For my last leg of my winter European tour, Natasha and I took the Thalys from Paris to Rotterdam, where she had been living for the past few months. I had visited Amsterdam on a previous trip, but I had never ventured over to Rotterdam. Natasha took me on a tour to discover the sites …
After leaving Briançon, a city in the French Alps, Dad and I took the train back to Valence, then a TGV from Valence to Paris. I spent the entire train ride completely engrossed in my knitting. Dad tried to chat with me, but I had to tell him that I couldn't focus on the pattern …
As we flew from Vienna to Lyon, France, I stared out the window at the mountains below us. I could see the ski runs, and I started to get very excited. I was about to return to the French alps for the first time since winter 2005. View of the French alps from the plane …
It had been almost six years since my last visit to Czech Republic, so I used my January vacation to pop on over to my father's homeland. Dad kindly agreed to accompany me. It's much easier to visit people when I have an interpreter. Despite the fact that I have a super-Czech name and a …
As we were sitting on the plane at the Vancouver airport waiting to fly to the BC interior, the pilot told us a worrying anecdote. A flight that morning had almost reached Castlegar, but had been forced to turn around and fly back to Calgary. Smoke from local forest fires had blown in at the …
This summer, rather than gallivanting abroad, I decided to stay domestic. My boyfriend Chris had never been out west, so we were due for a visit. We took an evening flight from Ottawa to Vancouver, then hopped on a ferry to Vancouver Island the next morning. Leslie picked us up at the Victoria ferry terminal, …
I had to fly through Europe on my way home from Africa, so I arranged a stopover in Paris. My friend Virginie kindly invited me to stay at her apartment. I must say, I was a sorry creature by the time I arrived at her place. I had been awake for over 30 hours, after …
Zimbabwe Our Topdeck tour spent only two nights and one full day in Zimbabwe. We visited Matobo National Park, near the city of Bulawayo. The park has many amazing features, including black and white rhinos and rock caves containing ancient paintings. Our guide for the day, Ian Harmer, was an intense and passionate man. He …
It was completely unintentional, but this year I had a "pole to pole" theme for my summer vacation. I had a bit of extra time off, and South Africa had been at the top of my travel list for a long time. After returning from Iceland, I spent a week in Canada working, then flew …
I don't know about every other millennial's Facebook feed, but for the past few years, mine has been filled with three things: weddings, babies and Iceland. Everyone seems to be going to Iceland, so I figured there must be a good reason for it. That's why in August, Chris and I packed our backpacks and …
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