#4: Moscow, Russia – Red Square (13% of the vote) The love for Mother Russia came through at the last minute with a huge amount of votes. How helpful was this wave of support? Well last week with about 24 hours left in the poll, Russia’s town square was in 8th place. But less than…
#5: Rome, Italy – Piazza del Popolo (8% of the vote) From 11th place in both round one and two, to a respectable fifth place in the finals, Rome’s town square just was outmatched by very loyal voters in the top three. It was in fourth place until about a day before voting ended, but…
Best Town Square #6: London, England – Piccadilly Circus (7% of the vote) This popular English town square’s ranking on the top 10 did not surprise me at all. Why? Because in round 1 and 2 it had about the same amount of votes. It was #12 in the top 50 and #7 in the…
#7: Krakow, Poland – Rynek Glowny (5% of the vote) Well this should prove that the voting was not rigged. As many of you know, I had said that this was my favorite town square in the world. While Krakow’s popular meeting place did great in round 1 and 2, it just lost those much…
#9: San Francisco, California – Union Square (2% of the vote). Similarly to Seville’s Plaza de Espana, San Francisco’s Union Square floundered throughout the voting between 9th and 10th place. I was surprised by the low amount of votes since many of my readers are from California. However, I received more than one e-mail stating…
First of all, thanks to the people that voted in the “Best Town Square” poll over the last few weeks on the site. It started it out with 50 town squares a few weeks ago, then 20 last week, and now here we are at the top 10. All this week I will reveal a…
The voting for the “Best Town Square” poll has been so tight. I can not predict a winner at this point since six of the contenders have all been in first place at one point during the last few days. Heavy favorite Brussels’ Grand Place, which one round 1 and 2 in the voting, has…
Travel means more to me than just “40% off on NYC hotels” and “JetBlue has a new spring sale”, it is about the journey, the stories, the adventure, and that is probably why I enjoy travel literature so much. While some writers tell stories about parts of the world that I am already familiar with,…