It’s always a joy to hear from friends. Especially ones you’ve met overseas who recently move to a city you are currently visiting! While in Toronto, we heard that very good friends of ours from Dubai had moved to Canada and so we called them. The Nassari Family who have been friends with us since …
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This post is for anyone who’s planning their family vacations in BC; a visit to Whistler with kids is an absolute must. I’ll cover when to visit Whistler, how to get to Whistler, and the best hotels in Whistler for families to suit any budget. Find out where to stay in Whistler for your next …
Traveling with kids is an adventure and one my husband and I highly recommend doing. There’s no right age to travel with kids – we started when Lou Lou and Jaf were both babies, taking them along on work trips. It wasn’t until Lou Lou was 4 (and Jaf was 2) that we decided to …
Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort in Canada has become a popular winter retreat for locals in Hawaii looking to spend Christmas in the snow. In just 6 hours you could literally fly to Vancouver, British Columbia – Canada, check into your lodge and sip on some hot chocolate near the fireplace. But if you’ve never been …
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We wouldn’t be true foodies if we didn’t visit every night market on the planet. Hence, in our search for the most unusual food in Vancouver we were told to visit the Richmond Night Market. Since we have young children we decided to head out to the market while there was still sunlight, approximately 7:00pm …
We found the coolest park in the outskirts of Vancouver called the Terra Nova Adventure Park! During our short stay in this wonderful city we heard of a unique park that locals frequent and rave about. Located in the City of Richmond, Terra Nova Adventure Park is where we headed to on an overcast afternoon. …
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Vancouver is consistently a top global destination for tourism and for quality of life. In 2016, Vancouver was voted the best destination in Canada in Travel Weekly’s 13th annual Readers’ Choice Awards. Once you visit this incredibly diverse city, it’s not hard to see why – there’s plenty of things to do in Vancouver BC! …
It only took a month in Belgium for our entire family to turn into chocoholics. Chocoholics with a taste for gourmet chocolate! We rarely, if ever, purchase chocolate from the local grocery store and if we do, it’s normally chocolate from Belgium, Switzerland or France. Yes, we are chocolate snobs and very proud of it. …
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You won’t be surprised to hear that Whistler isn’t known as a “foodie” destination. It’s where serious people go for extreme skiing, snowboarding and well, any other snow related sport. Back again! @whistlerblackcomb The snow was perfect and we can’t wait to go skiing! ❄️?☃ @gowhistler @visitwhistler #ski #kids #snowboard #Whistler #snow #keiki #hawaiimom #hawaiikids …
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There’s only a few more days until the Holy Month of Ramadan ends and the celebration of Eid-Al-Fitr begins. As world-schoolers (and being half-Lebanese) both Lou Lou and Jaf know quite a bit about Ramadan already, why it is celebrated and its importance to over 1 billion Muslims worldwide. For them, the most fascinating thing …
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