Tag: nature
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News from Montreal Tourism, Fall 2015 issue
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Le 19 août 2015 Fall is an awesome time to be in Montréal. Things get cooking city-wide with three major food fests, a major photo exhibition and the best and brightest in new cinema. Plus, culture vultures can take in oodles of contemporary dance, a major indie music fest and a glittering line-up in symphony,…
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Recharge time in Northhumberland!
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With Brian, our first destination was “Victoria Inn” at Gores Landing on Rice lake (about 120km drive on 401 East from Toronto)On the front lawn of Victoria Inn we met Mike McNaught, instructor and local fishing guide. First he taught us how to make the fly, then tying fly and casting. Mike with sophisticated tools…
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Traveling with Children to China. Part #3 Xi’an and Qingdao
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We loved Mian Shan area so much that we decided to postpone our planned trip to Xi’an in few hours, and take a speed train afternoon. So..whole morning we explored new areas of Mian Shan with Beautiful Taoist temples and valleys. Our favorites are: Chess Cave in Qixuan Valley Zhujia Hollow Area Lingbao God Temple…
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Traveling with children to China, Part#2 Pingyao and Mian Shan
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Beijing Railway Station From Beijing Railway Station we took overnight train to Pingyao. Even we booked our tickets well in advance, the softsleeper was sold out, and we had left with hard sleeper choice only. Before the trip I worried about safety, and personal belongings in the train, but after great experience with hard sleeper,…
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Wake up the wild…”Steak and Carrot for breakfast”
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Wake up the wild … “Steak and Carrot for breakfast” “Africa Lion Safari” said the road sign… At 7:45 am the place was empty – no-one around… in a couple minutes a friendly fellow came up and gave us directions. We had to fill some forms and sign it – so just in case if…