The Netherlands has become one of my favourite destinations. Steve’s work takes him there regularly and I’ve tagged along to a few different centres. Amsterdam is busy, eclectic, and energizing. Rotterdam is modern and smart, Delft is adorably charming, and [...]
Unfamiliar foods and recipes, cultural practices, even habits we develop on the road—one of the gifts of travel is how it can change our lives at home. […]
If you’ve never experienced Holi, it’s hard to imagine what it’s like to participate in India’s over-the-top festival of colour. Mumbai is at the heart of this annual spring event, and we had the good fortune to be there for [...]
Bangalore is often called the “Silicon Valley” of India because of its booming and seemingly ever-growing tech sector. With 10 million residents, Bangalore is a bustling, dense metropolis of colour, sound, and ambitious people. Here are five observations from my last [...]
At the end of every trip to a new city or country, I always reflect on what is different about that place from all the others I’ve visited. Sometimes it’s a cultural variation, sometimes it’s the physical geography. Other times [...]
Stuttgart’s Cannstatter Volksfest rivals that other festival in Munich, which also spans three weeks each fall and features vast quantities of beer and German drinking songs. It’s not quite as big as Oktoberfest, but I’m betting it’s every bit as [...]
Steve and I travel within North America quite a bit, most often to the U.S. This summer we spent our vacation travelling a part of our home country that we had never visited before – Eastern Canada. We had a [...]
Québec City is like no other urban centre in North America. With a distinct European flair and a well-preserved architectural history, visitors could easily mistake the streets for Paris. There are so many festivals and attractions that no matter what [...]
Travel is an enlightening experience, a window to other cultures, and an opportunity to get out of one’s comfort zone. In no other aspect of travel are these sentiments truer than when you need to use the toilet in a [...]