We were in Manhattan over the Labour Day weekend to attend the anniversary party of a good friend. She and her husband married last September, but waited until this year to throw an amazing party, held at Top of the Garden on West 30th Street. This was my second trip to NYC, and like the…
Le Reservoir Baskatong (Quebec)
It’s a bit of a Canadian cliché to camp or go “up to the cottage” in the summer. Personally, I hate camping in a tent (the bugs, the musty sleeping bags, walking a mile to the filthy showers and scary toilets…) and suffered through enough summer camping trips as a child that I was convinced I hated…
Boston
The Boston Marathon is an elite, gruelling event for which participants must qualify in order to enter. Categories are divided by gender and age, and runners may use their finishing times from various international “Boston qualifier” marathons. The qualifying times are strict—right down to tenths of a second. D has participated in two Boston Marathons…
Verdun, France
On Wednesday the 13th, we rented a car in Reims and drove to Verdun to visit the battlefields (Champs de Bataille) of the Battle of Verdun, a terrible and prolonged WWI battle waged between the French and German armies between February and December, 1916. According to what we learned at the Memorial Musee de Verdun…
Reims, France
We escaped rainy Paris for frigid Reims on Tuesday the 12th, using the super fast TGV (high speed train). Reims is located in the Champagne-Ardenne region so, naturally, we were anxious to visit one of the champagne caves! The city adheres to the French system wherein all businesses close for two hours between noon and…
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