by Jean Llewellyn | Mar 30, 2024 | Travel
Well, it’s been a while. Three-and-a-half years to be exact since my last blog. Sometimes you just run out of things to say, or lives are being reinvented or renovated and writing takes a back seat. In my case I’ll simply say ‘I was taking a...
by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 30, 2020 | Travel
A couple of weeks ago, during our sojourn in spectacular Banff, we took a leisurely morning stroll from our very comfortable suite at Buffalo Mountain Lodge, into downtown – which, by the way, provided some of the best lessons in social behaviour our two goldens have...
by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 13, 2020 | Travel
Six months ago, no one could have imagined the ongoing impact COVID-19 would have on our lives, and especially on some business sectors. This past week has certainly illustrated the seriousness of the pandemic on the hospitality industry, of which we’ve had...
by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 5, 2020 | Travel
So much has changed about this city, yet everything somehow seems so familiar! I think it’s the way new buildings have sprung up among the old, so there are still so many recognizable landmarks – although the GPS will come in useful this first week as we navigate new...
by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 4, 2020 | Travel
Today, we finally saw Ontario in our rear-view mirror, drove clear through Manitoba, and entered Saskatchewan. The Prairies – land of grain silos, thousand-acre fields (guesswork), and two-mile-long trains (true), of which we saw quite a few. However, to...
by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 2, 2020 | Travel
Well, I couldn’t move on from Wawa without some additional story lines about the Bates Motel (real name changed for obvious reasons). Sadly, the kindness of the owner’s uncle who checked us in, couldn’t overcome the abysmal room. Over the years, we’ve stayed in a few...
