my second NBA game, taking in a Nuggets – Jazz game on a Friday night. A small crowd gave me the chance to snag a snazzy club seat at a fraction of the cost, making for an economical and fun way to spend my last night in the city.
Once in the arena, I found my way down to the lower level seats to take in some of the shoot-around (thanks to the usher who turned a blind eye to me sneaking in to seats that weren’t mine):
Sólfar
Favourite 2012 travel photos – Sólfar. Reykjavik, Iceland. 9:00pm in early August.
I love the Big Blue Bear
Living, as it is, in a city with little to no public art, I sometimes get a little giddy at the effusive displays of creativity in public spaces in the places to which I travel. With limited time to fully explore Denver, I still managed to come across a number of really interesting pieces of public art.
First, the striking “The Yearling” by Donald Lipski outside of their public library downtown. Indeed, a horse standing atop of a chair. Love this:
Touring Mile High
A three day conference had me in Denver, Colorado. Unfortunately, the timing didn’t line up for me to combine two of my favourite things – travel and football. To make up for that, I decided to use a bit of the very limited free time I had to do a tour of the Broncos stadium – Sports Authority Field at Mile High. A short light rail ride from downtown and ten minute walk away I came upon the stadium:
Challenge completed. Reykjavik.
Favourite 2012 travel photos – Hákarl challenge completed. Reykjavik. August 2012.
NaNoWriMo
I’ve put writing on football and travel on the back burner this month as I’m taking a run at completing a draft of my first novel in 30 days as part of the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). It’s probably been a blessing as there’s only so much I could have written about my Philadelphia Eagles tanking during the last few weeks. Having to write a couple of thousand words a day is a good way to get your mind off your team.
So, fingers crossed, I’m closing in on completing the draft, and as importantly, having fun in the process.
Bluenose Traveler 