The Trapp Family Lodge began welcoming guests to what was originally a 27-room family home in 1950. Later the lodge expanded, establishing itself as one of the oldest Nordic centres in the United States and the largest in Stowe.
Fireworks: Canadian restaurants creating innovative menus around wood-fire ovens
Featured in Travel Life Magazine in April 2017 Acclaimed chefs at restaurants across the country are literally playing with fire. This is not so much a new trend as it is an old tradition. Inspired by the mystique, the romance and the warmth of open flames, chefs are casting aside traditional gas and electrical appliances Continue Reading
Pastry School in Old Montreal
Staring through a patisserie window at a fancy cake draped in fondant with chocolate shavings and ribbons of icing is like gazing at a Botticelli.
Kitchener Weekend Getaway – It’s Worth the Drive
Kitchener. Not so sexy, you say? I beg to disagree.
A Buffalo Arts and Crafts Girls’ Getaway
As the birthplace of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the U.S., the Roycroft Campus just outside Buffalo is a place where handcrafted workmanship is privileged over mass production, and where you will find beauty without the excessive ornamentation of the Victorian era.
Travel Trends: What Will Be Hot for 2017
The most buzzed about travel trends for 2017
Get the Sugar Shack Experience in the Chaudière Appalaches Region of Quebec
Featured in travelife.ca in March 2017 After a long drive along quiet back roads and a darkening sky, we finally turned off the pavement, and into the gravel driveway of a small cabin off to the side of the road. A warm yellow glow ushered us inside, like fireflies seduced by bright light. We had Continue Reading
Exploring Vancouver Island with the Family
If I had three words to describe Vancouver Island, they would be green, rugged and wild.
Club Med Ixtapa Pacific: A Tropical Playground
Featured on parentscanada.com on April 4, 2017 By Diana Ballon with Antonia Eckley on April 04, 2017 “Breathe in and out like the waves, with strength and energy,” says Mo, the fitness instructor who is leading the 9:00 a.m. yoga class here at the Club Med in Ixtapa on the Pacific coast of Mexico. “Respira con Continue Reading
Why Twenty Valley Should Be on Wine Drinker’s Travel Lists
Featured on lacartemag.com on June 7, 2016 Why Twenty Valley should be on wine drinkers’ travel lists by DIANA BALLON Twenty Valley, home to country roads that link the small towns of Grimsby, Beamsville, Vineland, Jordan and St. Catharines on the south shore of Lake Ontario, is a region that many consider a hidden gem — Continue Reading