Tag: Culture

  • Canada is Lonely Planet’s Best Country to Travel to in 2017

    Canada is Lonely Planet’s Best Country to Travel to in 2017

    Canada is much more than skiing and hiking along the mountains or watching whales and other sea creatures from the shoreline. Canada is the second largest country in the world and it has every type of landscape imaginable. Visitors who are looking for glaciers, rainforests, beaches, and mountains will find them all within Canada. The…

  • Fogo Island – A Paradise of Newfoundland Sights

    Fogo Island – A Paradise of Newfoundland Sights

    When most picture Newfoundland, pictures of colourful houses, scenic downtown vistas overlooking the St Johns harbour, and perhaps the blur that George Street leaves in most visitors minds, long after leaving. While St Johns is no doubt a beautiful city, it is such a small piece of the mosaic of sounds, cultures, and experiences that…

  • 6 Reasons I Love Montreal

    6 Reasons I Love Montreal

    A city as beautiful as Montreal probably doesn’t need another travel blogger gushing over it, but I’ve never been one for expectations, which means gushing shall ensue in this post. Montreal is a very unique city to the rest of Canada. There’s something about it, the mix of old and new, the prominence of art…

  • Cross-Canada Blogger Tour: Counting down to TIFF & POP Montreal!

    Cross-Canada Blogger Tour: Counting down to TIFF & POP Montreal!

    If you’ve been following along on Twitter or Facebook, you may be aware of the fact that I’ve been invited by the Canadian Tourism Commission to check out the Toronto International Film Festival & POP Montreal, between September 15th & 20th! This is part of a huge campaign to bring travel bloggers from around the…

  • Why I Love Quebec & You Should Too!

    Why I Love Quebec & You Should Too!

    Located throughout this french Canadian region are a thriving people that have fought for their culture. The french Canadians are truly one of Canada’s brighter shades of colours, with decadent food, a thriving arts scene, a passion for history, and all things fun. While tensions between the french and the english have seen waves in…

  • T’ire D’érable – Why aren’t you everywhere?

    T’ire D’érable – Why aren’t you everywhere?

    One of my fondest memories of taking french immersion was back in Grade 4 or 5. I was living in Saskatchewan and we had a teacher intern from Quebec who was sharing french culture to classrooms throughout the school. Most of us moaned at the thought of learning about anything cultural. That was until she…