Hello citizens! Captain Hindsight here. Recently, the missus and I took the little hindsights on a trip across the border to Canada. Using my unique super powers, I now know many important travel tips that have come to me after the fact. And because I am a do-gooder, I will now share this important information […]
Category Archives: Canada
Twelve Adventures: #9 – L’International des Feux Loto-Québec (FIREWORKS!)
When I was 19 years old, I accidentally stumbled into the L’International des Feux Loto-Québec, ruining fireworks for me for the next decade at least, and I have been trying to find my way back ever since. This past weekend, as millions of drunk idiots expressed their love of the United States of America by trying […]
A Life in Ornaments
As soon as my wife and I were married we decided on a few things. The first was that we were going to travel the world together and have amazing adventures. This kicked off immediately as we honeymooned in Mexico, Belize, and the Caymen Islands, thanks to a Carnival cruise. The second was that we […]
Riding a Unicycle Backwards Across a High Wire
I didn’t mean to do it. It’s just one of those things that happens, I guess. I certainly didn’t wake up that morning planning to ride a unicycle backwards across a high wire. But there I was, balanced precariously above the people walking obliviously beneath me, with nothing between us but two stories of space […]
Edward Makes a Phone Call
After our late and exciting evening at the hot air balloon festival, we decided to sleep in, relaxing and lounging in our moderately fabulous hotel room that included doors between my bed and the children’s bed. We made it to breakfast exactly before it ended, we did nothing all glorious morning, and then we went […]
The International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
When last we spoke, I told you of the woes I encountered on the way to an attempted family adventure. We got lost. We sat in traffic for hours. We had no money and none of our cards worked. The wind and rain were on the verge of cancelling the whole thing anyway. It was […]
“What Do You Mean My Debit Card Doesn’t Work In Canada?” and Other Tales of Woe
I had it all planned out. The perfect family getaway. The children, who have never been out of the country, had been dying to go to Canada, and I had been dying to go to a giant balloon festival. As it happens, right across the border in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, there is a huge hot air balloon […]