The weather has been pretty crazy here; the city seemed to come to a complete halt yesterday due to freezing rain the night before. Transit was spotty, roads and sidewalks were slippery, and everything was caked in a layer of ice. Despite this, Ewan and I headed to the west-side of the city to take…
Every year our dear friends Jason and Kaileah host an epic holiday meal where they make delicious entrees for a whole host of guests. It’s always been special to get together and enjoy the holiday season. As 2013 winds down, this year’s annual event marked significant changes for our regular gang. Aside from us being…
Work took me up to Ottawa for the last week of November which was fantastic as it afforded me the opportunity to stay with my relatives and get to spend some quality time with them. The visit kicked off with the Grey Cup (my grandfather is a rabid Saskatchewan Roughriders fan…he was pleased as punch…
The ‘ABC’s of Travel’ was apparently a hip blog post theme for travel blogs last year; here is our crack at it! A. Age you went on your first international trip: Em: 5 to the US, 18/19 to Germany Ew: not sure what age I first went to the US I’m guessing 5 or…
One of my favourite things about living in downtown Toronto is the multitude of amazing food joints. There are so many hip and trendy restaurants with amazing dishes that people will wait hours for (in the cold!). It seems that every neighbourhood has at least one gem, with dishes touted in the local papers and…
In January I had a weekend work trip to Kingston Ontario which enabled us to go out and enjoy the second. It was my second ever visit there and Ewan’s first. On my first trip there I fell in love with the city; it’s place in Canada’s history, the beautiful old buildings and the unique…
Our last day in China was nice and relaxed. We headed to Beihei Park to and slowly paced ourselves amidst the heat and other tourists. We had set out late in the day so resolved to get a late lunch but had a hard time finding many places until we came upon an area to…
Towards the end of our stay in China, we had more free time as we had made sure to hit all the major tourist sites we wanted to see earlier (in case anything came up). Due to that reason we had a nice day where we headed to Lama Temple. We timed it perfectly, because…
Midway through our stay in Beijing we switched to another hostel that was a bit pricier but a nice treat. The hostel, Fly by Night, was in a hard to find hutong but central in Beijing (walking distance to Tiananmen Square). It was relatively small with your choice of dorms or private rooms and best…
The Summer Palace is one of those must visit sites in Beijing. We gave ourselves a day to commit touring it knowing it was huge, and we were pooped before we could cover every inch. But it was stunning and would only have been better if it wasn’t as hot! After the Summer Palace we…