A friend from England has just moved to Kamloops, British Columbia. She’s just taken a photo of her new home. Certainly is a beautiful place. It looks like it’s come straight off a Christmas card. So I thought it would be a good opportunity to wish all a Happy Christmas and maybe some of our readers of TravelGumbo would join in and share their favourite photos of the festive season.
Can you spot the Snowman ?
George G visits a unique museum, with numerous original parade floats
Join Marilyn Jones at Monticello, where a variety of themed tours are available for visitors
Riads are old Moroccan homes built by wealthy people. Many have been converted to hotels and some into restaurants. We visit one in Fes.
A small local eatery featuring freshly caught fish, on a side street in one of Portugal’s most famous beach cities.
Big is the order of the day at a cathedral built to show off the growing wealth of the city’s rulers
That’s not unlike what my front yard looks like! And Kamloops is not an obvious choice for someone from the UK to move to. What inspired that?
British Columbia, if you’ve never visited, is a really spectacular destination. The BC tourism board uses the term “SuperNatural British Columbia” when describing it — and if you don’t know why you will after you visit. And it is a nice safe environment for raising polite kids. Canadians, as you known, are mostly polite to a fault (present company excluded).
Her husband is Canadian and went with his job. And she loves the fresh air and wide open spaces. She reckons its a good place to raise her 2 sons,
BC has many exiled folks from Liverpool. Like many other cities around the world. I have relatives in Fraser Lake. They have the most beautiful beach too, if you’re into cryogenics. Many Canadians have a wonderful “Cheeky” humour too !