Winter whips up the valley and gets caught in the coulees. Drawing the company issued coat closer does nothing to stop the bitter cold and driving winds from penetrating as he trudges up the escarpme...
Check out the size of this steak that we (thankfully!) shared in Buenos Aires! It was as big as my head and came with so many side dishes there was no room left on the table. We certainly had our fil...
Photo Credit: halcyonsnow Ok, I really mean it this time! Turns out it is three years, almost to the day, that I posted our original Japan itinerary intended as the last country of our RTW trip. We a...
A tuk-tuk ride, lunch by the river watching over an elephant, and a boat ride finds us in Pak Ou cave just outside of Luang Prabang in Laos. Like many caves in the area, it is a shrine to Buddha̷...
I, like most people, started using Pinterest to look at pretty pictures and procrastinate from whatever I was supposed to be doing. I am the queen of procrastination! Supposed to be cleaning the hous...
I’m English by birth and, as such, I think I have tea running in my veins. My brother, sister and I started young; drinking weak tea in our sippy cups and, to this day, a good cuppa is what we ...
I took this picture as we drove through a village in northern India. There was dust and grime and cows and people everywhere; his neatly stacked vegetable stand stood out.
The weather has been dull and rainy here lately; it quite reminds me of winter back on the coast…except it’s May! Saturday was sunny though and predicted to be the only nice day in the st...
This isn’t the craziest road we drove on. I think the road from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal was crazier but I think that was because the vehicles were older and the drivers cared less (I̵...
Five small words that, aside from the big three (I love you), are some of the most powerful words we can put together. I was reminded of this recently as I chatted with a friend who is experiencing w...
I love Vancouver. I love that I can walk the entire downtown area and pop out at the end of Denman Street right onto English Bay. It’s a quintessential Vancouverite thing to do; grab a coffee, ...
Photo Credit: BilabialBoxer I opened the guidebook excited that I had set aside the rainy afternoon to plan out the itinerary for our upcoming trip to Japan. I closed it about 10 minutes later comple...
Like much of Hanover the Aegidien Church was destroyed during World War II. Most of the city was rebuilt and it remains one of the more modern cities in the country. The church, however, was n...
I love wide open spaces. Although I grew up on the coast, where big mountains and big trees dominate, I have always loved staring out over the ocean. I like being able to see forever over the water....
Vienna makes me think of old world romance. Gilded chandeliers, lavish dinners, plenty of wine and luxuriating in our Oh-Vienna apartment. Here’s our five point plan to making the most of a sta...
Usually in cities we like to either walk or take public transit to where we want to go. Niether was possible in Delhi. Walking anywhere was next to impossible with the pollution and crowds and dirt a...
I’m embarrassed to admit that I know next-to-nothing about Prague. Other than it sounds all ‘old-worldy’ and must be filled with all kinds of great architecture. I imagine foggy str...
We have ruminated and discussed, questioned and queried, mused and calculated. We came up with a number. Determined how long it would take us to save the number. Figured out how big the number would ...
We left our hostel at 8am heading to the Plaza de Armas to get a good look at the costumed paraders as they started. The parade had already begun by the time we got down to the square but we needn...
One plus the interest rate (stated as a decimal) divided by the number of times interest is compounded by year to the power of the number of times the interest rate is compounded by year times the nu...
I really wanted to see elephants in Thailand. After coming up with nothing while searching for wild elephants in Khao Yai National Park we decided to visit an elephant camp outside of Chiang Mai. The...
It’s just about a year ago that we packed up all of our stuff and headed east over the Rocky Mountains to Calgary. We’re really enjoying it there; taking advantage of living so close to t...
One of my favourite things to do in Hanoi is to find a Bia Hoi (or fresh beer) shop, sit, and watch the world go by. It’s a popular pastime; there are over 3000 Bia Hoi shops in Hanoi. We visit...
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