A week-end in Quebec’s Coaticook Valley
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 […]
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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 […]
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It’s already September which means only one thing for us northern travel nuts: time to start thinking about winter travel! If you’re like most people (sorry skiers) you’re imagining warm weather, sun, possibly sand and […]
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From the time I entered my first café, it was obvious that finding cheap places to eat in Copenhagen would be a challenge. 77 DKK (about US$12) for a cappuccino and a rather unappetizing half […]
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Directly south of Stockholm, the Småland region has something for everyone, from cute pastel-coloured towns, to islands, glass factories, a castle, pine forests, rust-red cottages with white trim, even the hometown of Astrid Lindgren, the […]
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Iceland is a young country in geological terms, only 20 million years old. The land is constantly changing. Volcano eruptions create lava fields. Bays and fjords fill up with ash. Islands are joined to the […]
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No doubt you’ve heard about the Nobel prize, but did you know that Alfred Nobel was a Swede and that the Nobel prizes (with the exception of the Peace prize) are awarded in Stockholm every […]
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I knew little about Sweden when I arrived in the country last month. I imagined it would be pretty similar to Canada, a nordic first world country with good infrastructure and mostly middle-class people. And […]
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