London Gateway To 10 Weeks In Italy When heading to Europe for an extended stay, we always pick a gateway city to spend a few day and get over jet lag. This trip our choice was a London gateway. Starting our 10 week fall Italy trip, it was a debate […]
Considering The London Pass We were so busy leading up to our departure for 10 weeks that we really did not make a lot of decisions about what we would do for our 4 days in London. With each passing year, I am less certain how bagged I will be […]
Visit The London Eye Day and Night For Different Views The London Eye was absolutely on our “must do” list for this trip to London. It was not covered on our London Pass and would eat into time from other venues on our Pass but we still decided this stop […]
We Found Little Venice And Camden Market In London The first day we land in Europe after leaving Toronto is usually a slower day as we struggle through jet lag and the lack of sleep on the plane. On our first day in London, we took the suggestion of the […]
As A Travel Planning Geek – We May Plan A Bit Too Much When We Travel I have always liked the romantic thought of just showing up at the airport and taking a seat on the first flight out. But every time we start thinking about a vacation much more […]
Travelling The PCH To See The West Coast For 4 Weeks Travelling the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) for 4 weeks down the west coast we covered an amazing: 2200+ miles, 2 train trips, 3 airplane trips, 2 countries, 3 states and 13 hotels. Leaving from our home town in Toronto (Canada), […]
Updated: Jan 12/15 We had just finished 4 weeks on the west coast – 2200+ miles, 2 countries, 3 states and 13 hotels. Packing to head home to “real life” is always a bit depressing. It was particularly sad this time as we headed home to a hospital palliative care […]
Heading South To The Paradise Point Resort At San Diego Rest Stop Getting off the ferry from Catalina Island in Newport Beach at dinner time, we hopped the little 3 car ferry to Balboa Island and were soon on Hwy 1 heading south. We couldn’t miss repeating another part of our […]
Why do I blog? Do I have stuff to share? I could start with “I have always wanted to be a writer” – but that would make me sound so much like everyone else, especially those in my age bracket nearing retirement with stuff to share and most of my […]
Taking the Ferry from Newport Beach For A Catalina Island Escape A key stop for our 4 week west coast trip was to be a trip to Catalina Island. We were taking the ferry to our Catalina Island escape and being the anal planners that we are, we spent some time checking […]
Ocean Stop for the Beaches at Newport Beach For the next stop on our 4 week West Coast trip, we took the longest route possible to travel the hour trip from Santa Monica to Newport Beach, continually leaving the main route to follow the water. We stopped at the Marine Street […]
Santa Monica Outside LA But Close Enough To Visit No trip down the west coast of the USA can be complete without seeing LA. When we looked for LA hotels, we debated being in the heart of the city (Beverly Hills, Hollywood, downtown) or staying by the water. We didn’t […]
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