Montreal is painfully hip. Not only does everyone there speak French (let’s face it, instant cool right there) it’s also hosted the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival for the last 23 years – a big X on a lot of artists’ calendars around the world. The Fringe is a celebration of all things edgy, weird, different, unsung and nigh on […]
We had high hopes for Montréal and it didn’t disappoint. We’d been told that it’s a very trendy city full of young hipsters and students. And that was certainly true. But what we hadn’t been told was that enjoying Montréal outdoors is something that shouldn’t be missed. In fact, spending time outdoors in Montréal was one of […]
The weather wasn’t the best but at least that meant we didn’t have to queue for our tastings at the Niagara-on-the-Lake wineries. Because anyone who knows me will know that I don’t like to wait too long for my wine. We were on an afternoon biking tour to ride around tasting the finest drops Niagara-on-the-Lake […]
I spent more than four years living in London, right on Europe’s doorstep, and I’m proud to say I did a big whack of travelling in that time. I went to France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey, Croatia, Greece and all over the United Kingdom. […]
Water, water everywhere. This was the view from Fort Henry. Canada has no shortage of mind-bogglingly huge lakes and roaring rivers coursing through its endless miles of vastness. We had been staying in Toronto, a city that dips its toes into the massive expanse of Lake Ontario, which seems more like an ocean at first […]
