Taking “The Ocean” to Halifax The Montrealer May 23, 2007 3821 VIA Rail’s Easterly Class is a perfect beginning for a trip to Halifax for this summer’s festivals and attractions - including the popular Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo The last time I took a ...
A Nova Scotia getaway The Montrealer April 5, 2007 5268 Digby Pines Resort is one of Atlantic Canada’s finest vacation destinations During a long-ago road trip to the Maritimes I sped through Digby, N.S. in a tight race to make the car ferry that takes pass...
Prague, Vienna and Venice – three of Europe’s most wonderful cities The Montrealer March 23, 2007 2983 A tour of Europe’s three most beautiful cities is a travel adventure that will yield a lifetime of happy memories They are, quite simply, places anyone with a sense of travel and wonderment must visit at ...
In the swing in Daytona Beach The Montrealer March 9, 2007 4324 Daytona Beach is one of the best value golf destinations in Florida. I’ll admit it straight away. When it comes to golf in the Daytona Beach area, I’m biased. As a golf addict, I’ve been fortunate enough to hi...
Party Time on Trinidad & Tobago The Montrealer January 5, 2007 4800 The sister islands annual February Carnival is the biggest bash in the Caribbean. “Bank a lot of sleep and bring along a set of throw-away clothes.“ This was the advice I was given by my Trinidad host ...
Gran Bahia Principe Coba – all-inclusive five star luxury The Montrealer December 3, 2006 3779 Every once in a while, vacationers “discover” a gem. They quickly tell their friends back home about their “find”. On this trip to the Mayan Riviera on Yucatan Peninsula bordering the Caribbean Sea, we discover...
Cruising the Mexican Riviera with Holland America The Montrealer November 3, 2006 2867 It started out as a vacation…and turned into a love affair There are oodles of reasons why I adore big ship cruising but chief among them is the disconnect. No phones, no faxes, no work or any other obliga...
Grape Expectations The Montrealer October 3, 2006 3858 Nova Scotia’s growing collection of first class wineries is poised to become Canada’s newest wine router When I think of Canada’s best known wine producing areas that have become major tourist destinatio...
Adirondack Retreat The Montrealer September 8, 2006 4217 Mirror Lake Inn is a magnet that pulls you back to Lake Placid year after year. A few black and white pictures in my family’s photograph album show a young girl at Santa’s Village on Whiteface Mountain in ...
One Enchanted Island The Montrealer July 3, 2006 4228 Atlantic Canada is blessed with the unsurpassed beauty and unique character of Cape Breton Island. When world-renowned telephone inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, elected to build a summer estate on Cape Bre...
