Monday 06. of November 2006 Veterans Week

This week as Canadians take a moment  to buy a poppy and wear it over their heart in honour of the thousands of Canadian soldiers who helped to carve out the freedom that we so much enjoy, take a moment to try something a little different - like actually remember.

As a Canadian who grew up...

Friday 03. of November 2006 New website - On the road travel

Recently, I met with a company just starting out in the travel website space. I find their technique and angle for travel fits right into my current mold. As a woman who has traveled extensively, I have done to backpack thing; the family Holiday Inn thing; I have done the closest restaurant...

Wednesday 25. of October 2006 Ireland entry one

I recently returned from a trip to Ireland... here is my first memoir entry...

Ireland -  entry one

The first time I visited Ireland I was 13 years old. The weather was grey; the taverns full of singing people; the Guinness free flowing; and all the men wore rugby shirts and eyed me with...

Wednesday 11. of October 2006 Hakodate Fish Market

Hakodate Fish MarketWhen I was 21 I went backpacking through Northern Japan in attempts to conquer some kind of “backpacking expectation”. When I reached the town of Hakodate, I had not spoken a word of English in over 14 days and had eaten enough hot noodle soups to last me a lifetime. Hakodate is...

Thursday 14. of September 2006 Travel matters

Travel matters. It is your obsession. Your reason to work and save. Travel makes you young again, or wiser than your years. It is a sense of wonder, an adventure, and a challenge. Travel is limited only by your imagination and sense of wonder. Montreal to Machu picchu, Madrid to Melbourne. You are...