Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver makes a great half day trip from downtown. You’ll feel like you’re far away from the city after just a thirty minute bus ride or drive. The park is along the shores of Howe Sound and, as with Lighthouse Park, you’ll get great mountain views as well as of the island…
Planning a trip to Australia and looking for an Australia holiday itinerary? Consider this your guide to one week in Sydney and the surrounding area. This itinerary is a copy of our 1 week in Sydney that we took when I won two free return flights to Sydney. Despite the fact that I was weirdly…
Once hiking season is over and the campsites switch to ‘winter season’ after Canadian Thanksgiving it’s time to get planning the ski season! Bike stores in Vancouver are now ski shops selling new skis, boots and all the accessories you’ll need to pack for a day of skiing. In Vancouver, skiing is something we take…
If you’ve been reading my blog for some time you’ll know that up until February 2017 I lived in the UK. Then in February, I left the UK for Canada on a Canadian Working Holiday Visa (also referred to as the IEC – International Experience Canada visa). I spent 6 years living in Vancouver (eventually…
Earlier this year on our road trip across America I discovered several apps I’d never heard of before. These apps became things we’d use every single day on our road trip. They helped us plan our road trip, save money, make long drive days (like that 6 hour highway drive from Florida, through Alabama and Mississippi…
You don’t have to go far from Vancouver to find quiet beaches and secluded spots. Heck, you don’t even have to leave downtown (just go exploring Stanley Park and you can find a trail that with no-one else on it!). There are numerous beaches, woods, mountains and more to see in Vancouver and the surrounding…
You know how I was almost boasting about the fact I’d had a pretty endless summer and couldn’t understand why people said it rained so much in Vancouver? Well, I take it all back. ALL of it. I have never experienced so much rain in a week as I did last week in Vancouver. I…
When my husband and I took a seaplane flight over Vancouver not long after moving there, we saw a lighthouse surrounded by trees. It looked as though the lighthouse would offer great views of Burrard Inlet and over to Vancouver so we decided to find out if, and how, we could get over there on…
The Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco go hand in hand. You can’t think about one without thinking about the other. If you’re visiting San Francisco and want to see the bridge then the good news is it’s very easy to do so. You can see the bridge from so many places throughout the city….
Is Quarry rock hike open?: THE QUARRY ROCK TRAIL IS OPEN (March 2023) One of the best things about living in Vancouver is that there are SO many hikes nearby. You don’t even have to travel far to get there. Over the 6 years we spent living in Vancouver, hiking became our favourite activity and…