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48 hours in Winnipeg

October 25, 2018 by Anne-Marie Marais Leave a Comment

Winnipeg sign museum of human rights blue sky

As a proud Canadian, I’ve been west and I’ve been east, but I haven’t seen much of the middle or north, so this year I’ve decided to change that.  My first destination had me step foot into a province I had yet to visit, Manitoba.  And where better to start than the capital of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

Maybe not everyone’s first choice of city or time of year, but for whoever questions that, stop and think again.  Winnipeg is filled with culture, delicious restaurants, tasty craft beers and so much to see and experience.

With Winnipeg being only a couple of hours flight from Toronto, there are flight deals to be had with Air Canada and WestJet.  But luckily it was easy to get a points flight within a couple of weeks of my visit.  By leaving mid-morning from Toronto, I arrived before lunch and with an early check-in request, I was able to drop my stuff in my hotel room at the Fort Garry Hotel.  This hotel is in a great location and put me within walking distance of all that I was planning to enjoy in my 48 hours in Winnipeg.

Let me back up for a second and explain why I chose Winnipeg as my first destination in my ‘see more of Canada’ plan.  It wasn’t just because I hadn’t been to Manitoba, but it started by hearing from friends that the Nelson Mandela exhibit was a must see at the Museum of Human Rights.  Mandela being my hero, this was pretty much a no brainer.  Lucky for me it was still on exhibit for another couple of weeks, which lead to my trip to Winnipeg being built completely around that main stop.

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Filed Under: Attractions, Beer, Canada, Destinations, Food, Life, Solo Female, Travel Tagged With: Canada, Manitoba, north america, winnipeg

Hunting IPAs in Vermont? This Beer Concierge is at Your Service

December 5, 2016 by Anne-Marie Marais Leave a Comment

Matt Canning Beer Concierge Hotel Vermont

(Originally written for BillyYTZ.com – no longer live)

As beer lovers know, Vermont isn’t just for ski trips.

Just as people have travelled to destinations for specific foods, restaurants or wine, the rise of craft breweries has inspired people to become beer travellers. If you’re part of that suds-seeking audience, how would you like to have a beer concierge at your service? Beer lovers, meet fellow aficionado Matt Canning of the Hotel Vermont in Burlington, now helping like-minded travellers navigate the phenomenal beer landscape of this hilly part of New England.

The hotel couldn’t help noticing the growing interest in beer in recent years. It was receiving more and more inquiries about which breweries to visit, what beers were the best, and how to plan a trip in order to experience as much of the Vermont beer scene as possible during a single trip. Recognizing how important beer tourism has become, the hotel designated Canning – also the hotel’s front desk manager – as its first beer concierge in May of 2014, and tasked him with combining his hospitality experience and his beer and brewery knowledge to create a unique beer tourism program for guests.

“A lot of people tell me I have the best job in the world,” Canning says. “I agree … but insist that it is not all fun and games. There are countless hours of laborious research and development.”

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Beer lovers can broaden their palate in Belgium

April 28, 2016 by Anne-Marie Marais Leave a Comment

Belgium reveals beers of all types, tastes and levels of alcohol.

BRUSSELS-Wine lovers tour Italy. Whisky connoisseurs tour Scotland. Beer lovers visit Belgium.

On my five-day beer pilgrimage to Belgium, I tasted or drank more than 107 beers, visited six towns/cities and at least 11 breweries, and lost count of the number of brewers I met.

With the relatively recent popular craft beer explosion in North America, it was a treat to visit a country where the beer roots run so deep and be part of the 2015 European Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference.

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9 questions for Anchorage Brewing Company in Alaska

April 9, 2016 by Anne-Marie Marais Leave a Comment

Brewing beer in this corner of North America poses a unique set of challenges, but founder Gabe Fletcher has created a business in just a few years.

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-Being a lover of craft beer, I do my best to visit and meet with brewers when I travel.

While enjoying a visit and tour of the Anchorage Brewing Company’s brewery and beautiful tasting room, I chatted with founder Gabe Fletcher about his experience as a brewer in the far reaches of North America.

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Enjoying a culinary adventure in Leeds

June 7, 2015 by Anne-Marie Marais 2 Comments

Pintura - Pan Con Tomate

When I was in university, I met an exchange student from University of Leeds.  She described the City of Leeds, as an  industrial and functional place, without much culture and style. I was pleasantly surprised at all it had to offer when I passed through this cosmopolitan city on a recent trip through England.

From the moment I got off the train, I was impressed.  Right beside the train station was my hotel, The Queens Hotel.  Now in my experience, quite often the hotel beside the train station is not always the best.  Maybe their locations are great, but they can be the hotels that time has forgotten with little to offer than a questionable bed.

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Filed Under: Adventure, Attractions, Beer, Destinations, Food, Life, People, The World, Travel Tagged With: BBQ, Bundobust, England, europe, Food, Leeds, Pintura, Red’s True Barbecue

Rugby World Cup: He took the ball and ran with it

May 8, 2015 by Anne-Marie Marais Leave a Comment

Statue of Webb Ellis in Rugby

RUGBY, ENGLAND–From its origin in the town of Rugby to Twickenham, where the world’s top team will be crowned and the Webb Ellis Cup will be hoisted in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, this fall is the perfect time for a rugby pilgrimage through England.

Less than an hour by train from London Euston station to Rugby, this is where it all began.

The sport got its name from the town of Rugby and even more specifically, it all began on the pitch at The Rugby School. The moment is memorialized for all time on a plaque at the school in honour of William Webb Ellis, who in 1823, “with a fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it.”

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