Tag: Canada

Day trip to Ottawa and our last day in Montreal

ByTravelling Minion April 12, 2019 0 Comments
Ottawa Since we were on this side of the country, Gimpy and I decided we wanted to day trip to Ottawa. We hadn't fully fleshed out our plans prior to arriving, but as our time in Montreal progressed we eventually settled on taking the early train from Montreal to Ottawa, to maximize our time in our nation's capital. We woke up at the unfortunate hour of 4:30 to take the subway to the train...

Montreal Part 2!

ByTravelling Minion April 5, 2019 0 Comments
Breakfast at Faberge Our plan today is to spend it with a friend from home who moved to Montreal for her studies. We'll call her Wanderlost! We made plans to have breakfast at a place Gimpy had found called Faberge. We tried to arrive early since we'd read it gets quite busy on the weekend. Thankfully we were seated within minutes, since it filled up very quickly afterwards, and by the time we...

First days in Montreal

ByTravelling Minion March 29, 2019 1 Comment
To Montreal! Since we were flying within Canada entry into the domestic terminal was simply a pass through the security lines. Thankfully, if you are a Trusted Traveller then you have a dedicated security screening lane at YVR, which both Gimpy and I were. With security a breeze we had an hour and a bit to kill before our flight was to board. So we spent it in the YVR Domestic Plaza Premium...

#TBT – Whistler

ByMinion-Chris May 10, 2018 1 Comment
Quick throwback to a family trip to Whistler last year! 2017 Family Whistler Trip In the summer of 2017, our family took a short trip to Whistler, BC for the Canada Day weekend. My parents have a timeshare there and so our accommodations were already taken care of.  After work and dinner, we all hopped in my car and made the scenic drive up the Sea to Sky highway towards Whistler. We arrived,...

Continental Minion! Checking all the Continents off the bucket list

ByMinion-Chris April 30, 2017 1 Comment
Visiting all Seven Continents With the completion of my recent trip to Australia, not only did I check Australia off the "visit list", but also hitting all seven continents from my bucket list as well. For as long as I can remember, stepping foot on all seven continents had always been at the top of my bucket list. And for the past several years, there was a focused effort to make that dream a...