Tag: Food

Day trip to Ottawa and our last day in Montreal

ByTravelling Minion April 12, 2019 0 Comments
Ottawa Since we were on this side of the country, Gimpy and I decided we wanted to day trip to Ottawa. We hadn't fully fleshed out our plans prior to arriving, but as our time in Montreal progressed we eventually settled on taking the early train from Montreal to Ottawa, to maximize our time in our nation's capital. We woke up at the unfortunate hour of 4:30 to take the subway to the train...

Montreal Part 2!

ByTravelling Minion April 5, 2019 0 Comments
Breakfast at Faberge Our plan today is to spend it with a friend from home who moved to Montreal for her studies. We'll call her Wanderlost! We made plans to have breakfast at a place Gimpy had found called Faberge. We tried to arrive early since we'd read it gets quite busy on the weekend. Thankfully we were seated within minutes, since it filled up very quickly afterwards, and by the time we...

First days in Montreal

ByTravelling Minion March 29, 2019 1 Comment
To Montreal! Since we were flying within Canada entry into the domestic terminal was simply a pass through the security lines. Thankfully, if you are a Trusted Traveller then you have a dedicated security screening lane at YVR, which both Gimpy and I were. With security a breeze we had an hour and a bit to kill before our flight was to board. So we spent it in the YVR Domestic Plaza Premium...

Planning for Montreal

ByTravelling Minion February 12, 2019 0 Comments
First Trip of the Year I'm about to leave on my first trip of the year! My first trip of 2019 will be to Montreal, Canada in February! I've been to Montreal before, albeit over a decade ago, so I was excited when the opportunity came up. Like I had mentioned in my 2018 Wrap up, I don't have many 2019 plans for travel. Flights and Accommodations And while this isn't exactly last minute, it did...

Looking back at Travelling Minion’s 2018

ByTravelling Minion December 31, 2018 1 Comment
It feels like 2018 has flown by! While I didn't go on as many trips this year, they were still pretty memorable and special ones! As the year draws to a close, I thought it'd be great to look back at some of the awesome adventures I was able to have this year! Korea and the Olympics I took my first trip of 2018 in February to South Korea. My main reason for the trip, was to visit the 2018 Winter...

Reflecting on Turkey & Croatia – Gimpy!

ByTravelling Minion December 24, 2018 0 Comments
Last but not least is Gimpy wrapping up with her thoughts on our Turkey and Croatia Trip.  I sent her a list of questions so she could share with us! If you're interested in reading Vino's thoughts click here. For my wrap up, click here. And if you want to read through the whole trip from beginning to end, please click here. My top 3 highlights of the trip Highlight #1: Hot air balloon ride!...