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Oh, Canada
Blog: No Borders - 27 July 2009
Ontario, Canada - This weekend we drove from Detroit to Toronto for a wedding. It's the first time I have been to Toronto in about 15 years, and the first time I have driven over the border in almost a decade.We all know that times have changed since 9/11. But driving to Canada was a bit of a shock for someone who used to drive to Windsor to go drinking on a Saturday night. Nowadays, passports are definitely required and it takes at least a half-hour just to cross the border.
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Freefalling at Niagara Falls; Work Can be Play
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 25 July 2009
This week was no exception. We spent 2 days running around Niagara Falls checking out and promoting some sights.
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Whats for Dinner? – Top 5 Exotic Food Experiences
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 25 July 2009
In the spirit of our up and coming Asia trip I decided to take a look at some of the most exotic foods I have come across over the last few years. Some are delicious, some are…not delcious but everything is worth a try right? 5) Caribou, Arctic Canada Probably the most common food source for Inuit [...]
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African Night
Blog: Curves and Levels - 24 July 2009
The Festival International Nuits d'Afrique de Montréal runs from July 14-26 and most of the performances are indoors at various clubs around town. Yesterday was the one outdoor dust-up at Place Émilie-Gamelin.
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Auroras Borealis – Photo Essay
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 23 July 2009
As summer zips by us, the days in the north country become shorter and shorter. We have already begun to see the shift in daylight which bring with it a chance to glimpse one of the most beautiful light shows on earth, the Auroa Borealis. These are photos I took last night while being eaten alive [...]
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Twins On Parade
Blog: Curves and Levels - 19 July 2009
As part of Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival yesterday, the Twins Parade marched from Place des Festivals on Ste.-Catherine Street to the Quartier Latin on lower St.-Denis for the 12th consecutive year.
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“One Week” The Little Film about Big Things in Canada
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 July 2009
when I rented the movie One Week starring Joshua Jackson of Dawson’s Creek and more recently Fringe fame, I really wanted to hop in my car and drive west along the Trans Canada Highway to see what this country has to offer. It was a beautiful film that was certainly a "Love Letter to Canada" as one reviewer put it.
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The Bixi Phenomenon
Blog: Curves and Levels - 8 July 2009
Any public program that encourages cycling as a means of transportation, and not just as a form of recreation, needs to be praised to the heavens. Widespread increase in bicycle use will by itself help alleviate an assortment of societal problems - pollution, obesity, poor health, traffic congestion, road maintenance costs. So Montreal's Bixi automated bike rental program, begun this spring, is good news for all of us, even if one already owns a bike.
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Rocksteady!
Blog: Curves and Levels - 8 July 2009
A historic reunion of Jamaica's pre-reggae stars was last night's free extravaganza at the festival grounds. Rocksteady is the name given to the music that sprang from Kingston's burgeoning urban culture in the mid-1960's. 40-something years later it was all joyful noise and dazzling color for the all-ages Montreal crowd swaying to the infectious rhythms and peppery horn fluorishes.
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Sidetracked! Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 8 July 2009
A live performance of jousting, falconry, hand-to-hand combat, and equestrian skill---sort of like a Renaissance Faire, but louder and with dinner.
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On The Shores Of Valhalla
Blog: Curves and Levels - 7 July 2009
Slocan is the most pristine of southern British Columbia's large warm-water lakes, warm-water being a relative term in this land below the glaciers.
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Marché Duluth
Blog: Curves and Levels - 6 July 2009
Ignoring the photographers' injunction against shooting at high noon, I paid a visit to Marché Duluth, a new once-a-week farmer's market in Montreal's Plateau district.
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Toronto: 5 Family Favorites
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 2 July 2009
Toronto is Canada's most densely populated city, but it doesn't feel that way. From the air it's all green spaces and endless water.
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Opening Night
Blog: Curves and Levels - 1 July 2009
The sky darkened and the predicted rain began to fall about an hour before showtime on the Stevie Wonder free concert venue downtown.
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King Tut with Kids
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 29 June 2009
Thirty years after their first triumphant world tour, the Pharoah's treasures are on the road again. King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs opened this week at the de Young Museum in San Francisco
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Sleeping in Airports – Vancouver International
Blog: Budget Trouble - 26 June 2009
When it comes to sleeping in airports, Arlanda in Stockholm is a total Club Med. Quiet, plenty of soft seating without annoying armrests, and now that Rest and Fly is there – also with showers. At any given night, the...
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In the wilds of British Columbia
Blog: everthenomad - 23 June 2009
The supposed job of a travel writer is to tell stories of travel, to bring faraway journeys close to home, to capture experiences in a vivid way.
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New England
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 20 June 2009
I didn’t get much kip last night, the weather was very clammy and I never do anyway when I know I’ve got to get up at unsuitable times. When I did get up at half 5 I realised I didn’t have time for a shower and had to roll hobo style. A brisk walk through [...]
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The Flying Scotsman
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 18 June 2009
There wasn’t much doing last night so I had a relatively early one, in me bunk before the witching hour no less. Which was just as well as the herd of inconsiderate tubsters crashing about and talking without any volume control woke me up at half 6 in the morning. Bad hosteling that, okay people [...]
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Lightning, 2 strikes and all that
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 17 June 2009
Today my new pals from last night woke me up at 10, scandalous stuff. We then just took our time strolling round the Old Town and taking in the general Quebec pleasentry. A strange thing happened when Eric (the Filipino who lives in Sydney) was taking one of the hundreds of pictures of us [...]
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A comedy of galactic proportions
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 16 June 2009
The train journey to Quebec was nice enough, I spent most of it watching ‘Galaxy Quest’ on the phone. A splendid spoof and sci-fi adventure in it’s own right. Also dead funny! On the way to the train station I stopped by the bus depot in Montreal to pick up a Greyhound ticket to Boston, you [...]
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When Orienteering turns bad
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 15 June 2009
Last night I went to ‘The House Of Reggae’ with the 2 lads from Dublin and crazy Eddy the Mexican. Was okay, I didn’t even have to wear a daft beenie hat this time round either. My next stop of Quebec City is supposed to be very pretty but quiet as well. Maybe that’s a good [...]
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One day in Vancouver
Blog: everthenomad - 15 June 2009
How does one sum up one lone day in a city you never visited before? A tough task.
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Dead man’s hand
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 14 June 2009
I didn’t go out last night but it was another late one, stayed in the hostel and played Texas Hold ‘em (badly, at least on my part). It’s 13:46 and I’m having a bit of trouble dragging myself out of bed, my belly is starting to rumble though so if anything will do it that will. A [...]
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Of Montreal
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 13 June 2009
This hostel is a bit more fun than the ones I’ve been in recently. Last night I was having a few cans and I got talking to a couple of Irish lads who have been living and working in Canada for the past year but are away home next week. I ended up going to [...]
