Visiting Montreal’s Biodome and Tower Observatory
Visiting Montreal’s Biodome and Tower Observatory This weekend we went to the Olympic Stadium and visited two of the most popular tourist sites in Montreal: the Biodome and the Tower …
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The Best Views on Montreal’s Mont-Royal
The Best Views on Montreal’s Mont-Royal I always tell people coming to Montreal that the first place they have to visit is “the mountain” (as we call Mont-Royal). Not only is it the …
Why OpenTable.com Sucks
Why OpenTable Sucks May 4th was Lissette’s birthday. A week previous, I had reserved a table at our favorite restaurant through their website which uses the Opentable.com reservation service. At that …
Photos showing you why Montreal is beautiful in Spring
Photos showing you why Montreal is beautiful in Spring Lissette and I both agree that there actually is no such thing as “Spring” here in Montreal. We can be in April, cold and windy, with …
Schabak und Herpa. My Plane collections…
Schabak und Herpa I know, the title sounds like a German doctor telling you that you have a venereal disease. It’s not. I was cleaning up in my storage room last weekend when I came across my …
Guanajuato or Queretaro (Mexico)
Guanajuato or Queretaro (Mexico) Mexico is the place of names I can’t remember or pronounce. On this trip I was visiting Guanajuato (the capital of the state of Guanajuato) and Queretaro (the …
Visiting San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (and why it is NOT the best city in the world)
Why San Miguel de Allende is NOT the best city in the world San Miguel de Allende has a reputation as an American enclave in Mexico. Ex-pats living in other parts of Mexico (including other Americans) …
2 Days in Mexico City
2 Days in Mexico City Memories of my 1st trip to Mexico in 2013. I knew nothing back then. Since then I’ve visited Mexico 7 times. It’s become one of my favorite countries. …
An Incredible Yoga retreat in Santa Teresa (Costa Rica).
An Incredible Yoga retreat in Santa Teresa Costa Rica Anyone who’s followed my blog knows that we haven’t been great fans of Costa Rica. Santa Teresa ended up being the one place in Costa Rica …