It’s raining, the air is warm and we cannot find a taxi to drive us from the Grand Ole Opry to our hotel on Music Valley Drive (which is less than a 10-minute drive away). If we had stayed in
It started as a quirky idea, a way to chronicle living in Quebec City as an anglophone. Now, however, Urban Guide Quebec is now Urban Guides Canada and I am slowly hiring freelancers to expand the site's content to cities
One of the most direct routes from Toronto to Rexburg, Idaho is via the I-80. And while I took that route last year (I'll explain in a minute), this time around my insane road trip idea has us driving from
I often stare at houses the way most people stare at waterfalls. Their shape and colour and details and overall character captivate me in ways that are hard to explain. I often drive by enchanting houses and pull over to
Finding places to eat in Chiang Mai is not difficult. Buying skewers of barbeque pork and a strawberry lime smoothie at Chiang Mai gate are always high on my foodie list. So good. So cheap. The chicken biryani at the gate is
A couple years ago I had the opportunity to travel to Haiti with Air Transat and attend a Dinner en Blanc event. While the dinner was the main focus of the trip, our schedule was filled with opportunities to see
I have never thought about choosing a word to describe my hopes for a coming year. It is something my friend Lola has written about at the end of each year, but it wasn't something I thought of doing myself
It’s the beginning of January and the air in Québec City is so crisp I feel like I’m a popsicle that has been in the freezer for too long and I’m covered in ice crystals. In Ontario, I hide inside
Food is an essential part of the human existence, so it makes sense that food often plays a big role when travelling around the world –not just in terms of sustenance. Many of us plan trips based on photographs we
When I rented my first apartment in Québec City in 2014 several locals asked why I'm living in Old Québec (Vieux-Québec). Surely other neighbourhoods are cheaper. Why would I want to be so close to the tourists? Personally, I didn’t think it was a big deal. Old Québec is filled with history and character and marvellous architecture, why wouldn’t I want to live in Old Québec?!