A visit to the Canadian Rockies is one of those top life experiences not to be missed, especially if you travel by rail. Here is my Rocky Mountaineer train review from Vancouver to Jasper on the Journey through the Clouds route. Disclosure: As a Rocky Mountaineer brand ambassador, I was hosted on this trip. All opinions, weird […]
Celebrity gossip at The Fairmont Macdonald in Edmonton
Heading to Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada? If you want to stay where the superstars stay, check out (or into) the luxurious Fairmont Macdonald in Edmonton. To whet your appetite and to stoke those tabloid fires, here is all the celebrity gossip I could dig up. Celebrity gossip at The Fairmont Macdonald in Edmonton While Smudge, the resident yellow lab at the […]
Banff, Canada, travel guide
Search no more for your quick and easy Banff, Canada, travel guide. Banff is one of the very best tourism destinations in Canada, not to mention the world (sorry, I’m biased), so let me tell you where Banff is; what you should do there and why you should visit. (Because it’s wonderful!) Why does Wandering Carol […]
Romance on the rails: Rainforest to Gold Rush route
A romantic train ride on Rocky Mountaineer’s Rainforest to Gold Rush Route between Jasper and Whistler is a ride through Canadian history and adventure “You’ve been outside for five hours straight,” my husband says when I stagger back upstairs to our dome car on the train, reeling from the microwave-like heat of the arid Fraser Canyon in the interior […]
Banff to Jasper, Icefields Parkway tour in the Canadian Rockies
It’s the ultimate scenic drive, from Banff to Jasper on the Icefields Parkway in the spectacular Rocky Mountains of Canada. For our tour experience read on. For the how to’s of what you need to know before you go, scroll down to the bottom. “The bus driver said you’d abandoned me,” Mark said, as I […]
Togetherness at Lake Minnewanka & Fairmont Banff Springs Spa
“You don’t want to go do a Lake Minnewanka cruise?” I asked my husband as we sat in the Bow Valley Grill at the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel in the mountain town of Banff, Alberta, having just finished a buffet breakfast the size of 3,000 alpine lakes. “It’s a boat tour. It’s scenic! We’ll have fun!” […]
Rocky Mountaineer routes quiz: and what mountain animal are you?
Yes, this is a blog post about Rocky Mountaineer routes … but do you ever do those online quizzes, like What Cheese Are You or What Nationality Is Your Soul? Of course I would never waste time on something like that, especially because according to the last What Animal Are You quiz I did I am a sheep! Puh-leeze. Obviously I […]
Edmonton art gallery trip! Woohoo!
That’s right, folks. It’s an Edmonton art gallery trip, a wild and crazy cultural vacation to that big prairie city in the province of Alberta in good old Canada – though now I pause to think about it, Canada’s not that old. It was founded in 1867, which would make it, um (pause for calculation), 147 years […]
Dog days at The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald
“Whoaa there, Smudge!” I say, as the big yellow lab suddenly takes off down Edmonton’s riverbank path with me in tow. Thankfully she didn’t go far because Smudge, a celebrity employee at The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, is strong. Stronger than she looks. In fact, when she was lolling around at the foot of a red velvet […]
Channeling Marilyn Monroe on Mt Norquay
Have you been to Banff in the Canadian Rockies? Have you ever seen so many outdoorsy-looking people wearing lululemon stretchy pants and North Face windbreakers in your life? I will never be that person. I don’t even know how to be that person. I’d rather spend my time channeling Marilyn Monroe on Mt Norquay. However, I’m convinced everyone else […]
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