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Taking an Old Quebec Walking Tour-Quebec City

*** This experience and tour was provided courtesy of Quebec Cite Tourism. All opinions are my own. All eyes are on us as our group moves through the streets of Old Quebec City. Jacques, our Cicerone Tours, Old Quebec Walking Tour guide’s garb attracts attention. He is dressed in historic attire as he regales us…
Places to Take Photos of The Frontenac Hotel-Quebec City

*** Some experiences were provided courtesy of Quebec Cite Tourism. All opinions are my own. You are in the city that contains the most photographed hotel in the world. You have to get thephotograph. In fact, you need a multitude of the photo. Your mission, find places to take photos of The Frontenac Hotel in…
Taking A Ghost Tour in Cape May with US Ghost Adventures-New Jersey

***This experience and tour was provided courtesy of US Ghost Adventures. All opinions are my own. Steep gables, snaking gingerbread, and covered, wraparound porches, enveloped in shadows, no matter its beauty, at night, Victorian architecture feels disquieting. The multi-paned windows are eyes, always watching. In a town overflowing with Victorian history, there is no better…
Visiting The Citadelle of Quebec-Quebec City

*** This experience and tour was provided courtesy of Quebec Cite Tourism. All opinions are my own. Though famous for its picturesque hotel, Quebec City is also known as only one of two fully fortified cities, in North America. The fortification was completed in the 1800s to combat the potential threat of a United States…
Taking a Guided Tour of The Frontenac Hotel-Quebec City

As the group gazes up, during our guided tour of The Frontenac Hotel, our tour guide states clearly,“Chateau Frontenac, is not a castle.” The assumption is that the world’s most photographed hotel, was originally constructed to house royalty. Surely a King or Queen, or Duke and Duchess, used the building as their home. Though royalty,…
Visiting The Turtle Hospital-Marathon-Florida

Circled around the largest tank, at The Turtle Hospital, in Marathon, Florida, the tour group stands ready. The guide drops a handful of pellets into our palms. We are instructed to toss a few pellets at a time into the water. The turtles glide over to the pellets. They munch. Watching rescue animals munch, brings…
A San Juan-Puerto Rico Tour with Sofrito Tours

We were hosted on this tour by Sofrito Tours The face looks out at our Sofrito Tours group. He beckons us to see, he challenges us to know. Laura, our guide, for our San Juan-Puerto Rico Tour, tells us the mural is of the leader of Puerto Rico’s Independence Movement, Pedro Albizu Campos. We learn…
Visiting a Macadamia Nut Farm in Hawaii

Pineapples, coffee, and Macadamia Nuts, are the foods that come to mind when thinking of Hawaiian agriculture. Fans of agritourism, we look forward to visiting farms when on trips. We assume there are an abundance of macadamia nut farms to tour, and we will have a difficult time choosing which Macadamia Nut Farm in Hawaii,…