Landschlacht, Switzerland, Sunday 17 November 2019 I have often believed that you can tell a lot about a person by the manner in which they live. For example, if you, my gentle readers, wanted to comprehend the conundrum that is Canada Slim, yours truly, you would need to visit the apartment I share with the… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Author’s Apartment 2: Suffering
Category: Travel
Canada Slim and the Harry Potter Fado
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Friday 11 October 2019 As you read what follows…. Download a fado piece. Portugal’s most famous musical form, fado (Portuguese for “fate“) is urban music, of night and bars, of a yearning that is beautiful and melancholic, accompanied by guitarra and viola. Above: Fado, José Malhoa (1910) To the south, fado… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Harry Potter Fado
Canada Slim and the Elastic Novice
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Tuesday 17 September 2019 Damn that man! One man’s writings has had and continue to have a major effect on my life and this has been reflected in my travels and I have already spoken of the man previously in this blog. Above: Charles Dickens, New York, 1867 (Please see Canada… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Elastic Novice
Canada Slim and the Road to Utopia
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Tuesday 27 August 2019 Sometimes a place defines a person. Sometimes a person defines a place. Take the eminent Canarian author Alberto Vásquez-Figueroa as an example of the first. Alberto’s grandfather was an architect. Alberto’s father was born in Guadalajara while Alberto’s grandmother was there. Alberto’s mother, the daughter… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Road to Utopia
Canada Slim and the Italian Twilight
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Tuesday 23 July 2019 There are advantages and disadvantages to everything. In less than a fortnight I shall board a train to Romanshorn, followed by a ferry across the Lake of Constance (Bodensee) to Friedrichshafen then a train to Lindau, another to Kaufbeuren, another to Füssen and finally a bus to Schwangau… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Italian Twilight
Canada Slim and the City at the Crossroads
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Saturday 6 July 2019 In previous posts in both my blogs I have written about the quiet majesty and remarkable beauty of the French region known as Alsace. As evidenced by the post you are reading, I continue to wax poetically about this region, simply because I find myself consistently drawn… Continue reading Canada Slim and the City at the Crossroads
Canada Slim and the Third Man
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Wednesday 26 June 2019 To understand something alien to one’s self it becomes necessary to make time and effort to learn and study that which one does not already know. I have often considered it a sign of wisdom and maturity when one does not only admit when one does not know something… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Third Man
Canada Slim and the Voices without Echo
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Monday 2 June 2019 Thursday was Ascension Day, a holiday commemorated in both Thurgau Canton (where my wife works) and in St. Gallen Canton (where I work), and, to our mutual surprise, we found ourselves both free from the obligations of employment simultaneously. A miracle almost as spectacular as someone rising to Heaven… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Voices without Echo
Canada Slim and the Mandir of Nose Hill
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Tuesday 21 May 2019 This Sunday in Switzerland some folks will attend services in either a Reformed Church or a Roman Catholic Church and both groups will call themselves Christian. And as the Earth spins around the Sun, from the Dark Continent of Africa to the Canadian tundra, Christians will kneel… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Mandir of Nose Hill
Canada Slim and the Pirates of Teguise
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Sunday 5 May 2019 Imagine the perfect holiday. Perhaps it is an active one spent hiking and windsurfing. Perhaps you are a culture vulture mesmerized by museums and attracted to artefacts of days gone by. Or perhaps you long for a lengthy siesta where your hardest decision is how much sunscreen to wear… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Pirates of Teguise