Bernard Callebaut in Belgium grew next to the factory, where the family had made chocolate for four previous generations. In 1980, when the family decided to sell the business in Belgium chocolate giant Toblerone Swiss chocolate Suchard (they still owned, among other things, a brewery), Bernard decided to emigrate.

We wanted to bring excellent, gourmet chocolate to the Americas. After the tour of cities across America and Canada, he fell in love with the mountains and culture of Calgary. There he began with Bernard Callebaut chocolates.

His family was convinced that he had gone crazy, making high quality chocolates for a people that, in General, does not know the difference between this and paper wrapped bar from petrol. They were wrong. The first day that his chocolate shop was opened made $ 700, and by the end of its first year in business, he had made $ 200,000. Than doubled the following year.

What is its secret, the thing that will get North Americans to pay more for its delectable treats? There is a secret. Callebaut is happy to tell people how to make its chocolates and also occasionally holds courses at its headquarters and the world of Calgary.

The trick is to use fresh organic ingredients without additives. His chocolates contain no preservatives or vegetable oils. He is so open about his methods that he even has recipes for some of the stuff that they sell in the store posted on his website www.bernardcallebaut.com.

Bernard Callebaut are happy to give visitors a tour of the factory, provided that it is organised in advance. The tour was great and the best part is, of course, free samples.

Indulge in a little luxury vehicle with a sleeper ticket on the Hudson Bay Railway, a 2 day and night from Winnipeg to Churchill. The indulgence is worth it, since the destination, Churchill, is a no-frills subarctic town. This train is another of the outdoor enthusiast routes through railways and offers their service unscheduled stop for passengers who make arrangements in advance for it.

Churchill, a small country with a permanent population that fluctuates between 800 and 1100, is known as the polar bear capital of the world. The city, sitting between the Churchill River and Hudson Bay, is on the route of the annual migration bears. High season for polar bear sighting is from mid October to mid November each year. Polar bear viewing is best done in conjunction with one of the many tour operators Churchill that will take you into a stroller tundra vehicles specially designed for the safety of people, polar bears and the local tundra.

Manitoba’s beluga whale population migrates to the Churchill River and Hudson Bay each summer during July and August. There are approximately 20,000 whales live in the area, and about 3,000 of their summer at the estuary of the River to give birth. Visitors have the ability to view and, with many views, swim with these beautiful creatures.

Birders should try to make the trip to Churchill sometime between mid-June and mid-July. According to the Churchill Northern Studies Institute, birdwatchers can expect to see about 100 species, easily during a trip of four to seven days. For more information on species commonly seen or heard at least in some cases

If you are traveling with your children at any time between May 1 and September 8 in Ontario, Canada and find yourself anywhere near Greater Sudbury, do some time, a day would have been better to Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf experience of entertainment for families. Open from 8 to 21 seven days a week, this unique attraction offers a service in English and French.

The park began as a dream for owners of Josee and Marcel Rainville, which, after five years of work, completed the first 9 holes in 1998. Over the years were added five more courses like the amazing dinosaurs, all steel in the size scale. The owners of the Park are all skeletal replicas.

Dinosaur Valley, offers a variety of entertainment options ranging from a total of 54 holes of minigolf in unique mazes and more than 20 giant dinosaur and insect exhibits, plus their new exhibitions Raptor and the Dragon, added in 2006.

Is too much fun with a purpose. The Rainvilles have dedicated the whole cancer families Park to honor the memory of their son, Steven, who died of leukemia. Valley of the dinosaurs also hosted first Pro Mini Golf Tournament in Canada where 100% of the proceeds were donated to charity (the Canadian Cancer Society).

This family fun Center is reasonable, also, with the entrance of the maze only C $ 2.50 per person for 18 holes of golf in miniature from C $ 5.99 for adults and C $ 7.00. While some of the exhibits can be a little extra, the most extraordinary patterns are incorporated into metal golf. The Park accepts cash, debit, Visa and American Express. For those of you who want to plan ahead, you can book your visit to Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf online via their website www.dinosaursudbury.ca.

The underground city has its beginning in 1962 with the construction of the Office Tower Place Ville-Marie and underground shopping centre. That first connected to the Central Station (subway) and the Queen Elizabeth Hotel through tunnel. Since then the city has grown more than twenty kilometres of walkways.

Residents of Montreal are extremely proud of their “inside” (not all of it is underground), the largest underground complex in the world. There are more than 150 points of access to the underground city and over 60% of businesses in the Center to connect to the underground. Over 500,000 people across the belowground footbridges and subways to Montreal every day. Several residential towers connect to Metro as well, allowing the locals to go from home to work to play without ever going outside.

