When we go on family vacations, I often end up finding myself being our family’s “travel agent”, so here’s a handy list of what I consult when doing travel research or trying to get the best travel deal for my future reference, and for yours, if you end up being your family’s travel guy/guide: In…
2400 kms later, we completed a full circle: from Surrey to Seattle, resting at Coeur D’Arlene, Idaho, to Calgary, to Banff, resting at Golden, through Kelowna, and back to Surrey in 7 days. The title of this post should have been “EJ’s Trans-America Trip”, because we were intending to purchase and drive a family car…
Recently, we took a two week vacation from our regular routine. The few weeks leading to it crescendoed into a flurry of activities: wrapping up current work, ensuring that everything would go smoothly for KJ’s wedding, planning the trip and finding accomodations, and packing. And, what would a true wedding be without a few hiccups…
This list is really to help as a reference since many people have asked me for ideas on what to do and where to go to eat in Montreal and Ottawa as first-timers, here are my picks/recommendations which may or may not suit everyone, depending on their preferences: Ottawa: Parliament Hill (tours conducted in English…
I had wanted to go to Niagara-on-the-Lake for a quiet weekend getaway, without knowing that all reasonable accommodations were fully booked. Tobermory was another choice, but they too were full. So what do I do? Look in our Where to Eat in Canada book for some inspiration, hoping that we might be able to find…