Still the official residence of the Governor General of Canada outside of Rideau Hall, the half-star-shaped Citadelle of Quebec is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Strategically located on the highest point of the city at Cape Diamond right along the Read more…
Sudbury is a city of 158,000 people and the largest settlement in Northern Ontario. Initially, I thought there wouldn’t be much to see this far up north, but boy was I glad to be wrong! There’s plenty to see and Read more…
The Ojibway First Peoples called the island anipich, meaning the place of the hardwoods, some of the original hardwood forests still exist today in between the farmland. Today, it’s called St. Joseph’s Island and many of the roads are gravel Read more…
There are three Guinness World Records certificates of participation hanging on my wall, all of them from Hong Kong. But only one of them are worth talking about because I was part of the organizing committee. I was just part Read more…
Being a government building in service of the people of British Columbia, entry is free after a 10 minute lineup to complete a security check. There are guided tours available from Monday to Friday several times a day, but entry Read more…
Maybe its reputation has given me exceedingly high expectations or the constant delays by roadworks irritated me, but let’s start off by saying that Yellowstone is overrated. Yellowstone is really only famous for having multiple geological features within a close Read more…
It’s not a terrible town, I just chose a terrible day to go – I kept telling myself. Granby is in the middle of Montreal and Sherbrooke. Its majestic fountains were dry, the streets were quiet, and lollipop ladies only Read more…
Isn’t it every child’s dream to visit Legoland? It was mine. Even though I lived in Berlin for a year, I didn’t have the opportunity to visit Legoland in Germany, which is where the toy originated. I had to wait Read more…
Lennoxville was an independent city until 2002 when it was incorporated into Sherbrooke, Quebec. During French occupation, Lennoxville was known as Les Petite Fourches, little forks, while Sherbrooke was known as Les Grands Fourches, big forks. It was incorporated long Read more…
The Haskell Free Library and Opera straddles the Canada-US border at Stanstead, Quebec. When the border closed, Canadian patrons couldn’t access the main door in Vermont, so a volunteer delivers books to communities in Quebec.