Some of the most outstanding features of the underground complex are metro stations. Each station is literally a work of art. When the Metro was built the 1% of the budget for each station has been dedicated to providing and displaying art. A different architect designed each station in a different style and not two stations are the same.

A number of well known tourist attractions in Montreal is accessible from the underground city. Things to check out without going include Olympic Park and Olympic Centre (built for the Olympics of 1976); la Place des Artes, home of Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art (Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal); Bell Centre and the home hockey team, the Montreal Canadiens.

Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables series, was born on Prince Edward Island and used the island as the setting for 19 of his 20 novels. Tribute to Anne, her world and its author, are all over the island.

During the annual Charlottetown Festival a musical version of the story of Anne is presented twice daily, June-September. Check out the festival website to confirm Show times at http://www.confederationcentre.com/festival.asp.

Every August the L.M. Montgomery Festival takes place in Cavendish. The festival is a three-day tribute to Anne and its creator featuring events like an old-fashioned variety show, craft classes, carriage, writers ‘ workshop, barn dances and more. For current information on the festival, please send an email to info@lmmontgomeryfestival.com.

In New London, the birthplace of Lucy Maud Montgomery is open to the public may to October every year. This small resort is where the author was born. Special exhibitions have a replica of her wedding dress and album containing some of the author’s poems.

Anne of Green Gables Museum at Silverbush, the home of his aunt and uncle of the author. Montgomery was married here in 1911 and the Museum has a number of family heirlooms as well as a collection of first editions of his works.

The site for fans of the series are, of course, Green Gables House Cavendish. The House, built in 1830, and where the author spent many happy childhood visits with his cousins, was restored after being damaged in a fire in 1997. Operated by Parks Canada, now presents creations re-creations of particular scenes from novels. Visitors can also walk through Lane or lovers explore the Haunted wood, both sites are in the books.

The Canadian transcontinental train, a journey of three days from Toronto to Vancouver with stops along the way in Winnipeg, Jasper and Edmonton, among others. Really adventurous travellers who wish to plan their holiday may also request special stops anywhere between Sudbury Junction and Winnipeg, a railway line to touts outdoor enthusiasts.

The Skeena river takes the riders to a breathtaking journey along the Rockies and into the Pacific, travelling from Jasper to Prince Rupert in British Columbia with a stop in Prince George. Be warned though, the Skeena river did not sleep drive and passengers need to take care of their needs for housing in Prince George.

The Malahat is a four and a half hour journey upwards or downwards from Victoria at the southern end of Courtenay in the north central part of Vancouver Island. Malahat offers only a class of train travel, the class of comfort, but this rate includes the unique privilege of getting on and off the train as many times as you want from one end of the line to the other. The train departs once a day from each end of the line and the C $ 28 is a great bargain for the budget traveller.

In 2007 VIA Rail added the only winter snow train Express Edmonton to Jasper, leaving Friday and returning on Sunday — perfect for a weekend of skiing. Because this is a new course and a seasonal, check in advance whether this service is still available before making your plans.

Canada hosted the first Olympic Games in Montréal, Quebec in 1976.

Olympic Stadium Montreal the world’s tallest Tower inclined — is 574 feet (175 m). The vision of the architect who designed the stadium was almost impossible to achieve, however. Retractable roof stadium was not completed until 1987, after more than 10 years after the event for which it was designed.

The Velodrome built for the 1976 games was purposed for education in 1992 and is now known as the Biodome. Visitors of the Museum will experience four environments typical of American Indians: the polar region, a tropical forest, marine St Lawrence and the Laurentian forest.

In 1988, Calgary, Alberta hosted the XV Winter Olympics and profited mightily from it (unlike Montreal, who is still paying for the stadium roof!). Olympic Oval is a fully equipped training facility used by runners, skaters, hockey players and athletes of all stripes. Canada Olympic Park is the largest Olympic House Museum in North America, the Olympic Hall of Fame. The Park is also home to Olympic Bobsleigh/Luge only runway of Canada. Adventurous visitors willing to sign a waiver may also buy a trip along the runway in a sleigh driven by one of the pilots trained in the Park.

Canada will host the Winter Olympics again, this time in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2010. The city has already begun preparations for the big event. Omega, official timekeeper of the 2010 Games, unveiled a three-year countdown in downtown Vancouver, February 12, 2007. Construction of the Olympic village in Vancouver will begin in the summer of 2007. The games will be made available to competitors for the formation of winter 2007/2008.