Pier 21 in Halifax is what Staten Island was to New York—the first port of entry for many migrants in the 19th and early 20th century. The special exhibition on German-Canadian relations was told through a series of photographs depicting German immigrants to eastern Canada and Canadians occupying West Germany Read more…
Instead of being a giant Greek Revival building full of dead exhibits, Halifax‘s Museum of Natural History comes alive with staff introducing visitors to live specimens of non-native animals. I also appreciated the prehistoric exhibit told through the lens of Nova Scotia’s indigenous people. Reptiles are cheap to buy and Read more…
Route: Montreal to WinnipegPlane: A320-200Date: Sep 28, 2024Price paid: $195 + $125 eUpgrade ComfortThe vintage-style seats are wide and cushy, only lacking the thigh rest found on newer seats. here are two seats missing on the first row on the left side of the plane, so the aircraft only has Read more…
There are two lounges in Winnipeg and there is only a main terminal area. There’s no separate terminal space for transborder flights. Plaza Premium Lounge Eligible Priority Pass and Dragon Pass members and some credit card have the $59 access fee waived. There is a full service bar where basic Read more…
The Lehigh Valley Heritage Center is the history museum and artifact archive of the coal mining, steel smelting, and war loving region in the Great Appalachian Valley. The coal was used to power ships, the steel used to build ships, and men sent to operate the ships. The ships were Read more…
Human ingenuity led to the industrial revolution but it was powered by coal. Long hours and low pay, coal miners fed the machines in Detroit that built Ford Model T’s on a production line, the locomotives that shipped them all over the world, and cooked the food of the people Read more…
Allentown in the Lehigh Valley was named after its founder William Allen. His son, James Allen, built Trout Hall that stands as the site of the county’s historical museum. Its baseball team is called the Iron Pigs, named after the city’s early steel industry that began in the 1850s, the Read more…
2019 Jeep Compass Limited Distance: 4,063km Location: Switzerland, France, Liechtenstein, Italy Date: June 1-15, 2019 Up front: It’s more comfortable than most mass-market crossovers at the $30,000 price point but it’s no luxury car. What it is represents better value than similarly-priced Korean rivals. The leather seats are a nice Read more…
2019 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium Convertible Distance: 1,735km Location: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri Date: August 29-September 4, 2019 Up front: It’s not a sporty car, it’s a sports car. You’re sitting on the floor, legs stretched out, and arms trying to reach the controls. The seating position for anything below Read more…
Canadian North is a small airline serving a specific domestic clientele in northern Canada. Yet, it has one of the most fascinating commercial air routes in the world. While Singapore Airlines boasts the world’s longest route, Emirates shows off luxury, and Aeroflot flies obsolete Soviet planes, Canada has an Arctic Read more…