I am in love with small towns. I don’t know how I arrived here. I always considered myself to be someone who would not find a small town interesting. But that seems to have changed. Since I visited Perth in Ontario for the first time last year, I have begun to seek other nearby small…
Are there are places you’ve heard about and formed an impression of without ever being there? I have a list. For example, I’ve heard a lot about New York and seen photos of people in Times Square, but I can’t get over the one photo a lady posted on TikTok where a rat jumped in…
It is my third winter in Canada and I think I have developed some coping mechanisms for the frigid weather. Last time it was one-degree Celsius outside, I said to the boy as we embarked on a walk, “it is warm outside today!” I am beginning to sound Canadian. When I first moved here, winter…
A few months ago, an old colleague was in Ottawa for a couple of days and reached out to me. While on the phone catching up, he said “jeez! Is there anywhere to go here? Ottawa is so boring.” I have heard this sentiment repeated in various quarters that Ottawa, the capital city of Great…
If you take a trip from Vancouver to Squamish like the boy and I did, you should extend your trip to Whistler. From Squamish, Whistler is a picturesque one-hour drive by bus, and it is one of the most beautiful serene places you can visit. Many people go to Whistler during the winter for ski…
If you are in Vancouver on holiday and are yearning to get away from the skyscrapers and bizarre art installations, relief is a short bus ride away. The boy and I got our bus tickets online from Busbud and headed to Squamish from downtown Vancouver. The bus ride was uneventful. Besides a couple of traffic…
I consider myself a good planner, but, my travel itinerary over the past few months has me wondering if I really am. The boy and I had only just arrived from the UK when we set off a few days later to spend a week with his friends in British Columbia. I had never been…