This installment of our trip to Belgium and Germany 2016 is getting confusing… It’s the fourth and last in the series, so do we call it Germany – Part Eins (1) or Part Vier (4) – Trier And A Terrorist Sighting? Either way, bet you want to get to the terrorist bit – right? DON’T skip ahead…
The Outdoor Adventure Show makes its first cross-Canada stop in Toronto in less than a month – February 24-26, 2017 – at the International Centre. The Outdoor Adventure Show is Canada’s largest showcase of outdoor gear and adventure travel experiences. This year there will be over 300 exhibitors and more than 100 and adventure presentations! From camping to scuba diving, trekking the savannas of Africa to visiting the polar bears and seeing the Northern Lights, the show will offer plenty of inspiration for your next vacation, whether in Canada or beyond. See it! Do it! Live it! Try your luck and enter to win free tickets to the show (click the image to be redirected to our official Rafflecopter entry form), or order in advance with our exclusive promo code (Promo Code: TRAVELBLOG) and save $4 off the price of admission (click the image below to be redirected to the site). Learn more about the show at http://www.OutdoorAdventureShow.ca
It just got significantly easier to fly from Canada to a number of destinations across the Bahamas. Florida-based Silver Airways and Air Canada have announced the signing of an interline agreement, meaning travelers can purchase a single ticket to fly from Canada to a host of hard-to-reach islands in the Bahamas.
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE ICEWINE VILLAGE Queen Street, Niagara-On-The-Lake Niagara-on-the-Lake’s historic Queen Street transforms into an unforgettable winter wonderland as the town comes together to play their part in wine country’s annual celebration of Icewine. The Icewine will flow as the Wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake pour Canada’s liquid gold and the renowned Signature Kitchen Chefs will tempt your palate with savoury and sweet Icewine-inspired culinary creations. When it’s time to warm up your toes pop into one of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Landmark Shops. Admission to Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Icewine Village is free.
Well this article started out as one, but has turned into four! We hope you’re still with us. This is the last installment of our 2016 visit to Belgium (part 4 is Germany). If you missed our other installments here’s a link to each of them… Belgium – Home of Chocolate, Waffles… And Beer and Belgium – Part Deux. Airbnb, Towning, Waterfalls And Motor Racing Dinant (Pronounced Dinon) We said goodbye to terrific Airbnb host Phillippe, and set off for our next destination for the night: Dinant. Not only do we visit a unique cave system, but right just down the road a wee bit is a beer museum (see previous articles) and a really cool looking city right on the Meuse River that is birthplace of the saxophone.
Winter has arrived and it’s only a matter of time before we hear, see or read about massive flight delays and cancellations effecting numerous airports throughout Canada and the U.S. Every winter we see pictures of people sleeping on the floor of the airport, stranded with no place to go while they wait until the weather clears and they can continue their journey. We’ve put together some tips that we hope will help you survive the airport this winter…
Airports will be bursting to capacity over the next few days with people travelling around the world and across the continent visiting friends and family. Here are a few tips to help speed you through the dreaded security checkpoints along the way…
We’ve added the December Desktop Calendar. This month we take you back to Moriah Cay in Exuma, Bahamas for a stunning Caribbean sunset … no filter required! … we hope you like it! Visit our “Downloads” page for a full-size image.
Welcome to part two of our journey. If you missed part one here’s a link: Belgium – Home of Chocolate, Waffles… And Beer. Our Belgian holiday was going way better than expected. We arrived not really knowing very much about Belgium, and scouring the internet before leaving home just to find something to do in the Ardennes Region didn’t result in anything that seemed too exciting or even interesting – unless you love to hike and/or camp. After arriving we found Belgium beautiful and charming – definitely worth taking the time to visit whether on your way to or from another destination in Europe… or even as a destination of its own – just don’t rely on Belgian Tourism to help you along the way. Use TripAdvisor… or travel bloggers like us. Airbnb Before we even got to Belgium we needed to find a place to stay. Since we knew very little about the area, we had no idea if any of the hotels were any good – and how would we begin to sort …
When we decided to go to Belgium and Germany this year – first and foremost on our to-do list was to sample real authentic Belgian Chocolate – not the store-bought stuff, it HAD to be from a chocolatier. Second on the list was to try the beer and hopefully get a tour as well. Hoegaarden is one of the best beers you can buy, so drinking that while in Belgium would be a slam-dunk – right? Wrong, more on that later. Google is a wonderful thing because Belgian Tourism (country, town or region) has a long way to go when it comes to marketing to tourists – they don’t even have a Twitter account!! Every time we found something interesting and thought about finding more information, it was a dead-end as far as any tourism office website was involved. Thankfully Google and TripAdvisor filled in the requisite information satisfactorily and made it a wonderful trip.
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