Sandy, Author at Sandy Van Soye

30 November 2010 Sandy

A 25th Wedding Anniversary Trip – Rail Style

If you have been reading very much about me, you have seen that I love trains and my husband Darren and I have travelled on them all over the world. So when it came to a choice of a 25th wedding anniversary trip with just a few days of vacation in pocket, a train trip seemed the perfect way to celebrate. A 2,775 mile (about 4,466 kilometer) train journey across Canada provided a great opportunity to experience a wide variety of scenery, from forests laced with lakes and rivers, to wide open prairies to the majesty of the Canadian Rockies.

Journeys Observations

26 November 2010 Sandy

What is the Future of Printed Guidebooks?

I love reading guidebooks and use them extensively in trip planning and while on the road. However, they are a pain to travel with since they are bulky and weighty. In the past I have resorted to copying just the pages I needed or even cutting out the sections of the book that did not pertain to my trip, leaving the rest of it intact. I am intrigued now by electronic media, both written and audio, as perhaps a solution to this printed guidebook issue.

Business Observations

25 July 2010 Sandy

My Apple iPad on the Road

When the iPad was introduced a few months ago, I grappled with the decision of whether to buy one. It wasn’t a question of the technology, which I thought was really great, but whether it would be practical for me to have, given the cost. So I began to think how I would use it and, of course, taking it on the road was one of those considerations.