Christmas Reads to Holiday Travel to the U.K. and Italy
December means Christmas and it also means Christmas reads, and these books will inspire you to travel to the U.K. and Italy, perfect places to go for the holidays!
Escape the Cold by Armchair Travelling to Nantucket and India
This month, I escaped this unusual cold polar vortex: first to a beach in the sunny south and then all the way across the world, to see the two faces of India. Escape the cold in “The Beach House” Just the words...
Summer in Stockholm or Bainbridge Island with Two Books
Summer brings a time to lift yourself from your armchair and return to travel. But this month’s books offer more than inspiration to travel to a different location; they also help you escape your living room and help you...
Four Books to View the World in a New Way
August, and summer in particular, is the perfect time to dream about travel – remembering the summer places you have been and the destinations you wish to visit. Or imagine the journey you wish to begin as September, draw...
3 Beach Reads and Some Beaches to Read Them On
These hot, humid days of summer makes you want to find yourself a body of water – hopefully surrounded by sand – and settle down with a great beach book. A beach read, in my opinion, is one that is fast and doesn’t require...
2 Amazing Books on Tradition and Culture in Italy
Canadian weather – snow one day, double digits the next. This month, let’s escape to somewhere where the weather is consistent, if not the traditions – Italy. “As they walked through the city, Robertino solemnly explained...
Extend Your Summer with These Dundurn Books.
It doesn’t matter how long removed I am from returning to school, when Labour Day comes, in my mind, it signals summer is over. And I am never ready for it. This month I am inspired to stay in Canada and visit Toronto and...
Two Books to Read on a Beach
Canada’s summers are far, far too short so when the weather gets hot, the only place I want to be is on a beach, eating potato salad, slurping watermelon and of course, reading. Here are two books that will inspire you to...
Road Trip Through America With These Two Books
I am taking a break from exploring Europe this summer and heading out on a road trip through America with these two books. Hotel of Shadow Lake My first stop on my American road trip is in upstate New York, home of the Montgomery...
Exploring France and Greece on a European Book Tour
I have added new adventures to my travel bucket list thanks to two books that are helping me read through Europe – The Little Paris Bookshop and The Greek Escape. The Little Paris Bookshop I have spent a very busy day in Paris...