Tag: Canada
Le Boreal: A French small cruise ship experience
A passenger boarding Le Boreal is instantly immersed in French language, culture and cuisine, beginning with the welcome from the ship’s captain and his officers, all of whom hail from France. Shipboard announcements and lectures are routinely delivered in both French and English. Even the mandatory muster drill on the first day offers non-French-speaking passengers…
Over 65? Your Age Opens Doors at the Edmonton Folk Festival
If you’re over the age of 65 and want to take a last-minute summer getaway, you may want to take advantage of the special seniors-only offer at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Not surprisingly—with star performers like Bonnie Raitt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, David Bromberg, and Emmylou Harris on the program this year—tickets for the festival…
An ice cream cone worth the trip: A ferry ride away at Vieux-Levis, Quebec
It’s not surprising that many tourists’ memories of Quebec are gastronomical. I added another one after visiting Vieux-Levis (Old Levis), a city on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence. A friend at home insisted that my husband and I visit Glacerie a L’Europeenne, an ice cream shop with seductive soft-serve. So we took a mid-morning…
Quebec City is a place to love in any season
Last summer, my husband and I decided to retrace the route we had once taken to the Canadian border. Ten years ago, our son was a young hockey player and we were driving him from our home in New York to a tournament in Québec City. This time there were only two of us in…
Traveling with multiple cameras, we try not to miss any what-once-were Kodak moments. My husband and travel companion, Jerry, took most of the photos on the site using a 
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