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Sunday Special – Schnapps Trail, Germany’s Black Forest
If ya can’t travel yourself then celebrate those who are travelling. This week my sister and two of her friends returned to Canada after completing the northern route of the Camino de Santiago in Spain and the Black Forest Schnaps Trail in Germany. The Camino story will be showcased at a later date. Today will…
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Sunday Special – Fox Glacier & Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
Ice. Moving ice. Big moving ice. It can be found in various places on our planet. I usually associate it with the northern part of the world, however that is not the only side that has these magnificent glaciers. The south does too and today we’ll be looking at two which are found in New…
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Sunday Special – Northern BC, Canada
Hello! I am back at it. Thank you for your patience as I organized my life (which is still busy yet good). The mass craziness is almost over and despite the upcoming holiday season life is not as chaotic as it was before. I have settled into my new digs quite nicely. It is quiet…
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Sunday Special – Dettifoss Falls, Iceland
My apologies for not posting this yesterday. Since it is (Canadian) Thanksgiving today let’s consider it a Thanksgiving post :) To date, my only experience with Iceland has been a quick flight connection while enroute to Manchester, England. It was December and pitch black at 8:30 a.m. So of course this will have to change.…
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SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT – FITZROY TREK, PATAGONIA
I am not a die-hard hiker. Heck I rarely hike at all but am willing to do a nice trail that is a couple hours. I am much more a city girl. But there are many souls who love all that a challenging trek brings them – a stunning challenge in a dramatic natural playground.…
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SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT – ISLE OF SKYE
Moody, majestic, jagged, remote, stunning – all these words play around my head when I think of Scotland’s Isle of Skye. Although I have never been (yet) I imagine its beauty is remarkable. Although I may think it remote, the opposite is true. Found in the Inner Hebrides of the Scottish Highlands it is in…
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SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT – BAY OF FIRES, TASMANIA
Found on Australia’s island state of Tasmania is the Bay of Fires. The northeastern bay was so named by Tobias Ferneaux in 1773 when he spotted the beaches flecked with fires lit by the Aboriginals. Beginning in the south at Binalong Bay, this stretch of coastline reaches north to Eddystone Point. Unique orange lichen-stained rocks,…
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SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT – BRUCE PENINSULA
North America’s five freshwater Great Lakes are a wonder in themselves. Four of the five Great Lakes are shared between Canada and the USA (the fifth, Lake Michigan is in the USA in its entirety) and are the gateway to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the St Lawrence River. Many cities and towns are…
