Category: North America

The longer I’m a Canadian expat, the longer my list grows when people ask me: What is Canadian food? One example, I often share, is the strange concoction of celery, peanut butter, and raisins, a common kindergarten snack which most Canadian children are familiar with. It’s called it “Ants on a log”, for reasons you […]

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From Downtown: Horseshoe Canyon -(about 20 minutes drive)- Royal Tyrrell Museum -(about 10 minutes drive)-  The World’s Largest Dinosaur -(about 15 minutes drive)- Rosedale The Star Mine Suspension Bridge -(about 15 minutes drive) The HooDoos-(about 15 minutes drive) Drumheller travel information >> https://traveldrumheller.com/ Drumheller is a 90-minute drive north-east from Calgary, Canada. It produces the […]

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There is no city like Vancouver. Here’s how I describe it: imagine if Peter Pan identified as an LGBT vegan, who spoke Cantonese, smoked weed, and wore colorful tattooed sleeves — with “yoga sayings” and images of Dream Catchers. Other personifications may include dreadlocks, steampunk paraphernalia, an “ugly sweater”, and hipster traits (before they are […]

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Calgary, a rapidly changing “oil-town” city nestled between cowboy-prairies and the remarkable Rocky Mountains, can provide a very charming Canadian vacation. The time of year you visit, however, will largely determine what kind of trip you can expect. From late spring to fall (May-Oct), there are handfuls of outdoor nature activities, as well as ways […]

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