powder snow, 1 hour hike, 40 degree weather — perfect Steamboat!
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An active member of Society of American Travel Writers, Diana Rowe is a Denver-based freelance writer, editor & photographer with more than 18 years experience and hundreds of published articles and photographs online and in print. Read here for updates Diana Rowe’s past and upcoming travels. More details on Diana Rowe’s travels at www.TravelingInHeels.com
Quebec City Winter Carnival
Check out my travelinginheels blog for more details about Quebec City‘s Winter Carnival. I’ve also added more pictures! Quebec City Winter Carnaval & Ice Hotel (Hotel de Glace) Pack your snow boats and layers of warm clothing, we’re on a winter adventure! I’m not normally a winter person, but my recent visit to Quebec City’s […]
Ice Hotel, Hotel de Glace
Brief morning visit to Hotel de Glace (Ice Hotel) in Duchesnay, about 1 1/2 hours outside of Quebec City. I’m not a winter person, but I found myself wowed by the architecture, yes, architecture and design of this building made of ice. Ice Hotel is only open about 85 days per year, opening mid-January to […]
Ice Hotel themed room
1 of 36 themed rooms at the Ice Hotel near Quebec City
Ice Hotel bar
Diana enjoying the Ice Hotel with an iced vodka and cold toes
Bonjour to Bonhomme Carnaval in Quebec City
I know it’s so not me to head north to the brrrr cold of Canada, but that’s exactly what I’m doing on Thursday. Bonjour and welcome to Quebec City where I’ll be bundled up and enjoying the Quebec Winter Carnaval and the Bonhomme Carnaval ambassador.  The Quebec Winter Carnival (or Carnaval de Québec) is an […]
Quebec City’s Bonhomme Carnaval
Carnaval de Quebec is a 17-day annual winter carnival, attracting close to one mllion participants.
Flavors of Mazatlan Mexico
Travel & Leisure featured Mazatlan as one of the world’s top emerging places for travelers in its October 2008 issue. Known as “The Pearl of the Pacific” the golden-sand beaches stretch for 16 miles along Mexico’s Pacific Coast, the Mexican state of Sinaloa. My western chapter of SATW witnessed firsthand this Pacific coastal city and its […]
Deep-sea fishing in Mazatlan
The bounty of Deep-sea fishing in Mazatlan
Welcome reception at Mazatlan’s Old Town Machado Square
Dancer at welcome reception at Mazatlan’s Old Town Machado Square
Suite at El Cid Castilla Beach Hotel, El Moro Tower
Suite at Mazatlan’s El Moro Tower, El Cid Castilla Beach Hotel
Beach at Mazatlan’s El Cid Castilla Beach Hotel
horseback riding on beach at El Cid Castilla Beach Hotel in Mazatlan