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A Cultural City Break in Ottawa
The Group of Seven paintings were a highlight for me, and the National Gallery of Canada has the most comprehensive collection of these paintings in the world.
Santa Cruz & The Monterey Peninsula
There are also some excellent wineries in the area, especially up Carmel valley which won’t be as crowded as the “super-wineries” of the Napa Valley area…
Almost all of these revelations occurred to me over a couple weeks driving around Abadan Iran, an area that was the center of the Iran Iraq war 18 years ago. Over a million people died in that war.
Make Prince Edward Island your next vacation destination
One specific area that is likely to be overlooked is the Canadian Maritime Provinces. Surrounded by so many travel options in North America and beyond, PEI is easy to miss, but this small island is truly a gem.
It was high time to pack up some shorts and head out to experience Central America! Backpacks and plane tickets only.
Do you collect Air Miles? The Miles with the little blue card that you get (on average) 1 mile for every $20 you spend at a participating retailer?
Bashing Air Canada is a national hobby, if not just for the customer service but also for their appalling lack of business know-how.
The Turks & Caicos islands would like to be annexed by Canada and they have been waiting for it to happen since 1988!
Steam Whistle Brewery (Toronto)
Bottoms up
Sure Toronto might be expensive *cough* CN Tower *cough*, but all you need is about $5 and a pint of beer to have a really good time. Funny enough good times are to be found right about a five minute walk from the CN Tower in an old converted Rail Station (CPR John Street …
Ontario Science Centre (Toronto)
Kids going ape
The Ontario Science Centre advertises ‘Discover how much fun science can be’ and it definitely delivers, to a point. The OSC is a classic example of ‘hands on’ learning, and how to make science ‘fun’. Of course you can tell from this description already that the OSC’s target market is children probably …