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Once Upon A Time in Vancouver : The 2018 Creation Entertainment OUAT Conference You probably all know the show that started in 2011 but we hadn’t heard of the ABC TV show “Once Upon A Time” until 2017 when we started watching it on Netflix. We were hooked from the beginning and started binge-watching 3 or 4 episodes every day once we started. It was in February 2018 when we were at season ...

Montreal Museums November 15-25, 2017 My mother never misses her Translator’s Convention in Montreal every November; it’s always the perfect excuse to get together and book a hotel room! We liked the Bonaventure Hotel so much on our previous trip that we booked a room for 10 nights. I love their beds and their feather pillows by Plume Canada. I loved them so much I ...

Toronto In September September, 2017 – Mama D had always wanted to go back to Toronto. We had been when I was 9, coming back from a visit with my uncle friends in Rochester NY but didn’t spend much time. This time we had 7 full days of visit. We met in Montreal where we stayed at our now favorite hotel; Hotel Bonaventure. While ...

Our Walt Disney World Trips Throughout the Years With fall just a few weeks away and the days getting shorter, I can feel the Walt Disney World nostalgia creeping in. Mama D and I are already talking about planning our next Orlando vacation but we have to pace ourselves and try to focus on our upcoming trip in a couple of weeks. 2018 WDW Resort deals won’t be ...

6 Nights in Quebec City with Mama D Mama D had been wanting to visit Quebec City for a long time and we had a great 6 nights staying in a private apartment in Old Quebec. I flew there with a transfer in Montreal and took a short cab ride to our apartment. After dropping my bags I walked to the train station to welcome Mama D and ...

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalets – Orange Dami Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalets – Orange Dami : Dami with his rubber boots and hot seats ready to do a short canoe trip on the West Branch. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

A visit to Le Pays de la Sagouine Ever since coming to New Brunswick I have wanted to visit Le Pays de la Sagouine up in Bouctouche. On our trips to the dunes of Bouctouche and the Irving Gardens we have driven past the colorful island and it always seemed like a fun place to visit. DD had gone last summer with her mama and they really enjoyed it and so ...

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalets – West Branch High Water and Rocks Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalets – West Branch High Water and Rocks : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – West Side Dock Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – West Side Dock : We didn't have time to canoe this other side of Harry lake. Maybe in October on our next trip. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Morning Coffee at the Cascades Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Morning Coffee at the Cascades : Dami enjoying the waterfalls on a cool September morning More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Kingsbrae Garden in St. Andrews, New Brunswick Kingsbrae Garden is approximately 2.5 hours from Moncton and one hour from Saint-John. The entry fee is valid for 2 consecutive days. We spent 3 hours while we visited in late June. We had wanted to go for many years and we were finally there. We enjoyed everything but didn’t have enough time to visit the Café, the art gallery ...

Two Rivers Wildlife Park Cape Breton Island On our January visit to Cape Breton Island we realized that since it was the off season and winter it would be tough to find things to do beyond winter hiking or snowshoeing in Highlands National Park so we took a drive from our cabin near Baddeck and drove to the Two Rivers Wildlife Park south of Sydney, Nova Scotia. The ...

Nova Scotia – Annapolis Historic Gardens – Dami walking to the marsh Nova Scotia – Annapolis Historic Gardens – Dami walking to the marsh : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Scratching the Surface of the Fundy Shore in Nova Scotia The Fundy shore of Nova Scotia has so much to discover and explore. Stretching from Amherst to Digby, it is one of the biggest regions of the province. Our visit consists of two days in early June and our starting point is The Coastal Inn Hotel in Sackville, New Brunswick. We had a planned itinerary but as usual we made ...

Signal Hill Bedrock Signal Hill Bedrock : The fog was thick and the sun was sinking so it was getting dark and eerie on Signal Hill and the bedrock made a nice contrast to the cool foggy air. More pictures across Canada in our Canadian Places Photo Gallery

Tidnish Dock Provincial Park – Early Budder Tidnish Dock Provincial Park – Early Budder : What is this? It was the only tree that was starting to grow leaves, and so early! More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

A Few of My Favorite Travel Things by DD These are a few of my favorite things I bring whenever and wherever I travel. I bought this Silk pillow case last year after Auntie J told me the wonders of sleeping on a silk pillow case. I was a little disappointed at first for paying 50$ because the description didn’t say it was 50% cotton but it is on the ...

Swimming With Dolphins in Cayo Guillermo, Cuba One of the highlights of my trip to Cuba was the swim with the dolphins at the Delfinario Cayo Guillermo. A little train picked us up from the Resort in Cayo Guillermo and drove us the short drive to the dolphinarium which is located in a natural mangrove area and has a visitors area and café as well as a ...

Nova Scotia – Annapolis – Fort Anne Historic Site Museum Nova Scotia – Annapolis – Fort Anne Historic Site Museum : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Picnic in the Nova Scotia Snow Picnic in the Nova Scotia Snow : At our Christmas Vacation in the cabin on Cape Breton Island we went for a picnic walk in the woods and stopped to enjoy some hot soup! So romantic! More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Dami, Vibe & Chalet #4 Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Dami, Vibe & Chalet #4 : Our Salsa vibe matches the color of the chalet; it is meant to be in this driveway! We are coming back! Sooner the better. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Upper Clements Wildlife Park – Bobcat Nova Scotia – Upper Clements Wildlife Park – Bobcat : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Joggins Fossil Cliffs The Joggins Fossil Cliffs is a museum type modern exhibit with a guided 30 minute beach walk included in the admission price. It took 12 years to build the Unesco site which opened its doors to the public in 2008, but to nature, millions of years to prepare it. Here, erosion from the twice daily high tides is a fortunate ...