By Jane Cassie It’s that time of year again –when chocolate boxes are carved into hearts, roses brim from corner grocers, and cupid comes out of hiding. So, how are you going to celebrate the big day of romance? What love-struck surprise can you … [Read More...]
Summer Days in Southern Spain – Road Trip Highlights: Three Cities, One Week
By Chris Millikan From the quaint balcony my husband, daughter and I surveyed Malaga’s vital seaport, founded on the Mediterranean by seafaring Phoenicians in the 7th-century. Below, handsome plumed horses on sunset city tours pulled … [Read More...]
Sooke’s Seaweed & Other Tasty Treats
by Lauren Kramer "Go ahead, taste it," says the Seaweed Lady, offering a long strand of bull kelp seaweed. I'm standing on a beach on the southwestern tip of Vancouver Island, inspecting an assortment of slimy-looking seaweed that Diane … [Read More...]
Just for Couples: Deluxe-Style Camping
by Lauren Kramer Long known as a sleepy strip of land where many an older couple has aired out the kids' empty rooms and hung a "Bed & Breakfast" shingle out front, British Columbia's Sunshine Coast is finally coming into its own and … [Read More...]
An Alaska Cruise Offers Many Sights
by Lauren Kramer With a deafening roar, a 600-pound chunk of ice breaks suddenly from the edge of the tidal glacier and plunges with a ginormous splash into the ocean."You've just seen an iceberg calving, folks," comes a too-cheerful voice from … [Read More...]
Southwest Sensations: Bryce and Zion Parks
by Allan A. Swenson America is blessed with many magnificent natural wonders. Two of the most splendid are Bryce and Zion National Parks. Fifty yeas ago I stood in awe when I first visited these incredible marvels of stone. My wife had never been … [Read More...]
Sea Dreaming on the Amalfi Coast of Italy
Story and photos by Barbara Barton Sloane Our truest life is when we are in our dreams, awake - Henry David Thoreau I was awake yet was, most definitely, in a dream – the “SeaDream” Yacht to be precise. Cruising along the Amalfi Coast of Italy, … [Read More...]
Torcello – The Forgotten Island
by Patricea Chow-Capodieci As our friend's private boat pulled to a stop in a berth at Torcello, my husband announced with a sweep of his hand toward the island: "Welcome to the forgotten island!" The statement was a contradiction to the scene … [Read More...]
On the Trail of the Black and Whites
by Cherie Clement Summer has ended, the nights are drawing in and the majority of tourists are in annual hibernation, so now is the time to enjoy the sensory delights of many parts of the English countryside. My husband likes driving and taking … [Read More...]
A Golf Getaway Deep In The Fraser Valley
by Julie H. Ferguson The view gobsmacks me as I wheel into the Pretty Estate Resort in Harrison Mills, an easy day trip from Vancouver. Why hadn’t I stopped here before? “You’re early,” the man at the pro shop tells me. “Is it your first … [Read More...]
Hunting Heads in Borneo
by Margaret Deefholts The human skull looking down balefully at me through a wicker framework suspended from the rafters of the Serubah Longhouse in Sarawak is unsettling, but according to our guide, Bong, it embodies a benevolent spirit who … [Read More...]
Climbing The Stairs Of Time in St Paul’s Cathedral
by Jane Cassie It feels like we’re heaven-bound while trekking up the stone stairwell that spirals from the ground floor of St Paul’s Cathedral to its glittery cupola dome. And although we’re only halfway there, I’m ready to throw in the towel. … [Read More...]