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Montmartre Cemetery – How to Enjoy A Self-Guided Tour
Montmartre Cemetery Montmartre Cemetery is one of the reasons we chose to stay in the Montmartre area on a recent trip to Paris. Here’s the view we had from our apartment. While Pere Lachaise cemetery gets all the publicity, Montmartre cemetery can more than hold its own in terms of famous burials, moody atmosphere and […]
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Saint Denis Basilica – The Best Way to Visit in the Other Paris
Prior to its terrible fire in 2019 everyone who went to Paris wanted to visit Notre Dame Cathedral, arguably the most famous church in the world, which also made it the most visited. While it was unquestionably beautiful to look at, there were simply too many people inside the church to really appreciate the interior. […]
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Hemingway in Paris – A Search with David Burke
It’s a a beautiful Spring day and I’m off in search of Ernest Hemingway in Paris with guide David Burke. Won’t you join us? Ernest Hemingway treated his children badly, his friends worse and his wives abominably, but he was one hell of a writer which is why I’ve been an admirer of his (well […]
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Montmartre – A Great Place to Chill Out in Paris. Here’s Why.
Our trip to Paris via the overnight Air Canada flight could not have gone smoother. Clearing customs was a breeze – France does not require entrants to fill out any advance documentation and apparently relies on the information encoded on your passport. I wish other countries would follow suit – who the hell knows the […]
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How to Find A Great Apartment in Paris Without Breaking the Bank
In the previous post I gave my reasons for returning to Paris after a fifty year absence and the things I hoped to see and do before joining the Liberation Tours journey from Paris to Amsterdam. In this post I’ll describe how I found a great apartment in Paris at a cost that was reasonable. […]
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Paris – Off to the City of Light to Join Liberation Tours
It’s been one hell of a winter here in Nova Scotia with record breaking (and back breaking) snowfall. It’s April 18th and there is still three feet of snow on large swathes of our lawn. Robins arriving back home have had a rude awakening as they discover that ice worms are not as plentiful or […]
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Visiting Barbados – How to Get the Most Out of Your Vacation
Barbados is one of the jewels of the Caribbean and has a veritable cornucopia of things to see, do and experience. I am continually amazed at how much better a vacation can be with just a little advance planning and the use of common sense. Here are my suggestions for getting the most out of […]
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Best Places to Eat in Barbados – 10 Recommendations
In February, 2015 I spent two weeks in Barbados and dined at some of the best restaurants in the Caribbean. However, best does not necessarily mean expensive – some of the most memorable meals were at beachside takeouts or out of the trunks of cars of local women catering to Bajan workmen. Here is my […]
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Le Massif, Quebec – Seven Reasons to Ski It and Love It
For decades I have made it a habit every winter to get my ass down to Quebec for some great skiing, Quebecois cuisine and share some of the joie de vivre that Quebecers have for winter. For the past twenty years or so it has been Alison and me, first skiing the better known hills like […]
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