What? No more camera crew? After an intense 2 and a half days of shooting the demo for Wandering Carol, a funky new travel series, I cannot believe the crew came, they shot and then they drove back to Toronto. I think I worried so much about making the demo video beforehand, that when the shoot finally happened it [...]
Fun at the medi-clinic
How could I get food poisoning when I’m not even travelling? It seems like the ultimate irony … I’ve travelled through India, Thailand, Malaysia and the Caribbean but I always seem to get sick when I’m home. Of course it has nothing to do with the ALLEGEDLY uncooked chicken at the ALLEGEDLY Wholefoods deli that [...]
The beer miracle continues – first it makes you beautiful, then it wins you free travel to Mexico for life. Ole
First we learned why beer makes other people look hot. We also learned why beer spas, with their healing and skin-soothing properties, can make you look hot. Now it gets even better. Now you can be sizzlin’ sun-in-the-wintertime hot on a Mexican beach and once again, it’s thanks to beer. The Mexico Tourism Board, itravel2000 and [...]
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Montreal
Send me to jail, please
I spent a couple of hours in prison this afternoon. Trust Montreal to transform a prison into La Maison Des Gouverneurs’ Wine Cellar, which I believe, means the Governors’ House Wine Cellar. Yes, the Quebec Liquor Board keeps a mere 50,000 select bottles of wine in the basement of the La Prison Des Patriotes – [...]
Montreal
A life of mishaps part 2
Misadventure at Union Station: So I took a cab to Union Station in Toronto to catch my 3:15 afternoon train to Montreal. The cabbie was nice. He asked me what I was going to do there. I told him that I was researching an article then shooting a demo video for a possible travel show. “I’m very nervous,” [...]
London
A life of mishaps
In response to Dawn’s (Dawn was on the London trip) request for the story of getting lost in the Park Plaza in London, England, here it is. Getting Lost in My Hotel Let me tell you about the new Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in London, England. It’s round. It’s groovy. It has t0-die-for food – [...]
TV
Home on the fly
I know I’m back in Toronto, but half my brain is still in the UK (insert half wit joke here) while the other half is already in Montreal where I’m heading Monday. Do I unpack, repack or add on top of what I already have? Oh, right. Laundry. That’s the key to efficient travelling. Leave with clean clothes. So [...]
London
London tips – what not to do
I’ve just spent 3 days in London after the TMAC conference in Wales. It’s been a blast but I’ve come to the conclusion that for a travel writer, I’m not a very good sightseer and neither, I’d have to say, is my friend, Amy, if our foray to Westminster Abbey after an afternoon of shopping on [...]
Sacred Places
Is it a mystical experience or is that the sun in my eyes?
On my last day in Wales our sparkly red bus tour stops at St. Non’s Well and I’m hell-bent on finding some potent Celtic/Catholic mysticism. Our group troops off to the spring, a small covered well said to have miraculous curative properties. Nearby are the remains of St Non’s chapel built in the 6th century. Non was the mother [...]
Sacred Places
Mystical Wales in a red glitter bus
It’s not often you make a pilgrimage in a red sparkly disco bus, but Wales is a land of novel experiences. Along with 4 other writers, our Welsh guide, Steven, and a tattooed driver named Rocky, we sailed down to St Davids, the smallest city in Wales. Really it’s a wee town, but since it has a [...]
Travel Writing
Travel Writing Conference ie where am I and who are you?
It’s a strange global moment, this travel writing conference. The TMAC Conference (Travel Media Association of Canada) is a collection of travel writers and travel industry people, ie tourist board reps and PR people, and the idea is to connect, get story ideas, sightsee, do professional development workshops and generally, become a cohesive group rather than [...]
Travel
Photo tour of Wales
From bad taste to spectacular scenery … Wild ponies …. Limestone cliffs And more cliffs Signs of spring And of course, sheep Wales is a (sorry for the bad pun, but how can I not say it?) Wale of a time. And now that I”m covered in bruises [...]
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