Life is a Journey – Explore New Horizons
Life is a Journey – Explore New Horizons
One of the interesting features of Ottawa is its architecture and Ottawa has many heritage sites. Parliament Hill with its historical neo-Gothic buildings was an …
After our arrival in Ottawa this afternoon and a very brief rest at our hotel, we went out in search of a satisfying dinner. The …
My partner in crime Theresa and I went to Ottawa 3 or 4 years ago in the winter to catch Ottawa’s famous winter festival “Winterlude“. …
For a while my friend Theresa and I had been planning to go back to Ottawa and experience “Winterlude”, Ottawa’s winter festival. About three years …
On July 23 and 24 my friend Leslie and I went on a weekend adventure: a learn-how-to-kayak weekend on the Ottawa River. We had a …
So Friday I decided to head out on a kayaking weekend with my friend Leslie. This was the first time in about 8 years that …
Way back when in February I went to the Outdoor Adventure Show and I twisted my friend Leslie’s arm to go on a learn-how-to-kayak weekend …
For a long time I have wanted to travel to San Francisco again. Finally, in February of 2008, I had an opportunity to visit one …
Yesterday I got up early again and typed up my travel reports on the free computer at the Arlington House. Then my friend Linda and …
After thoroughly exploring the Pullman Historic District, we decided to check out Chinatown, one of the many ethnic neighbourhoods that Chicago has to offer. The …
After being appropriately prepped as a result of our visit to the Chicago Cultural Center we decided to head off yesterday to visit the Pullman …
Yesterday, after our lovely Austrian breakfast we went downtown to the Chicago Cultural Center, the main downtown information hub for tourists, to ask some questions …
So the two of us expatriate Austrians are staying at the Arlington House Hostel, in itself an exciting experience, to be immersed in this environment …
Yesterday I woke up at 5:00 am Chicago time and I figured I might as well get ahead of the crowd at the Arlington House …
So here I am again, on another short excursion away from home. I’ve been awake for an hour already and decided the best thing is …
One of the things I do for the website is I continuously search out individuals and organizations that have accomplished unusual things or made special …
After my extremely interesting walking tour of the Downtown East Side I decided to round out my exploration of the city with another bicycling trip. …
The University of British Columbia has a drop-in centre downtown in Vancouver’s East side called the Learning Exchange where it provides educational opportunities to people …
No visit to Vancouver could be complete without a real mountain experience. So after covering the Servas conference I left at 2 pm for downtown. …
Stanley Park is Vancouver’s famous urban paradise and I knew weeks in advance that I would need to explore it in detail, preferably on a …
I left beautiful Victoria early yesterday morning at 8 am and took the Pacific Coachlines bus/ferry combination back to the mainland. It was another gorgeous …
Another perfect day with beaming blue skies, great temperatures and no humidity greeted me yesterday. After a lovely strengthening breakfast and some business issues, Clare …
Jetlag is an amazing thing. It’s barely after 5 am and I have already been reading for an hour an a half. So I figured …
My second day in Rochester started off with a lovely Park Avenue neighbourhood breakfast and an exploration of the ArtWalk neighbourhood. I only had a …
If you have read my articles for a while, you know that I am a visual arts lover. One of the highlights of my Rochester …
Two days ago I took the CAT fast ferry from Toronto to Rochester and arrived well-rested after a 2.5 hour boat ride in the Port …
For a while now I have been dreaming of taking the recently re-introduced high-speed ferry service from Toronto to Rochester. The ferry service briefly ran …
Yesterday was our last day in New York City and our flight left at 7:57 pm, so we figured we’d store our luggage at the …
So I am sitting here back in my office and I want to bring our last 2 days in New York City to paper. Considering …
Yesterday was a pretty interesting day, the weather was cool and overcast, with rain coming in during the latter part of the afternoon. A few …
The Staten Island Ferry is a fabulous institution. It is a huge ferry that departs from a very modern, glass enclosed terminal, holds several thousand …
What a full day we had yesterday. We had a delightful breakfast in our bed and breakfast at about 8:30 am and shared some nice …
Since our plane landed nice and early we had virtually a whole day left to explore yesterday. The weather was pretty nice, quite sunny when …
