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Canada + Food = YUM!!!

Posted on July 30, 2014

I’ve never dedicated an entire blog post to the food I’ve eaten during my travels…until now. I experienced some amazing restaurants and food during the two weeks I recently spent traveling through Canada and I just had to share more about them! Now, I typically eat very healthy while I’m home, but I will definitely splurge a bit when I travel. During this particular trip, I really tried to keep up the healthy eating for the first week, but finally threw in the towel by the second week. Oh well. You win some, you lose some. 🙂 Okay, time to share more about one of my favorite subjects: food! 😀 My Canadian adventure actually started in Youngstown, NY where my Aunt Georgann and I stayed while we visited Niagara Falls.…

Celebrating Canada Day In Ottawa (Continued)

Posted on July 14, 2014

Being in a nation’s capital during a national holiday is so much fun!!! And now that I had been rightly informed that Ottawa is the capital of Canada, I was very excited to be there for the Canada Day festivities a couple of weeks ago! As my Aunt Georgann and I headed to Parliament Hill in the morning, nearly everyone we passed on the street was wearing red and white (including us!). We had plans to stop by Prinzo Cafe Patisserie along the way to pick up another one of their amazingly delicious multi-grain croissants we had had the day before (which I obviously can’t stop talking about), but unfortunately, they were closed. Sadness! Many, if not most, businesses in Canada close for this national holiday. We made it to Parliament Hill…

Celebrating Canada Day in Ottawa

Posted on July 10, 2014

Raise your hand if you knew that Ottawa was the capital of Canada. I’m sorry to say that until I was actually in Ottawa last week, I had no idea it was the capital of the country. I thought it was the capital of Ontario, but that honor actually goes to Toronto. Ah, well…at least I learned something new. 🙂 And what better place to be during the national day of Canada than the nation’s capital? It’s like being in Washington, DC on the 4th of July. So much fun! My Aunt Georgann and I continued our Canadian vacation by traveling from Niagara Falls to Ottawa. We pretty much spent an entire day making our way northeast by train. I haven’t been on a train since my last trip…

A Beautiful Journey Blog’s One Year Anniversary!

Posted on July 1, 2014

One year ago today, I posted my first blog post. I chose to write about my trip to Vancouver, Canada without realizing at the time that July 1st is Canada Day. And now, one year later, I’m actually in Canada on Canada Day! I will definitely be writing more about my current adventures in this country, but for now I’m going to take a moment to celebrate my one-year “blogiversary”! 🙂 Over this past year, whether my posts have been frequent or not-so-frequent, I’ve come to realize again and again just how much I love to write! I especially love to write about things I’m passionate about and one of those things is most definitely travel. I just want to see as much of this…