Have you ever had to sit through a holiday slide show? Many of you might be too young to remember, but there was once a time where the only way friends and family could share memories of their travels was to turn their film into slides and project them onto a screen, often accompanying [...]
Hands up if you find yourself looking for ways to escape winter. I often find people use their vacation days to seek refuge from the cold, snowy season. But what if instead of running from it, we embraced it—even just one time. That’s what we wanted to do. We wanted to immerse ourselves in [...]
“Mom, look!” I followed my daughter’s outstretched hand to see she was pointing at the icy peaks of Bonhomme’s frozen castle. Our pace quickened as we knew we were close to this piece of Quebec’s history, only known to us through the lessons my daughter was taught at school. Our Ultimate Canadian Winter Road [...]
Step into a different world. A place of imagination, whimsy and creativity. Where artistry meets architecture and challenges generally accepted ideas of indoor and outdoor living. A place that blurs together fantasy and reality to prove that life doesn’t have to be so serious. Escape to something new at Hôtel de Glace, the Ice [...]
We’ve all seen the photos. The ones on social media of amazing destinations that have you wishing on stars and birthday candles to one day see them for yourself. As we started our adventure at Skating Through the Forest Quebec, with the sun bright in the clear blue sky, casting shadows over the ice [...]
Dear British Columbia, You know how much I love you. You are the backdrop to many of our adventures. From your mountains to your beaches, you let us play within your natural beauty all through the year. You are first-class. But I’ve discovered something you are missing—a type of thrill-seeking, family fun, winter wonderland [...]
I felt on top of the world as I stood at the peak of a snowy hill within the Chalets Lanaudière resort. Somewhere in the distance hockey sticks and pucks scraped across a frozen pond as skates cut through the top layers of the solid ice. Kids cheered as their team scored a goal. [...]
“If we take nature for our guide, we shall never go astray.” -Cicero It can only be described as experiencing the future while travelling to the past… At least that’s how it felt the second we arrived at Le Baluchon Éco Villégiature, Québec’s premier eco-tourism resort. Nestled on 1,000 pristine Canadian acres tucked directly [...]
“Let’s go surfing now. Everybody’s learning how. Come on and safari with me. Da na na na na na na” We danced our way into Maeva Surf to the sounds of my daughter and I belting out all of the surfing songs we could think of. While we have been lucky enough to try [...]
The four of us sat around the dinner table all talking at once. We left Sky Venture—our indoor skydiving Montreal experience—hours before, but the adrenaline was still surging through our veins. As we all attempted to share our excitement at the same time, each one of us still buzzing with the thrill of flying, [...]
