Absinthe in Czech Republic We alway like to try the local food and drink when we travel. You can’t visit Porto without trying the port wine. When we visited the town of Cognac, we needed to sample a range of cognacs. Absinthe is widely found in the Czech Republic. When […]
Leaving Toronto In The Spring It had been a long time since our fall trip to the Baltics in the fall. We did several city long weekends to Chicago, NYC and Washington. We had a great Caribbean cruise that ended with a week in St Lucia for David’s birthday. And […]
Heading To Washington DC It was a long time between our fall trip to the Baltics and our spring exploration in Central Europe. But city breaks kept our travel urges at bay. Chicago was a new discovery for us. NYC for the holiday season got us ready for Christmas. We […]
Planning An Afternoon Treat In Washington DC When we planned our visit to Washington DC over the Easter weekend, we reached out to some of the local travel bloggers we knew in the area. We knew that most would not be around over the holiday weekend. But Nicki had a […]
Not Everything Goes Into The Suitcase Packing has never been a strength of mine. I am getting infinitesimally better. But I do try not to pack consumable items that I can pick up at my destination. If we are taking a short trip like our extra long weekend to Washington […]
Washington DC In Bloom It was a long cold winter in Toronto. It seemed like it would never end. Everywhere we looked at home was still grey and lifeless. An extra long weekend in Washington DC at the end of March gave us a quick break before we headed to […]
Adding New Cruise Lines Into The Mix We have traditionally cruised with Oceania Cruises. This year we decided to taste test some new cruise lines. For the fall, we booked trips with Viking Cruises to China and Windstar Cruises to Japan. It will be a year of firsts. In the […]
The First Weekend At The Burning Man In Washington Exhibit The Burning Man event happens every summer in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. A complete city is built out of nothing. And at the end, the desert is returned to its natural state. Nothing is left behind. Burning Man […]
Heading Back To The Caribbean We started the year cruising in the southern Caribbean for David’s birthday. We finished that trip with a week in St Lucia. It was great to escape the winter in Toronto. But we were not back for a month before we started to itch to […]
We Started A Low Carb Diet Before Our Vacation The winter hibernation in Toronto added yet more pounds to our slowly increasing weight. It was time to take drastic measures. We started a low carb diet 10 days before we headed south on our Windstar Caribbean cruise. Our southern vacation […]
Arriving In Anse Mitan, Martinique The sun was rising as we headed into Martinique. We were sad to realize that this was the last port on our Windstar Caribbean cruise. Our cruise ship was again anchored in the middle of the bay. This was both a pro and con of […]
We Planned Scuba Diving In Grenada On our Windstar cruise to the Caribbean, we took it easy in many of the ports. We escaped the cold in Toronto and we really just wanted to relax, In St Kitts, we flew through the air on our zipline adventure. We snorkelled on […]
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