Kennebunkport The Montrealer October 9, 2009 6223 Spotlight on Travel - Mike Cohen KENNEBUNKPORT- I first heard about Kennebunkport, Maine, like most others I know, as the place where former US President George Bush Sr. had a summer home known as the Bush ...
Belize – a few days in paradise The Montrealer October 3, 2009 5446 “Sam loves to play with coconuts,” says Heather Sellors, guest services manager for St. George’s Caye Resort, an exotic getaway on St. George’s Caye, a sunny sandbar of an island eight miles off the Caribbean c...
Maine’s largest city of Portland The Montrealer September 7, 2009 7164 PORTLAND, Maine- When we first began making plans to vacation in Maine, our search for accommodations started in Old Orchard Beach. Very quickly, however, I realized that the offerings there were overpriced...
Exploring New York State’s scenic Finger Lakes region The Montrealer September 3, 2009 5373 Maybe it’s the ‘been-there-done-that’ syndrome but whatever the reason a repeat visit to a particular vacation spot is often less impressive than the first time around when everything was new and wonderful. ...
New Brunswick – adventures along the Fundy Coast The Montrealer August 9, 2009 4540 New Brunswick has much to offer visitors; stunning coastal scenery, beautiful beaches, the warmest water north of South Carolina, the iconic Hopewell Rocks, whale watching with Captain Dave in St. Andrews, an A...
Indoor water park and outlets make North Conway a huge draw The Montrealer August 5, 2009 4980 When my family and I travelled to Maine in July, I knew we had to pass through the bargain hunting capital of the state of New Hampshire - North Conway - en route to our initial destination of Portland. So why...
A luxury cruise on Ontario’s Lake of the Woods The Montrealer August 3, 2009 7452 Guests aboard the Grace Anne II receive royal treatment while cruising on one of the province’s most scenic lakes It’s abundantly clear to anybody who lays eyes on her the Grace Anne II is the unquestiona...
Kingston – a super summer getaway destination The Montrealer June 7, 2009 6196 Kingston is a town that never loses it attraction for me, partly because I’ve been going there almost all of my life. As a youngster living just a few miles west in Napanee (hometown of me and pop star Avril La...
Exploring Ireland’s enchanting Ring of Kerry The Montrealer June 3, 2009 5133 Even visitors to Ireland who don’t believe in fairies and leprechauns become smitten by the inherent charms of the emerald isle. I’ve been travel writing for nearly 15 years and the question I receive most is, ...
The Baseball Hall of Fame is the highlight of Cooperstown, N.Y. The Montrealer May 7, 2009 3411 Some of those who dispute the claim that Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball in a cow pasture in Cooperstown, N.Y. in 1839 say the idea is nothing more than a “field of dreams”. Any notion that this...
