Buenos Aires…Plaza de Mayo

Stand in the middle of Plaza de Mayo. Slowly turn 360 degrees. Can you believe we are actually here! Look at all the history that surrounds you. Can you feel the spirits of those who lived through that history (long ago and in modern times)? Overwhelming , isn’t it. