Exploring Toronto’s ravines…or trying to. I had heard Toronto described as an upside down San Francisco. While the latter is hilly, the former is home to a network of ravines. Take the […]
Just travel! Urban hike YYZ
A moment in time
“The social dimension encourages contributing to one’s environment and community…it is better to contribute to the common welfare of our community than to think only of ourselves.” Retrieved from The National Wellness […]
Just Travel! The Parkbus
I can’t believe it took me this long to discover the Parkbus. For those based in the city and vehicularly challenged, this service, “Canada’s Bus To The Great Outdoors“, takes you on […]
Just travel! Montreal
It’s been awhile since I travelled and even longer since I blogged about it. When tasked with finding a reasonably close and affordable late summer getaway I decided on Montréal. I had […]
Lest we forget the Forgotten
Intellectual wellness …expanding knowledge.. “At the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month…” ”In Flanders fields…” ”Would you like to buy a poppy?” ”The war to end all wars.” […]
Just travel! Wolfville Nova Scotia
The town is buzzing. There’s even traffic in both directions on Main Street. It’s Saturday in Wolfville and the farmers’ market is on. Like bees flocking to pollen-rich flowers, the people head […]
Canada 150 – Just travel! The Wild West 🇨🇦
With forest fires raging in BC and the Calgary Stampede well underway, I decided to focus on the Western travel region of Canada. BC and Alberta are the Rocky Mountain provinces sharing […]
Canada 150 – Just travel! O Canada 🇨🇦
When I travel abroad I often hear people say they would like to travel to Canada and would “a few weeks be enough to see the whole country?” Good luck with that! […]
Canada 150 – We stand on guard 🇨🇦
July 1st 2017 marks the 150th year of Canadian Confederation. The founding four provinces were Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec and Ontario with six more provinces and three territories adding to the […]
A Day of Remembrance
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pictou-black-battalion-first-world-war-1.3664805 It all started with some stamps and ended with this: In between, on a trip to Nova Scotia, there was this: Today November 11th is Remembrance Day, a day to commemorate […]
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