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Dream Inn
How many of us can say we filled a dream? After selling her London, Ontario house in just 8 ½ hours, Amanda motored 1,720 km / 1071 miles...
Gary Crallé
Aug 1, 20221 min read


Wade to the Lighthouse
Our waitress at The Ship’s Galley restaurant was surprised at my having finished 3 pieces of fish plus fries, but I was actually just...
Gary Crallé
Aug 1, 20221 min read


Boxing Rock Brewing
Is this for real? Unless I dreamt a couple of visits, I would say yes. As confirmation and to quench a thirst for craft beer, engineers...
Gary Crallé
Jul 31, 20221 min read


A Lighthouse Named Fish?
Well, not exactly, but Baccarro Point Lighthouse does derive its name from baccolaos which is Basque for cod fish. The southernmost tip...
Gary Crallé
Jul 31, 20221 min read


East Pubnico Harbour Lighthouse
The sun was playing hide and seek with the clouds as we rolled up to Pubnico Harbour in the morning. No boats is sight but lots of...
Gary Crallé
Jul 31, 20221 min read


A Little Stone Bridge
During our journey between lighthouses at Cape Saint Mary and Pubnico Harbour, Nova Scotia, we came across a little stone arch bridge...
Gary Crallé
Jul 29, 20221 min read


Strange Occurrence.
Here's an odd coming together of disparate elements: While waiting for our car to be repaired in Sackville, Nova Scotia the day before...
Gary Crallé
Jul 28, 20221 min read


Old Kingston Town
Just kicking back during a mellow summer's evening concert in old Kingston, Ontario, with friends Jo and Craig. #kingstonontario ...
Gary Crallé
Jul 28, 20221 min read


Cape Saint Marys
“The place where the fog is made,” say the Acadians about the Bay of Fundy’s Cape Saint Mary. Yup, Fundy is one of the foggiest places on...
Gary Crallé
Jul 13, 20221 min read


Belliveau Cove Lighthouse
Belliveau Cove lighthouse is so small it’s almost unnoticeable. Almost within tossing distance from the structure we met two men who were...
Gary Crallé
Jul 11, 20221 min read


Nova Scotia Lighthousing
About 20 km west of Digby on Highway 101 along St. Mary's Bay sits cute as a thimble Gilbert's Cove lighthouse. Restored from original...
Gary Crallé
Jul 10, 20221 min read


The best hotels. Hotel Chesa Salis is the newest addition to my STORIES page.
Hotel grounds on a late autumn afternoon
Gary Crallé
May 14, 20220 min read


I declare my refurbished site open for viewing!
It's a travel photography website optimized for desktop and mobile devices. If you're new to the site, click the menu on any page to...
Gary Crallé
May 1, 20221 min read


76 bottles of wine on the wall...
Here’s to 76 different wines that took us around the world by gracing our dinner table in 2021. In total, my wife Lis and I consumed more...
Gary Crallé
Jan 4, 20223 min read


Fine Food
I’m stretching my covid-clipped wings with a few local jaunts. This one was a 45-minute drive west of downtown Toronto, in the town where...
Gary Crallé
Nov 21, 20212 min read


Hidden Everyday Views
With COVID at our doorsteps, none of us is on a mission to Mars anytime soon (Elon Musk excepted), but here’s a suggestion on how to...
Gary Crallé
Feb 20, 20219 min read


A Wee Winter Winnipeg (Winterpeg?) webinar
Even in winter — especially in winter — Winnipeg, Manitoba has some "cool" offerings. Among other things, it's a city with an unusual...
Gary Crallé
Feb 10, 20211 min read


Olympus Throws in the Towel
When I gave a presentation at a Travel Media Association of Canada monthly meeting several years ago I predicted that cellphones would...
Gary Crallé
Jun 25, 20202 min read
Travel and the Coronavirus
Fodors’ excellent article by Johanna Read about travel and COVID19. http://bit.ly/39dR6aA Briefly… Easy and Common Sense Protections...
Gary Crallé
Feb 28, 20203 min read


Victorian Luxury — a story in West of the City (Toronto) magazine
The city of Victoria, at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, is almost too cute to be true. Voted second best small city in the world...
By Gary Crallé
Mar 11, 20191 min read
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