Category: Canada
Hotel Review: Rimrock Resort; Banff, Canada
The first thing you notice about the Rimrock Resort Hotel is the view. Driving up the long, winding mountain road to reach the resort, the view is largely hidden by the tall thin pine trees which line both sides of the road. Suddenly, the resort opens up before you. It looks simple from the front…
Alberta Perfection
A few weeks ago, B & I spent some time in Alberta exploring Calgary & the Canadian Rockies. I was there to write a guide for Travel Alberta, but ended up falling madly in love with the area, especially Banff & Jasper National Parks. No sponsored, planned, tourism board promoted trip (as this one was) could match…
Casa Loma
Do you ever dream of being so rich that you could afford to build your own castle? For Toronto businessman Sir Henry Mill Pellatt (whose claim to fame is building the first Canadian hydro-generating plant at Niagara Falls), that dream became a reality. Sir Pellatt made his mansion dreams come true when he built Casa Loma. This castle…
Khao San Road
When I told people we were headed to Toronto & looking for good ethnic food, everyone said the same thing: “you must go to Khao San Road – it’s the best thai I’ve had outside of Thailand.” The real Khaosan Road is an actual street in Bangkok, Thailand – a stretch of neighborhood that is vibrant,…
Chantecler
A 15 minute, not-inexpensive cab ride took us from the towering glass skyscrapers of Toronto’s financial district to the slightly more grimy, still developing neighborhood of Parkdale & Queen Street West. Among the boarded up windows & dark corners, hip boutiques, art galleries & new restaurants dot the street. A little out of our comfort…
Hotel Review: Hotel le Germain, Toronto
I was already familiar with the Germain Hotel family from my stay at the Hotel Le Germain Maple Leaf Square in June during TBEX. So when B & I headed to Toronto in November for a belated anniversary trip, I knew just where I wanted to stay: their original boutique property, the Hotel le Germain.…
