Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
Thursday April 27 2000—7:30 a.m.
Thursday dawned bright and cold, about -12°C according to Bob’s thermometer. It was blue to the north, and there were high, bright clouds to the south. Continue reading “Getting back to Iqaluit”
Tuesday April 25, 2000—7:15 p.m.
What a day! Phew. If I came here looking for exercise, I certainly found it today. More of that in a minute. Continue reading “Getting around Meta Incognita”
Monday April 24 2000—8:00 p.m.
Tempus fugit.
Before we could leave in morning we learned how to pack the qomatiqs; Continue reading “Getting across Frobisher Bay”
Sunday April 23 2000—9:45 p.m.
My seatmate on the plane was one of my co-adventurers. Bob was retired and was spending what seemed to be most of his time on adventure trips. Continue reading “Getting oriented”
Introduction
In August 1998 I spent twelve days in the arctic, hiking with my sister and her family in the area around Pond Inlet in northern Baffin Island and on Bylot Island. Continue reading “Getting there”
Charles De Gaulle was the airport from which we would have flown back to Toronto on May 5th this year. We love Paris. Continue reading “Last stop – Paris”
Once upon a time there were countries and people living under communism. Travel then wasn’t freely allowed. Continue reading “Sojourn in Prague, fall 1990”
This story is a small part of a much bigger one. At this time however, we will not shed light on all the incredible and unbelievable adventures of the protagonists. Continue reading “A day’s drive through Germany, summer 1993”
Florence! The home of Renaissance art and architecture, and the capital of Tuscany. With famous gourmet cuisine, this medieval city on the banks of Arno River captivated our hearts with its charming narrow cobbled streets, fresco-decorated churches and basilicas, marble statues and vibrant night life. Continue reading “Florence & Pisa, Italy 2016”
After overcrowded Venice it was refreshing to spent a week in charming Padua. It was much cheaper there, and we could do day trips to other cities nearby. Continue reading “Padua, Verona & Ferrara, Italy 2016”
April 23. Still 2020?
I don’t know about you, but for me time seems to have stopped. A day feels like a year. What did I do this morning? Or yesterday? Was there a yesterday actually? Continue reading “Covid-19: When flagged as high-risk”
As with most of our trips at the time, this was a spontaneous decision. Air Canada Rouge had just opened a new destination to Venice and the price was really good. Continue reading “Venice, May 2016”
We’ll have another post on Venice and our activities there in the spring of 2016. We visited about a year before anti-tourist protests would begin, Continue reading “Venice as we saw it then”
Happy Birthday Anne!
We’ll start this storyline with our visit to Milan and Mutti in 2016. Continue reading “Anne, Milan & Mutti, Italy”
This is the final video from our tour around Morocco in January 2020. Our last stop on the guided tour was Marrakesh (or Marrakech). Continue reading “Marrakesh & Casablanca”
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