Tag: Canada
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2022: A year of food highlights
Seasons greetings! As we approach the end of 2022, it’s time to look back on all that has happened in the past 365 days. This year welcomed a return to normalcy, with pandemic restrictions lifted allowing us to resume travel. Although we don’t dine out as often as we used to, we nonetheless experienced several…
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Everything we ate in Vancouver, Canada
The Michelin Guide has finally come to Canada. Shortly after 13 restaurants in Toronto were awarded with stars (yes, I have some opinions about the selections but that’s a topic for another post), the inspectors moved onto Vancouver and announced 8 restaurants as recipients this year. Although we didn’t eat at any of the now…
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Fall in full bloom at Don Valley Brick Works, Toronto
I’ve shared some fall colours from High Park and Trinity Bellwoods Park so far this season. Over the weekend, we ventured further afield to Don Valley Brick Works to enjoy some more autumn foliage. Don Valley Brick Works, also referred to as the Evergreen Brick Works, is a former quarry and industrial site located in…
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Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in North Vancouver
We took things relatively easy on our final day in British Columbia, back in Vancouver after a couple days in Tofino. Off to North Vancouver After grabbing a coffee at Caffe Artigiano, we walked over to Canada Place to catch the shuttle bus up to North Vancouver. The city of North Van is located on…
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Whale watching and hiking in Tofino, Vancouver Island
We planned a full itinerary of activities for our final day in Tofino, starting with a whale watching tour in the morning. There are several available wildlife watching tours in town, but we opted to go with our hotel’s Adventure Centre for the convenience. Spotting whales Following a quick breakfast for me and a Gatorade…
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Seaplanes and Long Beach in Tofino, Vancouver Island
After a couple days on the mainland, we went on to my most anticipated excursion of our trip in British Columbia. Throughout my years living in BC, I had not had the opportunity to visit the west coast of Vancouver Island, so this was finally my chance. Flying on the seaplane Tofino is a small…
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