Canada
When I close my eyes and memorize my childhood, I remember climbing up on trees, sitting in a cozy tree house, looking out for squirrels to visit my new home, being totally at one with nature. I often thought back of those happy days before stumbling across a special hotel on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Finally my dream of a tree house could become true – Travelettes style of course.
Staying at the Free Spirit Spheres in Qualicum …
I hereby declare, that I love the city of Vancouver. Ranking 5th on Mercer’s 2012 Quality of Living, just after Munich and before Düsseldorf – the higher than any other Northern American city, there are definitely several reasons to support my love.
After visiting California in 2009, travelling to British Columbia was my first visit to the Americas in 3 years. Not knowing too much about Canada, I wondered how it …
The switching from English to French mid sentence, the knowledge that there is a secret city underneath my feet, an all-night market and a whole area of the city dedicated to festivals; there can be no denying that there was something truly special about Montreal. Indeed the city left a lasting impression on me thanks to its eclectic neighbourhoods, its cycling culture – it’s the birthplace of the Bixi public bike …
Last summer, somewhere between graduating from university and committing to a 9 to 5 lifestyle for the next 5 years I decided to get out. Out to a place full of breathtaking nature yet vibrant with culture and modern lifestyle. It didnÄt take me a long time to decide on a place – I wanted to discover Canada. My particular focus was on British Columbia and the two months I …
I should be honest and say that the alternative working title for this post was and in many ways still is “Stalking Jared Leto in Toronto.” Such was my excitement at hearing he was in town at the same time as me presenting his film Artifact, which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival. Within moments of landing at Toronto Pearson I’d seen news reports that Jared had already walked down the …
‘Tipping Barrels’ is a a documentary which uniquely combines surfing and environmental journalism, following surfers Arran and Reid Jackson on a trip into the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, where they learn more about the region and the issues confronting it.”, says the description of this documentary.
And what does it teach us?
In a cooperation with PacificWild, a non-profit conservation organization, Ben Gulliver created a …
