For those of you who don’t already know this, I’m a seafood-eating vegetarian, officially known as a pescetarian. Eating out can often get boring when even the most extensive menus only give me a choice of salmon or halibut. So when a hip downtown restaurant invites you to try out their new veggie-heavy menu, you [...]
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Canadian Flights: WestJet vs. Air Canada
I’ve spent my whole summer travelling through Canada on both of the two Canadian airlines: WestJet and Air Canada. There are quite a few differences between the two and below I’ve broken them down into my own comparisons below. Air Canada: In-flight movies are free, on-demand and on private seatback screens (no live TV). WestJet: [...]
Alberta
Fairmont Banff Springs Mineral Pool & Restaurant
The best way I could think of to heal my bruised knee from today’s horseback riding incident, was to head to the mineral pool at the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel, in Alberta, Canada. I hopped into my swimsuit and headed to the pools that I hoped would cure me ($69 CAD a day for hotel [...]
Alberta
Banff Hot Springs and Horseback Riding, Alberta
I’m a big fan of hot springs, whenever, wherever. From Lake Louise, the group of us made our way to Banff, Alberta, where a dip in the Banff hot springs was in order. The Banff Upper Hot Springs is a public pool that gets well used. For $7.30 CAD plus $1.90 for a towel rental, [...]
Alberta
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada
A thrilling helicopter tour over the Rocky Mountains in Alberta needs an activity on ground level to balance it out. We were staying at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise hotel, and, after checking in, we went for a hike. A packed lunch from the hotel had us feeling a little bit pretentious. Neatly packaged into [...]
Alberta
Helicopter Tour Over the Rocky Mountains, Alberta
An early exit from the Jasper Brewing Company was essential last night, as it was an early start to get to Lake Louise, Alberta. On the way, though, there was a helicopter tour with our names on it. We were meeting up with two other travel writers at Icefield Helicopter Tours, but when we got [...]
