12th May 2015 / At home in Toronto, Canada, Destinations, North America / 3 comments

Vegetarians and Muslims need not apply. What?! Has Toronto suddenly become intolerant? Well, no. It’s just that most of the time on my latest excursion with Toronto Urban Adventures was spent eating pork, pork, and […]

14th December 2014 / At home in Toronto, Canada, Destinations, North America / 7 comments

I’ve been living in Toronto for over 26 years now, and for most of that time I’ve been day-dreaming about moving out. Yet I am still here, and I even own a condo downtown! Why? […]

19th August 2014 / At home in Toronto, Canada, Destinations, North America / 0 comments

On a cool and blustery afternoon that felt more like October than August, I met Nicolas, my Lokafy guide, in the middle of Toronto’s financial district. Despite the choice of meeting point, Nicolas looked nothing […]

3rd August 2014 / At home in Toronto, Canada, Destinations, North America / 3 comments

Old Town, in the southeastern corner of downtown Toronto, is where the city was born a couple of hundred years ago. It is home to many historical buildings such as the St-Lawrence Market and the […]

30th April 2014 / At home in Toronto, Canada, Destinations, North America / 4 comments

Now that spring is here and temperatures are getting warmer, it’s time to come explore Canada’s largest city. And what best way to do that than by taking a walking tour through two of Toronto’s […]

11th September 2013 / Canada, Destinations, North America, On the road / 0 comments

If this title sounds familiar, it’s probably because you used to peruse a certain lingerie catalogue. But the Victoria I’m talking about here is the capital of British Columbia, on the West Coast of Canada, […]

18th August 2013 / Canada, Destinations, North America, On the road / 0 comments

I arrived in Kingston for the first time this past July without a map, and without much of an idea of how I was going to spend the next 45 hours. This was part of […]