Beaming with the confidence of a seasoned traveler who has spent the past twelve years flying back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean, I swore that “everything was under control”. I’m taking this back.
Browsing Category Adventures Around The World
A Very Last–Minute Decision – Christmas in France!
I never go to France for the Holiday Season. Except… except this year. I really need it.
An Artsy Sunday in Montreal With Baby Mark
We checked out of the bedbugs hotel (yay!) hopefully leaving the insects behind (RIP dead bug on white sheets… I still have your picture!). The plan was to explore McGill University and its famous campus but we got sidetracked.
Bad Luck Day in Montreal
For some reasons, we always have a hard time “mastering” Montreal. It should be easy: it’s a first-world city, a blend of North American and French influences, it’s close to Ottawa… and yet, we always seem to run into minor annoyances—which doesn’t happen to us when we travel to, let’s say, Toronto.
Chalet du Mont Royal and Montreal’s Skyline
Our first evening in the city had started off pretty well. After checking in at the “hotel from hell” (which, at that point, was just a regular bed bugs-free hotel as far as we knew), we decided to make the most of the remaining daylight. We headed to Mont Royal, the hill west of downtown Montreal, to which it gave its name.
Bed Bug at the Montreal Airport Travelodge Hotel!
I wasn’t expecting a place like a Travellodge Hotel (not fancy but decent) to have bed bugs.