by C.D. Gill | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog, Travel
While boarding an international flight, I’ve often eyed others wondering what type of infectious diseases they carried that could be passed on to me in the space of an 8-hour flight complete with recycled air. Paranoid? Absolutely. But you know the kind...
by C.D. Gill | Oct 20, 2014 | Blog, Exotic Foods, Travel
Cafe du Monde is world famous for their French beignets. Beignet means doughnut in French. It’s fried dough covered in powdered sugar. When we first sat down at Cafe du Monde, we were unimpressed with the lack of menu. It’s not your typical cafe. All Cafe...
by C.D. Gill | Oct 16, 2014 | Blog, Travel
Can we all just pause for a moment and realize that Katrina was in 2005… almost 10 years ago!!! Yet there are still obvious reminders of the devastation that rocked New Orleans’s world. Trees are bent. Roofs are patched. Water lines are still visible on...
by C.D. Gill | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog, Culture, Travel
A recent news article sparked my interest in banned dog breeds across the world. While the US doesn’t have a country-wide breed ban in place, a lot of countries do. Canada, for example, is considering law but only has laws on a province-by-province basis. Below...
by C.D. Gill | Oct 7, 2014 | Blog, Travel
Early this year, I came upon an amazing discovery (albeit online)–rainbow-colored mountains. How this has been so hidden I have no idea. When looking at the mountains, you might mistake it for the picture your kids painted you last week. Except it’s real....
by C.D. Gill | Oct 3, 2014 | Culture, Travel
Here for your reading pleasure is another round of Jumbled Jargon– words that mean something different in the UK than they do in the US. Have you had any joy? I have my father-in-law to thank for introducing me to this phrase. My husband got a good laugh at me...
by C.D. Gill | Sep 30, 2014 | Blog, Culture, Travel
Getting the bill at the end of your meal in a restaurant is a process we often take for granted. We understand how we do it where we live so that is how we do it everywhere else we go. 1. In North America (yes that includes you, Canada), the waiter or waitress will...
