Canada

UN PEU DE FRANCE AU CANADA Quebec province on the eastern side of Canada is the biggest province in Canada and is also referred to as French Canada due to French being its official language. I spent a week here exploring the two biggest and most exciting cities, Montreal and Quebec City! First, Montreal, the…

NOVA SCOTIA Nova Scotia – better known by the locals as “Our World by the Sea”. I flew on a charter airline that operates a non-stop service from Gatwick – handy, and extremely comfortable. Six-and-a-half hours later and we had arrived in Halifax. Halifax is lively and cosmopolitan, with its dazzling array of shops, restaurants…

WINTER TIME IN QUEBEC  My feelings were a mix of nerves and excitement as I arrived at the Air Canada desk for my trip to French Canada. But as soon as I met up with my group of fellow travel agents, I relaxed and I knew we were going to have a lot of fun!…

AIR TRANSAT TO CANADA I enjoyed a great visit at Gatwick to see an Air Transat A330-300 aircraft just before it was due to leave for Vancouver. The aircraft was modern and the cabins looked very sleek with its new mood lighting. Air Transat offer reasonably priced flights to Canada and have recently refurbished all…

SNOWY ADVENTURES IN ALBERTA  What a prospect! I love skiing, so I was very excited to be invited to try the Canadian slopes. We left from Gatwick, with Westjet. The no frills service in economy is ‘no frills’, but you can use your own tablet to access films and music via the Westjet App, for…

D’YE KEN NOVA SCOTIA? OCH AYE I DO!  I set off from Heathrow on a beautifully sunny, autumn day from Terminal 2 – The Queen’s Terminal – with Air Canada. I was lucky to be invited to the Air Canada lounge (strictly for business and first class passengers!) it’s conveniently near the gates, has large…

NOVA SCOTIA AND NIAGARA FALLS A Canadian Conference with a difference, just a six and half hour flight with Air Canada from the UK brought me to the East Coast of Canada, Halifax the gateway to the Atlantic Provinces. It was September and a perfect time to visit. Halifax has the world’s second largest natural…

BONJOUR QUEBEC ET LES COULEURS MAGNIFIQUE DAUTOMNE How lucky I was to be amongst the beautiful Fall Colours in Quebec in October! At this time of year Quebec is a heady concoction of colours and fragrances ~ the forests are alive ….. reds, yellows and oranges. Did you know? The sugar content in the Maple…

WINTER WONDERLAND IN WHISTLER I had never been skiing, but I was going to try… in British Columbia, Canada!! I flew Canadian Airlines from Heathrow, and, although there is a direct service straight to Vancouver, I flew to Calgary for a plane change. This makes clearing customs a little bit easier, and it gave me…

GETTING WET IN ONTARIO I was really looking forward to my first trip to Canada when I set off to catch my Air Transat flight, which very conveniently left from Gatwick direct to Toronto. After an excellent night’s sleep at the Comfort Suites, armed with our ‘Passport to Toronto Attractions’, we boarded the Gray Line Hop…