So yesterday morning our American Airways flight (booked for free with my Airmiles) left at 7:13 am to bring us to the Big Apple, a …
My god, how time flies…. I have now been back from Cuba for close to 10 days, and my reentry into the business world has …
Hotel Habana Libre, Saturday, April 16, 2005, 9:51 am So my stay in the Cuban capital is rapidly coming to a close. Even the good …
Hotel Habana Libre, Thursday, April 14, 2005, 3:38 pm During the past close to 2 weeks, I have really been trying to understand Cuba, its …
Hotel Habana Libre, Thursday, April 14, 2005, 3:02 pm The last few days I have spent quite a bit of time walking around downtown Havana …
Etecsa Telecommunications Building, Downtown Havana, Thursday, April 13, 2005, 3:32 pm I really gotta hurry, I only have about 28 minutes left on my Internet …
Etecsa Telecommunications Building, Downtown Havana, Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 3:06 pm So I am sitting here in a new place and I gotta hurry since …
Hotel Havana Libre, Sunday, April 10, 2005, 12:45 pm After my walk through the Vedado neighbourhood, my friend Pedro came to pick me up since …
Hotel Havana Libre, Sunday, April 10, 2005, 12:30 pm Yesterday morning I had arranged to meet one of the women from the from the university, …
Hotel Habana Libre, Sunday, April 10, 2005, 11:10 am After picking up the bicycle on Thursday, I finally took my first ride on Friday afternoon …
Hotel Havana Libre, Friday, April 8, 2005, 3:45 pm So, of course, not everything is politics, learning, philosophizing and studying languages. Life also has to …
Hotel Havana Libre, Friday, April 8, 2005, 3:21 pm It is such an amazing experience to live the life of a student again, after 15 …
Hotel Havana Libre, Friday, April 8, 2005, 2:47 pm I am sitting here at one of the most famous hotels in all of Havana, after …
Hotel Havana Libre, Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 7:20 pm Yesterday I had to sign up for my Spanish course at the University of Havana. The …
Hotel Havana Libre, Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 6:54 pm On Sunday it was gorgeous. The cold front had finally passed through, the rain was gone …
Hotel Havana Libre, Tuesday April 5, 2005, 6:24 pm So Saturday I had already planned to go to Vinales, a beautiful area in the province …
Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 6:00 pm, Hotel Havana Libre Thanks to a severe case of the Revenge of Montezuma (or Ricky Ricardo?..,) I am sitting …
So I am cheating a little, I am already back in Toronto, writing this little summary of the second half of our trip to Quebec. …
So I am sitting here at the Club Vacances Magog with the wind howling outside at 45+ km per hour and temperatures of about -15 …
So we had spent our last day in Ibiza as part of a truly amazing 2 week vacation. The day before, after our little beach …
September 30, 2004, 4:15 Sitting here in an Internet Cafe in Cala Llonga on the east side of the island. We spent about 2 hours …
September 28, 2004, 9:45 pm We just returned to the resort after a gorgeous evening and decent dinner in Santa Eularia del Riu. Today we …
September 27, 2004, 6:05 pm I am sitting here in the front entrance hall of the Ses Fontallas Plaza timeshare resort in Sant Antoni. We …
Sitges, Cafe Tiempo Loco, September 24, 2004, 7:20 pm The beautiful church of Sitges Sitting here in the cafe, 2 minutes from the Hostal Bonaire …
Tuesday, September 21, 2004, 5:40 pm We just arrived in the little port town of Javea, about 75 km south of Valencia. Yesterday we drove …
September 20, 2004, 1:05 pm My second blog entry. Sitting here in Calle Cos del Bou in Tarragona. We spent 2 very intense and interesting …
Maremagnum Shopping Mall, September 18, 2004, 1:45 pm This is my first ever blog and I´ll have to be very brief since I only have …
My exciting long weekend in Montreal unfortunately had to come to an end. After an exciting day of exploration yesterday that ended with an absolutely …
My personalized tour of the Casino de Montreal was very interesting and taught me many different things that I had never known about casino operations. …
After my lovely cheerful encounter in the Square St. Louis I briefly went back to the hotel and then took the subway to the exit …
After an enjoyable late lunch at Mañana and after learning about the interesting life story of its owner, Angel Broncales, I was ready for enjoying …
My lengthy explorations of the Olympic Stadium, the Botanical Gardens and the Insectarium, and my visit to the Jean Talon Market in Montreal’s Little Italy …
Appropriately rested from my action packed day yesterday I had a leisurely breakfast and headed out on the subway at 9:30 am. I love the …
