The Polar Express: Can You Hear The Bell Ring?

Polar Express

After weeks of anticipation and hours in a car filled with shouts of “Are we there yet?”,  we (my two girls 6 & 7 years old, grandma & grandpa, and myself and husband) arrived at The Polar Express.  The Polar Express, just like the story, is a train that departs from Williams, Arizona out of [...]

Chicago To Meet With Gogo

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I started off the week by flying 436 miles from Toronto (YYZ) to Chicago on United. I took the 9:41 a.m. flight out, and the pre-clearance U.S. immigration line at YYZ was insanely long. The wait was about an hour and it provoked me to finally apply for a NEXUS pass. It took less than [...]

Perigord, France

By Isabelle Spicer: One of the good things about traveling in France is the high-speed trains. They are very reliable – when the railway men are not on strike – and very comfortable. From Paris, you can go to Marseille in the Mediterranean in only 3 hours, to Brussels in Belgium under an hour and [...]