Ramona stares out the window and pauses before answering my questions about The Craftsman Restaurant that is going on 26-years-old in December. It's a cottage country institution and she's ruminating about how things have changed since the beginning. (Located on highway 28 South in Paudash-- the small town just before Bancroft). Breakfast: smoked salmon burrito with capers and homefries. Drool.
Killarney Park in Ontario is the place to hike. From a couple hours to day hikes to a full eight day hike around the Park--just don't show up in sneakers.
Cranberry Bog Trail in Killarny Park, Canada.
I ask my travel writing students a question every year: how many of you have been to a national park in Canada? I once had two hands go up.
I found out she was from Zagreb-- in my opinion already a really cool city. "This city is so alive and creative," she says.
I have never been to a place that has effected me more. I will try to explain why.
The Old Town called Bascarsija.
"So, are there still only 18 residents?" I ask the woman at the souvenir shop in Hum, Croatia (smallest town in the world). "Oh no, we're 24 now!" In her shop I bought, and sneaked home,...
In a quiet cathedral in Sorrento Italy, 5-year-old Harry Poitras drops to his knees in the pew, clasps his hands, and prays: “Please God, make there be something besides spaghetti and pizza on the menu.”
Luckily, gladiator school, biking in Borghese Park in Rome, making homemade pasta and playing in seaside playgrounds make Italy an affordable and historical trip with bambinos.
This post is dedicated to Ray. Yes, I am in the final week of a two month long trip. I should have come home a few weeks ago. Really. I am tired. I have not pooed in...
Along the paved road 23 kilometers of steep switchbacks, which took me THREE HOURS, there are stone homes from about 1,000 years ago--farmers. Amazing.