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On the road to Prince Rupert from Vancouver (PART 1)
After visiting Vancouver, we headed towards Vancouver Island and spent 10 days there. I am currently working on a longer article giving you the 10-day itinerary in details so in the meantime, I’ll keep posting about the aftermath. I’ll post the link here once it’s up on the blog! So when we got back from…
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A couple days in the City of Glass : Vancouver
I had to be in Vancouver for administrative reasons a couple times throughout our roadtrip aka I needed to redo my passport at the French Consulate. We only stayed a couple days there, not because we didn’t like it, on the contrary I wish we had spent more time there. But with the van, it…
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Canada photos serie : Misty Mount Revelstoke and the Trans-Canada
Crossing the border from the US to Canada in the middle of the pandemic was no fun. Quarantining 1000kms away from the crossing point was no piece of cake either. It mostly resulted in us crossing from BC to Alberta in 2 days, without being able to stop and take real pictures or visit. My…
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Our 3 favorite things to do in the Okanagan Valley
The Okanagan valley is the region surrounding the Okanagan lake and river, in South BC. It is mostly well-known for its dry sunny climate, making it an ideal spot to grow vines and all sorts of fruits. The soil is very similar to central Washington in the US (Spokane and where we wine tasted in…
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Hiking the Asulkan Trail in Glacier National Park, BC
Glacier National Park sounds familiar? Yes! We’ve been to Glacier in Montana (read about it here) and despite the fact that the park is sitting astride the US and Canadian border, the Canadian part of the park is called Waterton Lakes National Park. Hopefully we can go soon but that’s not the place I’ll be…
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Exploring Mount Robson, a forgotten gem
Did you ever hear about Mount Robson National Park ? When you think of the Canadian Rockies, do you often hear about this park or do you just hear of Banff, Lake Louise & Jasper ? Maybe you hear about Yoho National Park and its fantastic Emerald Lake. Personally no one really told me about…
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Jasper National Park and the Icefields Parkway
I know I mostly speak about what we do and not HOW we do it in a van. So I guess, the Jasper article will be a tiny bit more oriented this way. I’ll tell you where we stayed, how we got wifi and what we visited. Because this is real vanlife : not knowing…
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Our first adventures in Canada : Banff town and National Park
Whoop whoop on July 25th we were out of quarantine and healthy! That’s the first great news. The second fantastic news is that we were ready to explore and what best than to start with our Calgary neighbour, Banff National Park? Banff is conveniently located a short 1h30min-drive from Calgary. And in just a couple…