Ferries, Bridges and Automobiles
I like driving. Not enough to be a professional truck driver, because I probably couldn't stay awake that long, but there's a certain kind of freedom to hopping into your car and driving out into the world to explore it from behind the wheel. Which was exactly what we did when we decided to drive east to Prince Edward Island. Along the way, we got to see some pretty impressive scenery, made...
Why bad weather can be good for photography
Nobody loves a sunny summer day more than I do. In fact, I've been known to get pretty pissy when it's pissing rain on a cottage weekend that I just drove 5 hours to enjoy. (In fact, my bad luck with rain earned me the nickname Mrs. Bfstplk after L'il Abner's rain-cloud-toting character.) So when I travel, of course, I'm hoping for the best weather imaginable, to make the experience that much...
A beauty of a weekend at Montreal’s Botanical Garden
When you combine a summer half-day road trip from Toronto, a spectacular international exhibition, and a bit of affordable luxury aux Québécois, you've hit my perfect travel trifecta. It all came together when we headed off to Montreal to visit the spectacular Mosaicultures Internationales exhibit at the city's Botanical Gardens. The bonus was we used this excuse to indulge in the boutique hotel...