Travelling Canucks
Travelling Canucks Joined: March 11th 2007
Logged in: January 21st 2012
Logged in: January 21st 2012
Check out our blogs:
• Two week driving tour of the Canadian Maritime Provinces of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, June/July 2010 .
• Vancouver Winter Olympics Experience, February 2010.
• Staycationing in Vancouver in the Summer and Fall of 2009, featuring Downtown Vancouver, Granville Island, Stanley Park, North Shore, Richmond and Delta.
• Four week trip to Egypt over Christmas Break, December 2008 to January 2009, featuring Alexandria, Siwa Oasis, Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, and Abu Simbel.
• Three week trip to the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco over Spring Break, March to April 2007. We travelled to Lisbon, Sintra, and Cascais, Portugal; Barcelona, Granada, Seville, Segovia, Toledo and Madrid, Spain; and, Marrakesh, Fes and Rabat, Morocco.
Travel Blog Posts
King's County Museum & Archives
Planting our Feet in Nova Scotia Who knew when we planned our trip to Nova Scotia that we would be part of the Planter 2010 Celebrations that mark the 250th Anniversary of the arrival of the New England Planters, from which Papa Canuck is a descendent? Nova Scotia’s long and interesting history of the English and French colonizing the province is legendary. The decedents of the French colonists, the Acadians, populated the Northern and Eastern shores of Nova Scotia. When the Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia in the Great Expulsion of the 1750s, the New England Planters were granted rich, dyked farmlands left vacant. In the early 1760s, the Planters brought with them the colonial pattern of land division, their 'puritan' way of life, their social institutions as well as packing up their homes and ... read more
Cutest Lighthouse on PEI
Prince Edward Island Driving Tour Our 2010 Driving Tour of Prince Edward Island was the perfect escape from the urbanization of Canada's East and West Coasts. There was a peaceful tranquility that washed over us when we crossed one of the world's longest bridges that connects New Brunswick to PEI, the tiniest province in Canada. The Travelling Canucks loved the charming and relaxing lifestyle on the Island, which only proved that we are getting old! Join us on our journey touring around the Gentle Island! PEI is known for its potatoes, its sienna-coloured soil and golden/white sand beaches that line its shores. Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series of books has brought its fans from around the world to visit the author's birthplace and setting for Anne Shirley's adventures that delightfully described growing up ... read more
International Fleet Week
Hail to Halifax Born, raised and living in Vancouver, the Travelling Canucks felt strangely at home in Halifax this past June when we vacationed in Canada's Maritimes. Unlike Vancouver, Halifax is not situated in one of the most geographically blessed locations in the world; however, Halifax's role as a prominent naval and commercial seaport and gateway for Canadian immigration gives the city a sense of historical importance that Vancouver lacks. The Halifax Explosion and the site of where victims of the sinking of the Titanic are buried only add to its maritime heritage. We decided to spend our summer vacation in the Maritimes since as Canadians we have seldom vacationed in Canada. Not only does Papa Canuck have Nova Scotian roots dating back to the 1700s, but Canuck Junior is considering her post-secondary options. While our ... read more
Home to House of Switzerland
Canada Goats for Gold "Goat for Gold” is not a meal ticket for Olympic gold medal-winning athletes. It's not what Canada's Own the Podium is all about. It is the follow-up to the charitable efforts of a group of Vancouver Canucks fans during the 2009 NHL Playoffs, called “Goat Canucks Goat”. These Canucks fans, after deciding to buy one goat for an African family each time the Vancouver Canucks won an NHL playoff game, inspired Canuck fans to donate enough funds to buy 1,073 goats despite the Vancouver Canucks 2nd Round wipe-out. During the Winter Games, every time a Canadian wins a gold medal, this group of fans once again plan on buying goats for African families in the hopes of capturing the spirit of the Olympic Games. The dream: Canadians will get in the spirit ... read more
Countdown Clock All Aglow with 5 Days to Go!
