“So… you’re going on the Habitat 67 tour on your way to the airport?” our son Andrew asked over FaceTime, laughing as he was making plans to pick us up from our flight to San Diego. “Yeah, that sounds about right!” I’ll admit I’m guilty of over-extending when it comes to travel, but this was … Read More
It’s about a twenty-minute drive from Montréal’s Vieux-Port to Mont-Royal, the mountain that looks out over this city on the St. Lawrence River. Herb and I decided to make the upward climb by Lyft and the downward trek on foot. Mont-Royal is one of the city’s major landmarks – locals refer to it as “the … Read More
“And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour…” ~Leonard Cohen, Suzanne The calendar had just turned to September, but in Montréal, it still felt like summer. Herb and I were spending our first day here exploring the city’s Old Port neighborhood. The Seabourn Sojourn was docked nearby along the St. Lawrence … Read More
It was a Sunday morning on the last day of August, and the cobblestone streets of Québec City’s Lower Town were wrapped up in solitude. Shops wouldn’t be opening for another half-hour, and I was trying to capture as many photos as I could while the streets were still quiet and empty. With a forecast … Read More
The rain was relentless, pounding down from the sky, catching in the wind and blowing every which-way. We had arrived in St. John’s in the middle of a storm and were heading out on a tour to Cape Spear, the easternmost point in continental Canada and North America. I didn’t have much hope for the … Read More