On travel
We often get asked what it’s really like to travel the way we’re currently doing, for 5 months at a stretch. As I’m writing this, I am sitting at the kitchen table in our...
Category: Canada
Vancouver Island Gallery
Before we started plotting this trip, I was unaware of the existence of Vancouver Island. So in case you’re in the same boat: it’s a Pacific island off the west coast of Canada (accessible...
Banff and Jasper National Parks Gallery
Canyons and lakes. Sunrises and sunsets. Stars and northern lights. Here’s what we were doing in Canada when we were too lazy to go hiking.
Chinese Torture, Canadian Wine and the Mother of All Storms
San-Marié decided that we were falling prey to a Chinese people-trafficking syndicate when we arrived in Vancouver. I bear some responsibility for this as I refused to pay the extortionate hotel prices near the airport for a...
Canadian Day Hikes Gallery
Drifting through British Columbia and Alberta’s rock-star national parks provides an opportunity to do some of the world’s most satisfying hikes. From a gentle 500m stroll around a scenic lake to multi-day backcountry excursions into territory where...
Égalité and the Way to a Woman’s Heart
There’s a lot to like about the French. Liberty, Fraternity and Equality is a wonderful motto and it sounds especially seductive when you say it in French. The language has loads of cool phrases...
Montreal & Quebec City Gallery
Montreal is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world. In the Old City and Old Port, the architecture is thoroughly European, including the obligatory gothic cathedral. Notre-Dame Basilica is a fine example with a...
Beer Drinkers’ Gallery
Saul doesn’t drink beer. I didn’t pick up the habit until I was in my thirties, and it was travel-related curiosity that did me in. I clearly remember the first beer I ever really...
