The maple life The maple life

April 2013

I admit it: I have become a total nature-worshipper since I got to Vancouver…

canyon
  • 30 April, 2013
And so it would seem that I have become the kind of nature-worshiping hippy who drools with glee at the sight of FLOWERS and TREES. The rot set in during autumn when I found myself beaming...Read more...

Gulf Island Hopping Part 5: Hastings House, Salt Spring Island

canyon
  • 30 April, 2013
I knew I was going to love Hastings House before I even got there – how could I not? A boutique Relais and Chateaux hotel, in a Sussex-style farmhouse overlooking the sea, on an island...Read more...

Wine for Waves

canyon
  • 29 April, 2013
I’m a huge fan of the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise programme. I wrote about them for En Route – you can read here why it’s so crucial that we choose our seafood wisely....Read more...

Gulf Island Hopping Part 4: Flavours of Salt Spring Island

canyon
  • 22 April, 2013
The largest of all the Gulf Islands, the more I got to see of Salt Spring, the better I liked it. Not so small that you’d feel isolated, yet spacious and wild enough to let you feel that...Read more...

Gulf Island Hopping Part 3: Pender Island

canyon
  • 17 April, 2013
It’s as we cross the slender bridge which joins north and south Pender Island together, that I realise I really should have hired a car. I’d cheerily walked off the BC Ferry at Otter...Read more...

Gulf Island Hopping Part 2: Galiano Island – things to do

canyon
  • 14 April, 2013
  Grand Central I didn’t expect to stumble upon hipster central on Galiano Island, but clearly island living attracts a certain kind of cool. This diner/emporium would not be out of...Read more...

Gulf Island Hopping Part 1: Galiano Island

canyon
  • 14 April, 2013
My suitcase wheels crunched over the pebbles as I walked the short distance from the BC ferry dock to the Galiano Island Inn and spa, my first stop on a six-night island-hopping adventure around...Read more...

Feeling at home in Fairmont’s Charlevoix Chateau

canyon
  • 8 April, 2013
Out of all the things I imagined that I’d miss about home, one thing I didn’t anticipate missing was old buildings. Vancouver is such a modern city, it celebrated its 125th birthday...Read more...

All the fun of La Ferme

canyon
  • 7 April, 2013
Looking around, it was hard to believe I wasn’t in in a funky hotel in a major metropolis. Airy spaces, glass and natural materials, clean lines and bold colours screamed ultra-modern...Read more...

In which I’m mostly flat…

canyon
  • 4 April, 2013
Most of the time living here in Vancouver I feel like I’m on a great adventure. Every day brings a fresh discovery; I eat something I’ve never tried before, see birds I’ve never...Read more...
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