Love letter to Vancouver
Anywhere but Here is always worth a read. A popular blog from 26 year old Canadian ‘wanderlusting’, it’s an addictively personal, opinionated travelogue from a self-declared free spirit:
I spent eight years getting an education “my style,” which amounts to alternating one year of university with a year of backpacking around the world. So far, my approach to life has landed me an amazing rockstar boyfriend, an insatiable wanderlust, a penchant for spontaneity and too many ideas of what I want to be when I grown up. Oh, and of course, a nagging urge to be Anywhere but Here.
Her recent post promoting the wonders of her hometown Vancouver is enough to make anyone want to visit the Canadian city which is, as she points out, constantly rated as one of the most livable cities in the world. Although she admits Vancouver has downsides - namely the traffic, house prices, and the worst drugs problem in North America - her series of stunning views and comments on the best bits of Vancouver - such as Stanley Park, the beach, Grouse Mountain, nearby Gulf Islands and the 2010 Winter Olympics - has persuaded me to chalk it down as a definite maybe for a trip next spring.
Wanderlusting also challenges other travel-nuts to resist their home-hating tendencies and ‘find the beauty in your city’. So does anyone else out there recommend their hometown as somewhere that STA travellers should add to their itinerary?
