You Will Take A Tasty Path When You Travel For Food People travel to see new places and experience different cultures. Some may let food choices limit their destination choices. Some may limit where they eat when abroad. Large chain hotels will often offer a variety of North American dishes […]
Updated August 2018 I love when I hear from readers that a particular post has been helpful or relevant. When we were chatting about their experience with having their things stolen in Barcelona, I provided them with an update on follow-on lessons that I have had from being robbed in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A True Confession It is true confessions time. We travelled quite extensively for many years with little regard for brand loyalty. We joined all the loyalty programs and then scattered our points everywhere. Often points expired unused. Promotions that would increase our points were ignored. In the last 3 years […]
Think You Are Ready For An Around The World Cruise? There are many reasons to think that you are ready for an around the world cruise. You might enjoy exotic destinations, great food, learning about new cultures, getting out every day or just being pampered. But there are things you […]
New Destinations For 2018 We had a very busy travel year in 2017. We picked up many new destinations as we crossed the Atlantic to spend 4 weeks in Portugal. Many more new destinations were added as we headed into the Baltic. We have a bunch of favourite spots that […]
West To East In 2017 Our reflections on 2017 travel confirmed that we had a very busy travel year again in 2017. When we looked back on what we thought we might do in 2017, we had some hits and some misses. As we planned, our big trip in the […]
What We Learned About Customer Service In Portugal Every new discovery was a delight as we travelled for 4 weeks in Portugal. We stayed in 11 different hotels. But we were so delighted with the Intercontinental Lisbon that we returned a second time. And we will finish there at the […]
Do You Need To Stay Connected While Travelling? This blog is really talking about leisure travel. Staying connected is probably a necessity if you are travelling on business. But when you head out for vacation, do you need to stay connected while travelling? Can you easily stay connected? There are reasons […]
10 Things To Do That Show That New Orleans is More Than Mardi Gras We booked our trip to New Orleans for 8 days to coincide with the big Mardi Gras celebration but planned it so that we would have some time to explore New Orleans as well. It has […]
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