Lucia's Travels

http://luciastravels.com/2015/07/01/montreal-rediscovered/

Montreal Rediscovered For our latest visit to Montreal, we decided to pick up a guidebook from the library. Even though I lived in Montreal for fifteen years having a guide drew my attention to things that I've walked p...

http://luciastravels.com/2015/06/24/save-money-see-the-world/

Save Money & See The World Traveling can be an expensive hobby so over the years I had limit my spending to enable my habit. Here are some of my tricks for saving money without compromising on style. 1. Wear neutrals. I have...

http://luciastravels.com/2015/06/15/back-to-the-county/

Back to the County We returned to Prince Edward County to visit a few wineries in the area. The county is one my favourite day trips from Ottawa. Our first stop was in Wellington to have lunch at the Tall Poppy Café....

http://luciastravels.com/2015/05/30/travel-favorites/

Travel Favorites When I first started traveling I had no idea what to pack. I packed things that were impractical and a lot of times I found myself with nothing to wear and with lots of pieces of jewellery and acce...

http://luciastravels.com/2015/05/25/perfect-spring-day-in-ottawa/

Perfect Spring Day in Ottawa It's about time I write a post about Ottawa, the place where I live now. Ottawa is great in the spring with lots of green spaces, great festivals and plenty of spots for outdoor activities. I decid...

http://luciastravels.com/2015/05/11/sighisoara-citadel/

Sighișoara Citadel Here are some pictures from our second stop in Transilvania, the city of Sighișoara. The citadel is about two and a half hours by train from Brașov. This is the birth place of Vlad the Impeller. ...

http://luciastravels.com/2015/04/29/transylvanian-adventure/

Transylvanian Adventure When most people hear about Transylvania they think vampires and count Dracula. This couldn't be further from the truth in the Transylvanian city of Brașov. Sure there is a restaurant called Dracul...

http://luciastravels.com/2015/04/26/bucharest-in-bloom/

Bucharest In Bloom After twenty years away from my native country, I decided it was a good time to go back and see how much things have changed. I was excited to speak Romanian, eat my favourite Romanian dishes and b...

http://luciastravels.com/2015/04/23/budapest-around/

Budapest & Around We spend three days in Budapest right around Easter. This city rivals some of the greatest cities in Europe. There is so much to do and see that we wished we had a few extra days to cover it all. W...

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http://luciastravels.com/2015/03/29/cabane-a-sucre-visit/

Visit to a Cabane à Sucre Spring is here and it's a good time to visit a cabane à sucre (sugar shack). Sugar shacks are family owned operations of maple syrup producers. A bunch of us headed to the Temple Sugar Bush in Lana...

http://luciastravels.com/2015/02/11/on-board-the-guagua/

On Board the Guagua From Samana it's about three hours to Santo Domingo by bus. We woke up at 4:30 in the morning to catch the 5:00 AM guagua bound for Santo Domingo. The guagua is a local minibus which stops often to...