If you had to sum up your most amazing travel experiences in just seven photos, could you do it? We’re talking narrowing down years — decades! — of travel into just seven shots? For the avid traveler, this is nearly an impossible task. You have thousands of photos, each carrying with it priceless memories. How [...]

We knew it would be fun, a great long-weekend getaway, but we hadn’t expected Montreal to be so … well, enchanting. Don’t get me wrong. We certainly encountered the unexpected and downright quirky in Montreal, including but not limited to Darth Vader, Predator, and some very creative and expressive street art. But overall, this city [...]

It’s known the world over as both the “city of festivals” and the “city of a hundred steeples,” with enough character and culture to compete with any European city. But did you know that Montreal, located in the Canadian province of Quebec, has quite the rich history as well? We’ll be the first to admit [...]

New York has its corned beef. Philadelphia, its cheese steak. But what to eat in Montreal, you may ask? That’s easy — smoked meat! What exactly is “smoked meat” ? Smoked meat is a Montreal tradition dating back well over 80 years. It’s pretty simple, really. It’s a kosher-style deli meat that is salted and [...]

Celine Dion got married there. Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass there. But pop star romances and papal visits were not exactly why we wanted to visit Montreal’s Basilique de Notre Dame. Located on Rue Notre Dame in the heart of Vieux Montreal (the Old Town), the Basilica of Notre Dame is one of the [...]

The rolling countryside of rural Vermont is known for producing stunning landscapes, rich fall foliage, and some darn good maple syrup. Recently, however, we found there is much more to enjoy — and consume — in this tiny New England state than we ever thought possible. Here are our 7 picks for how to enjoy [...]

Visiting the Olympic sites and hiking the Adirondacks can leave any visitor to Lake Placid in dire need of a good beer. We were, of course, no exception. Our days snowshoeing through the woods and checking out the Olympic history of the town left us in desperate need of refreshment. So when we heard that [...]