10th February 2017 / Destinations, Europe, Spain / 0 comments

Imagine a fairly flat island in the Atlantic, covered in dark volcanic soil, dotted with white villages and large patches of cactuses. This is Lanzarote, the easternmost of the Canary Islands. Add giant mobile sculptures […]

1st February 2017 / Destinations, Europe, Spain / 0 comments

The southwest of the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands brings to mind the surface of an alien planet, covered in lava fields and dozens of volcanic cones. You half expect to find a […]

21st January 2017 / Destinations, Europe, Spain / 0 comments

You can easily visit Ronda as a day trip from Málaga, and this is what a lot of people do. I wish I could tell you to stay overnight because the city becomes magical after […]

20th December 2016 / At home in Toronto, Canada, Destinations, North America / 0 comments

If you’re flying somewhere over the Holidays (or anytime really) and have a long Toronto layover (4 hours or more), you don’t have to kill time in the airport. It’s really easy to get out […]

8th November 2016 / Europe, Malta / 6 comments

Malta is little known outside of Europe, and that’s a shame. A small Mediterranean nation composed of two main islands and located south of Sicily, it is one of the most southernly parts of Europe […]

13th October 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Spain / 5 comments

Deciding on a winter destination was tricky this year. After travelling to Australia and New Zealand last year, and to Southeast Asia twice in the last five years, I had originally thought that 2017 would mark […]

19th September 2016 / Canada, Destinations, North America / 0 comments

When I told my childhood friend in Quebec that we should do something special to celebrate our 40 years of friendship, she suggested Coaticook, an area she knows well. Located in the valley of the […]