Party on the Prairie: A Surprise Trip To Lloydminster, Alberta

February 17, 2012 in Canada, North America, Travelogue

It’s cold at 34,000 feet. Ice crystals are forming on the window beside me and the clouds below look like mounds of snow. I keep watching for some sky-sprite on […]

5 Rules of Traveling With Kids: A Traveling Child Responds

February 15, 2012 in North America, Travelogue, United States

Quite some time ago CNNgo posted an absolutely ridiculously wrong article about family travel called “5 Rules of Traveling With Kids” by Eliane Ee. I don’t know Ms. Ee, but […]

Who Are The Coolest People You Know?

February 8, 2012 in Inspiration, North America, Travelogue, United States

** Warning: This post contains a lot of pictures & a little profanity** Before I write this post, let me say one thing: I have led a privileged life. I […]

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 […]