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Fort Levis No. 1 – Beware the Americans
This is the third of four posts I am writing about lesser known National Historic Sites in Quebec. The first featured Grosse Ile and the Irish Memorial while the second focused on the remains of Chateau Saint-Louis underneath Dufferin Terrace in Quebec City. In this one I’ll cross the St. Lawrence River and visit Fort […]
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Chateau Saint-Louis NHS – History Beneath Your Feet
This is the second of four posts I am writing on lesser known, but extremely important National Historic Sites in the Quebec City area. In the first post I visited Grosse Ile and the Irish Memorial NHS and learned about the 4 million + immigrants who first set foot on Canadian soil there, including my […]
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Grosse Ile NHS – Tragedy and Triumph
In the late 19th century my grandfather was brought by his mother and stepfather from County Antrim, Ireland to Canada. Since they settled in Nova Scotia, I always assumed that the point of entry was Halifax; until I visited the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. There, with the help of the museum’s genealogists, […]
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St. Ignace GC – Hole-by-Hole
Two of my last hole-by-hole posts came from Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers, two New Zealand courses that are rated in the top 100 in the world. So you might ask yourself why I’m doing a hole-by-hole on St. Ignace, a course that doesn’t even show up on the Tourism New Brunswick list of the […]
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Coromandel Peninsula – Simply Beautiful
Alas, this is my final post from the March 2025 trip to New Zealand, a country that now tops my list of favourite destinations. In the last post Alison and I spent four days in the Art Deco city of Napier where we enjoyed not only the amazing architecture, but great food and wine as […]
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Minto Internment Camp Museum
Almost 99% of Canadian men and women who served either at home or abroad during WWII are now deceased. Memories of that worst of all worldwide conflagrations have faded and I am grateful for people like my friends at Liberation Tours for doing all they can to ensure that the sacrifices that were made for […]
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Cape Kidnappers Hole-by-Hole
In the last post from New Zealand Alison and I explored the wonderful Art Deco city of Napier including visiting some of the Hawkes Bay wineries. In this post we’ll play Cape Kidnappers, one of the top golf courses not only in New Zealand, but in the world. It’s a beautiful morning and we’ve got […]
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Napier – New Zealand’s Art Deco City
In the last post from New Zealand Alison and I said good bye to our Adventures Abroad travelling companions as well as our tour leader and good friend Chris Tripodi as they headed for Australia while we flew to Wellington to continue our tour of the North Island. I described our time in Wellington in […]
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Mount Cook Flyover – Best Ending Ever
T.S.Eliot famously wrote that the world would end not with a bang, but with a whimper. Obviously he had never been on an Adventures Abroad tour which always aspires to end with a bang and this New Zealand tour is no exception. On this final post from the March 2025 tour, our group is going […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz