Category: Canada travel

What is a micro trip? The editors of Lonely Planet have taken the idea of short trips in a rather interesting direction in the book called Micro Trips. They’ve …

Winter season and winter holidays: both can be stressful, filled with unexpected twists and turns, changes and situations you hadn’t thought about. These circumstances often arise whether you are …

Every year, there are all sorts of Christmas trees across the city of Boston: large ones, small ones, ones glimpsed through windows of homes, store window creations, ones for …

Ottawa: it’s a city of history, nature and art; a place of welcoming people, great food, and long stories. Here are several ways to enjoy exploring Ottawa. Parliament Hill …

Gaelic. Maybe you’ve been introduced to the language through Outlander on television or through the film Brave. Perhaps you’ve seen Gaelic on road signs or in museum descriptions in …

Cape Breton Island: it is a place where mountain meets sea, an island that is the far northern part of the province of Nova Scotia. A bit out of …

Finding your way in landscapes new and strange, finding your way home from a sea voyage, finding out the the earth’s place in an evolving universe, finding your way …

Canada: as much as it is a vast country in landscape, it is made up of regions, towns, cities, communities. Each of these places is home to people with …

KitchenFest/Féis a’ Chidsin is back on Cape Breton. From 28 June through 7 July, good music and good cheer will fill the summer air on this island in the …

Food: it’s an essential part of travel. Maybe you seek out special meals, look for a farmer’s market, or happen on a quick snack at a roadside stand. Whatever …

Preservation: that word sometimes carries with it ideas of being stuffy, of putting things up on a shelf, of making no changes. That could not be further from the …

Toronto is a fine place to be during the winter holidays – and one very good reason for that is the the Toronto Christmas Market.. This happens every winter …