Category: Travel

I was able to drive out to just outside Cornwall and check out the total eclipse. It was neat to see; the 3PM sky took on a colour I had never seen before, the birds were chanting as if it were morning, and you could see stars/planets in daylight. The rural roads there and back…

A month ago, I spent two weeks in France with my dad. We spent time in Paris, Nice, Marseilles, with day trips to Monte Carlo, Cannes and Èze. This was my third time in the country, but the first time outside of Paris. French as spoken by French-Canadians is difficult for people in France to…

Last week I landed in Las Vegas. This was my fourth time in the city, but it had been a decade since my last stint. Work was paying; it was my second off-site with the start-up I’m at. I got there a few days early and rented a car, a brand new Jeep Compass with…

On the first week of 2023, my friend Rita and I took to New Orleans. We started driving around midnight on January 1st, to get to Montreal for the 6am flight. As soon as we dropped in NOLA, we took a Lyft and directed the driver along the route of a Second Line Parade, a…

As summer 2022 comes to a close, I reflect on what has been the best one I’ve had yet. The move Four years ago, I had just gone through the breakup with Jean. I felt at the time that I wasn’t the person I wanted to be and that a move back downtown would be…

I’ve spent the last week in the Maldives. I was mostly in Malé with my partner, but also visited Villingili.

I just came back from a two week trip to Dublin, Lisbon, Madrid and Barcelona with my dad. We were in Ireland two weeks before Brexit when no deal had yet to be reached, and in the center of Barcelona’s mass demonstrations following the ruling against Catalan leaders. Dublin, Ireland Dublin was the first stop…

I just came back from my road trip across Canada, driving from Ottawa, Ontario to Terrace, British Columbia and then flying to Vancouver. I stayed there for 9 days before then flying back to Ottawa. It was my dream to drive across Canada, to see the prairies, to camp in British Columbia. I got to do all of that,…

A good friend and I trekked out over Thanksgiving weekend to Philadelphia to see an Aimee Mann concert. For regulars of this blog, you’ll know the friend as JT Alfons. We arrived to the hotel on Friday evening, headed out to Harrisburg for the concert that night. It was pouring rain and visibility on the…