Pre-Games Glow With 3 days to go before the cauldron is lit and the 21st Winter Games open in Vancouver, we're so excited, we can hardly wait for the Games to begin! Excitement is finally in the air, not just in our heads. Red mitten clad Vancouverites are jumping on the Olympic bandwagon as the Olympic Torch Relay winds its way around Metro Vancouver. The Travelling Canucks, all aglow, have been busy getting a head start on the 17-day long party since it will be over before we know it. Here's what we've been up to: Ice Lights Vancouver City Hall's new permanent outdoor light installation titled Ice Lights, designed by German artist Gunda Förster, features large LED strips throwing an icy glow onto each of the Art Deco building’s four terraces. Since the lights cascade ... read more
Amazing Race!
Great Times at 2010VanFan’s Photo Scavenger Hunt Are you a fan of The Amazing Race, the best reality-competition show on TV since its debut in 2001? The Travelling Canucks are! So, when we read that Andrea was hosting a photo scavenger hunt, you know the Travelling Canucks couldn't pass up the chance! Andrea is a fellow blogger who has been blogging daily about her Olympic experience and has recently earned well-deserved media coverage about her fabulous blog, 2010vanfan. Following her blogs and tweets is a fantastic way to keep up on the latest news about the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics! Our amazing race became a reality when we joined three other teams of two on a rainy, Saturday with 13 days to go on the Olympic Countdown Clock. Two of the four teams had pre-existing ... read more
Red Mittens Unite
Not in a Hurry to Visit Surrey? Maybe You Should Be! On Thursday, January 21st, the Olympic Torch crossed the BC border after 8,500 torchbearers carried the torch across Canada. 3,500 torchbearers will carry the torch in 200 communities across British Columbia over the remaining 22 days on its final leg towards Vancouver's BC Place Stadium where the Olympic Cauldron will be lit. Vancouver, 2010 Winter Games’ Host City, and Whistler, the Host Mountain Resort, have partnered with venue cities. Richmond is home to the Richmond Olympic Oval where long track speed skating competitions will be held and West Vancouver's Cypress Mountain will host Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding events. It was not until the Travelling Canucks started Olympic Pin Trading did we discover that Surrey was also a venue city. It turns out that Surrey is ... read more
Vancouver 2010 Coca-Cola Pin Trading Centre
Travelling Canucks Hooked on Olympic Pin Trading Did you know that the Official Spectator Sport for the Olympic Games is Pin Trading? Or, that guys that are pin traders are called Pinheads and girls are called Pin-ups? Well, the Travelling Canucks had no idea until we toured the Coca-Cola Pin Trading Centre at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Superstore at the Hudson's Bay on Granville & Georgia Street in early January. Mama Canuck has enjoyed chatting with pin traders about their collections and their passion for pin trading. While some pin traders have just started their collections, there are some pin traders with tens of thousands of pins collected over 40 years, and pin traders that have attended Olympic Games for over 20 years and travelled to collect and trade pins at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. ... read more
Canada's Northern House
It was 35 years ago that Papa Canuck worked in a placer mine outside of Dawson City in the Yukon. He cherishes the memories of traveling the Alaska Highway to the Yukon with his family, when windshields and tires were routinely replaced along the route. Sadly, Mama Canuck has never travelled to Canada's North; perhaps, we will travel North one day before economic growth and the effects of climate change, change the North irreversibly. The Travelling Canucks do share wonderful memories of visiting the Northwest Territories and Yukon Pavilions at EXPO 86, so we were excited to learn that Canada's Northern Territories would be hosting the world during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. Every Canadian province and the federal government will stage pavilions during the Games to promote tourism and business opportunities, but Canada's Northern House ... read more
Wrapped in the Canadian Flag!
Vancouver's Olympic Journey For winter sports spectators, the Olympic Winter Games are a highlight. For Canadian hockey fans, Gold Medal Hockey is the ultimate sporting event! For Vancouverites, holding the 21st Olympic Winter Games has been a seven-year journey. From launching the bid in 1997 to conducting a referendum in 2003, from investing billions in infrastructure projects to building new venues and refurbishing existing venues, from recruiting 25,000 volunteers to buying Olympic tickets by lottery - it's been quite the journey. TO GO! Let the games begin, already! Vancouverites have been debating, planning and anticipating the Games for over 7 years. After living in an Olympic construction zone, Olympic venues, built on-schedule and on-budget, are ready, hotels are fu... read more
