As cozy as a snug in a pub: 3 authentic places to drink in Ireland
The Irish can drink, there's no doubt about that. In fact, after spending a little over a week there sampling the pub life, we had to go to Italy to sober up! The Irish Pub is as iconic as the cloverleaf when it comes to symbolizing Ireland, but even if you're a tea-totaller, there's much more than just Guinness to drink in at one of these legendary establishments, whether it's the history, the...
Absolutely, Positano, Romantic
It's not really cheating on your husband if you spend your honeymoon with your first love – at least, not when your first love is a town named Positano. Given that even Google agrees that this is one of the most romantic places in Italy, I think I can be forgiven... I've been to Positano three times in my life, and my infatuation isn't wearing off. The first time was twenty-eight years ago, when...
Falling for my own backyard
No, this isn't one of those "I've fallen and I can't get up" kind of stories. This is about Henk's new thing: waterfalling, as in going to see waterfalls. He got the idea after picking up a brochure entitled "Waterfall Tours of Ontario", so I suppose I should have seen this coming... Onaping Falls For 50+ years I have lived in or visited Sudbury, but it wasn't until last weekend that I saw this...