After my official Montreal bike tour, my individual explorations of the Lachine Canal and my chat with André from Ça Roule, I decided to go …
I had thoroughly enjoyed my guided bicycle tour with Ça Roule and Bruno, a licensed city guide from Guidatour, really introduced Montreal up close to …
I had thoroughly enjoyed my guided tour of Montreal by bike and being the bicycling enthusiast that I am I knew this would be a …
It was still dark outside when I woke up from my restful slumber at the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. There was some commotion going on …
After having learned so much about architecture during my morning walking tour of downtown Detroit, we embarked on another urban discovery: a walking tour through …
On my second day in Detroit I got a great start to the day with a scrumptious breakfast at the just reopened Westin Book Cadillac …
After my explorations of Windsor I had about an hour and a half to explore Detroit on my own before my scheduled driving tour of …
Finally it was time for another excursion. As a true architecture buff, Detroit had been on my radar for a long time, and I definitely …
Well, after a more than filling dinner at La Iguana and a brief excursion to Montreal’s Jazz Festival last night it was time to burn …
The Plateau area is one of the trendiest areas of Montreal, so I decided to explore it a little further after my discoveries of Old …
Well, as much as the walking tour through Old Montreal nourished my senses and architectural sensibilities, my stomach was in dire need of nutrition and …
Every time I go to a new city, the spirit of adventure and discovery heightens my energy level and 6:10 am I was already awake. …
After an enjoyable dinner at Modavie I was ready to head to my next scheduled activity: a ghost tour of Old Montreal. Old Montreal Ghosts …
After my initial introduction to Montreal through my driving tour, my next step was to explore the city on foot. I set out on my …
Shortly after my arrival in Montreal, right around 1 pm, I met Carole, a licensed professional tour guide from Guidatour in the lobby of the …
It was an early day today, I got up at 4:30 am, and my husband dropped me off at 5:45 am at Toronto’s historic Union …
Despite the fact that Montreal is one of the closest and most easily accessible cities from Toronto, I had really only been there once, for …
My visit to Pier 21 and especially my encounter with Robert Vandekieft, an 89-year old immigrant who first arrived in Canada at Pier 21 more …
My Halifax City Tour, expertly narrated by Allen Mackenzie, a passionate Haligonian in a kilt, had provided me with a great overview of this city, …
Well, in the few hours that I had spent so far in this city, Halifax had already shown itself from its best side. After my …
Slowly but surely my Nova Scotia discoveries were coming to an end. I only had one evening and one full day left after discovering the …
My brief introduction to Lunenburg was just enough to whet my appetite and to give me some ideas of what to see next time I …
The day had started great: a hearty and healthy breakfast at the Lunenburg Inn was excellent preparation for a full day of discovery. During the …
A delightful rest at the Lunenburg Inn after a very compressed and hectic day along the Lighthouse Trail yesterday got me ready for another day …
This morning I had left Yarmouth, and after a minor accident with my rental vehicle, I had explored the Lighthouse Trail and made a stop …
My quick one-night stopover in Yarmouth had provided me with great insight into local history and architecture. In an interview with two local hospitality entrepreneurs …
So after my visit to the Yarmouth County Museum I said goodbye to this fishing town on the southwestern tip of Nova Scotia and set …
On a dull drizzly morning I got a good start to my day with a filling breakfast and an interesting interview with the innkeepers of …
I had spent a wonderfully rejuvenating night wrapped up in the soft high-thread-count sheets and comforters of my temporary home at the MacKinnon-Cann Inn in …
Another long and exciting day was coming to an end: from my early morning interview with Patrick Redgrave, the owner of the Garrison House B&B …
About an hour after my departure from Annapolis Royal after a beautiful drive along the shoreline of the Annapolis Basin and through the early fall …
I had really enjoyed my breakfast at the Garrison House B&B in Annapolis Royal, but my second day of explorations had begun and no time …
After last night’s entertaining and informative Candlelight Graveyard Tour I had a wonderful night of sleep at the Garrison House. In the morning before breakfast …
After a day packed with explorations and a lovely dinner at the Garrison House I was ready for my final discovery of the day: the …