There is a lot of street art in Montreal. Huge wall murals, miniature stencil paintings, sketches and tags are everywhere. It's easy to find Montreal's street art and well-worth doing… read more

Of the four days I spent in Toronto, three of them included visits to Kensington Market. It's fair to say I enjoyed some moments of happiness there.It was the perfect walking distance from my hotel that was wedged on the cusp of the CBD in the main shopping district read more

"But I thought the cupcakes were like, over?" One of my fellow travellers said as we stood inside Dlish, a cupcake boutique in Toronto's West Queen West.I then slapped her around the face and told her to stop this crazy talk, right now!No, I didn't do that. Read more

My expectations for Quebec City were high. I anticipated history, charm, character all perfected with a French flair and pout of the lips. I enjoyed all of this and more. The more was romance wrapped up in fairytale style buildings, cobbled streets that I fail to associate with North America read more

Today's #MusicMonday is a very special collection of not one but eleven tracks, all by Canadian artists. It should be fairly obvious why I've done this, but in a nut shell it will hopefully celebrate and serve as a lovely reminder of the time I've spent in Canada. I can't read more

And thus I have nearly reached the end of my first fling with Canada. I feel I can summarise it well in the following way; it was in Toronto that Canada caught my eye and held my attention, it was in Montreal that we shared our first kiss, and it is read more

On the first day it rained. Forming first impressions of a place being showered upon is challenging. All you can see, smell and feel is the rain. But through the rain and the swish-clunk of the window wipers that swayed in front of me I started to see and learn read more

Once upon a time there was a Bird who couldn't fly. She knew this well but didn't find it stopped her living a wonderful life full of flight. One day this Bird was told that she was going to go up the CN Tower and walk around it freely and read more

Toronto, you have a nice airport, and an efficient one too. I glided through border control, baggage reclaim and customs with ease and speed. It's always pleasant to be introduced to a new destination and  a new-to-me country in that way.I also think I met one of your biggest read more