ABOUT ME

Our Story

Blogging & Travelling in Canada

Our Travel Style

We are a Canadian family that has set out to explore the world, one country at a time. Our family travel blog is all about popular destinations and off-the-beaten-path activities, road trips, or hiking adventures in Canada!

While we are not budget travellers per se, we are certainly not luxury travellers either. We have found that sweet spot somewhere in the middle where we save money on certain things, and splurge on others.

We also love the outdoors. While museums do find their way into our itineraries (especially quirky ones), you are just as likely to find popular hikes, parks, ziplining or lake cruises.

We also love food! One of the biggest things that we like to do in a new place, is to try the local cuisine. So food tours, markets, and restaurants are always on our itinerary.

Who We Are

Marianne – As I mentioned, I am the sole writer for Galavanting the Globe. I am also the family travel planner, dreamer, adventure-seeker, researcher, finder of hidden gems, and the crazy one who hatches the most extravagant travel ideas. And I do photography too!

John – My hubby John shares the photography and video creation for our blog. He is also the master packer for fitting all of our gear into the car during a road trip, and the lugger of all things while hiking! He is the source of all Dad jokes, partner in crime, and most of all, is willing to go along with all the crazy travel ideas I throw at him.

Miss Sunshine & Mr. Rush – Our two older children, Miss Sunshine, 27, and Mr. Rush, 26, don’t often travel with us anymore, but they will occasionally pop up in our stories. However, they began travelling with us at the ripe old age of four!

Miss Somersault & Mr. Bump – Our two youngest children, Mr. Bump, age 16, and Miss Somersault, age 18, were seasoned travellers as toddlers! These two enjoy adventures as much as I do, have known how to pack a suitcase since they were 7, are learning to speak multiple languages, and pretty much just go with the flow when we travel.

My Experience with Itinerary Planning

As I mentioned above, I have always been the itinerary planner for our family travels. I have also helped friends and family with planning their adventures.

I enjoy researching new places, and will often ‘fall down the rabbit hole’ when looking for something simple.

I once went from trying to find the name of a local German pastry to booking a mountain coaster ride for our stay in Austria! I couldn’t tell you how I got from one to the other even if I wanted to.

Needless to say, the mountain coaster was amazing, and the pastry, I’m not even sure if I found the answer to that question. Ha!

All in all, I am really good at planning a flexible itinerary that meets the needs of all our family members. I know how to find the best attractions, hotels, and restaurants, as well as planning the best form of transportation.

Where Are We Now?

Our home base has always been Canada. And while I would love to be somewhat nomadic, that just isn’t our lifestyle.

Now that the kids are getting older, we have also had to adjust the way we travel a little. While we are more restricted with the times we can travel, we have way more flexibility in what we can do.

Our top bucket list adventures include seeing the last two Canadian territories – Nunavut and the the Northwest Territories.