On the Lakes in Ushuaia, Argentina
We are the last pickup for our tour this morning, and Cesar, our guide, sits us up front with the only other English speaking tourists on the 40 seat bus, a young couple from Ireland. We have noticed a distinct lack of...
Two Books to Read on a Beach
Canada’s summers are far, far too short so when the weather gets hot, the only place I want to be is on a beach, eating potato salad, slurping watermelon and of course, reading. Here are two books that will inspire you...
Campervans and Kangaroos in Yamba, Australia
S29° E153° Ahhhhh, the campervan life. Who knew about grey water, or sullage, as they call it here. Or as they may call it in Canada too. I don’t know. We aren’t campervan people. And the overview and...
On the Train to St. Petersburg: Sharing Some Difficult Memories
It is a relatively calm and stress-free morning as we head to St. Petersburg. The weather still seemingly against us – it is cool, wet and a north wind is blowing as we head to the station for our train ride into Russia....
Paris: Le Grand Tour of Museums
We are doing Le Grand Tour of Museums these days. Today, our grand tour continues today with the Monet, Turner, and Whistler exhibit newly-opened at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, built for the 1900 World ’s...
Across the Normandy Countryside to Vimy
N 51 E 003 We start our drive out of France, our longest stay in 1 country since Australia, by heading to Dieppe (pronounced, we learned last night, as “deep” in Kiwi). A city surrounded by high cliffs, it was the...
The Day Before All Souls
It is the day before All Souls, and it seems appropriate today that we join friends and family as they visit the graves of their loved ones, for we will visit a couple of the many WWI cemeteries that dot this part of the world,...