Please welcome today’s guest blogger, Grant Dougal, from Dougallphotography.com… Jan and I love sail away on any cruise we take. We head for the prow of the ship for the view and the noise. On this particular sailing, the ship was nose in beside Canada Place and we could see much of the Vancouver skyline [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Destinations’ Category
Please welcome today’s guest blogger, Nisrine, from dinnersanddreams.net… Berber villages in the South of Morocco boast some of the most delicious tagines in the entire country. For those unfamiliar, a tagine is a terracotta cooking vessel fitted with a dome-shaped lid and designed for slow cooking. Villagers in the South of Morocco routinely cook in [ Read More ]
Categories: Destinations, Tips, travel
Please welcome guest blogger, Angela Pearse, from bellaitalia.co.nz… The Cinque Terre is a walkway that winds round the rocky coast and up into grapevine laden hills of Liguria. It links five main villages and commands spectacular views of the north western coastline of Italy. My sister and I stayed at Riomaggiore, the first of the [ Read More ]
Categories: Destinations, Tips, travel
Please welcome guest blogger, Ena Lynne Wilson, from anotherdesertrat.blogspot.com I could ride the ferries on Sydney Harbour forever: Gazing out over the water, waves sparkling in the sunlight, sailboats flying by, the wind whipping my hair back, the spray making my lips taste slightly salty on my tongue. Adjusting to the roll of the boat [ Read More ]
Categories: Destinations, Tips, travel
Michelangelo’s La Pieta My experience of the Vatican began in a college lecture hall, my third semester in. I was taking Appreciation of Art History. Out of the many slides that flashed before me on the overhead screen, I remember most clearly a photograph of Michelangelo’s La Pieta and more than the slide I remember [ Read More ]
Categories: Destinations
Please welcome guest blogger, Belinda, from zomppa.com… When some Westerners think of Nepal, images of Maoist rebels come to mind. What often gets overlooked is that Nepal is a beautiful country nestled in the heart of the Himalayas. Kathmandu is the capital and economic center of the country, a place with serene mountains and loud, [ Read More ]
Categories: Destinations, Tips
Experience brunch at Lodge in Brooklyn, New York As a new member to the “Burg” (the local nickname for the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn), I have discovered that brunch is especially popular in my new and lovely, neck of the woods. It could be that brunch is popular everywhere and I just haven’t been exposed [ Read More ]
Categories: Destinations
Please welcome guest blogger, Saben & Lin, from sabenandlin.com… Quite a busy day today! This morning we sat on the carpeted floor of the Blue Mosque watching the hoards of tourists pour in one side and back out the other within seconds. There were only a few local people there to actually pray and I [ Read More ]
Categories: Destinations, Tips, travel
Chicago’s dog is topped with goodness A city is only as good as its hot dog, and these cities rock. If you like good hot dogs and you enjoy exploring great cities then this list is for you. New York City: Shake Shack: Yum! The Shake Shack hot dog is big, it’s juicy and it’s [ Read More ]
Categories: Destinations, top 5
Please welcome guest blogger, Tom Volpe, from Heading There… Madrid is the sort of city where you need to dig a little deeper to see why the locals love it so much and it’s definitely an insiders city so some kind of city tour is a great way to start your stay. Since we are [ Read More ]
Categories: Destinations, travel
