By, Jan RossYou know what? There are no overweight people in Amsterdam. At least, none that we saw in our journeying around today. That's probably because virtually everyone in Amsterdam rides a bicycle. There are approximately 750,000 people living in Amsterdam and over 1,000,000 bicycles....
By, Jan Ross The Auberge Bonaparte is one of those hotels. You know the ones I mean. Those hotels you see in movies and TV shows, those hotels that you enter through a discreet and classy door on a hidden side street into an intimate and beautifully furnished...
by, Jan Ross The lights of Montreal sparkled like a giant, multi-hued gemstone necklace thrown over the city but they paled in comparison to the golden lights of the Casino de Montreal as we pulled up in our taxi. Located on the shore of the St....
By, Jan Ross Montreal is a big city and we only had a few days to see as much as possible. So, since we were limited on what we could do, I'm very glad we ended up staying at the Auberge Bonaparte in Old Montreal. We...
by, Jan Ross I must say, I am pretty pleased with myself. We managed to get from the Montreal Tower all the way back to the lovely Auberge Bonaparte on the Metro - and we only took one train going the wrong way! Score! To his...
by, Jan Ross When you drive from the Montreal airport into Old Montreal, it's roughly like journeying from the 21st Century back to the 15th Century and into a story from Grimm's Fairy Tales. Aside from the people strolling the streets in skinny jeans clutching cups...
by, Jan Ross Today I do the final packing for our fabulous wine-tasting river cruise with AmaWaterways. One more day to make sure I have thought of absolutely everything I might possibly need. Make-up? Check. Vitally important hair products? Check. Clothes, jewelry, shoes? Check, check, check....
by, Jan Ross I sent an email to a tourism board the other day about a trip that we have planned in April and then added a copy to one of the many email folders I have created to keep track of all my trip planning....