Xin Nian Kwai Le! Happy New Year!

January 30, 2012 in North America, Travelogue, United States

My fingers were so cold I couldn’t knit while we walked. That’s cold. Instead, I held my friend’s little son by the hand and we wandered the crisp afternoon, lost […]

Winter Escape?

January 24, 2012 in blog

Confession: I’m not very good at winter. I know, I know, it’s sacrilegious for a Canadian to say that right out loud. I’ve done my share of skiing in and […]

What is an Independent Traveler?

January 10, 2012 in Travelogue

I just booked my very first “packaged” travel deal: A long weekend in Iceland, air, hotel and a glacier exploration/northern lights hut tour included.   It feels a little weird. Sure, […]

Late Night Premium Content: Courtesy of Elisha

January 9, 2012 in blog, North America, Travelogue, United States

There are a lot of questions I’ve learned not to ask, as a parent. They are completely unproductive. For instance, “Why?!” Why ask why? It’s not as if that question […]

Five Favourite Places: Kingston, Ontario, Canada (my home town!)

January 9, 2012 in Travelogue

We write a lot of stories about far away places and adventures we have abroad and there are easy to find cheap flights if you want to hit the road. […]

Our Travel ABCs

January 5, 2012 in Africa, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Czech Republic, England, Europe, France, Germany, Guatemala, Inspiration, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, North America, Travelogue, Tunisia, United States

I came upon a post like this on a new blog I’m exploring Mama’s Got Wanderlust. Of course the name resonates with me, you ought to check it out. It’s […]

Travel Plans 2012: “Things we FOR SURE want to do this year!”

January 3, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

Image credit 2012 That’s the first time I’ve written it. I can hardly believe it, actually. We rang in the New Year quietly this year, with my best reproduction of […]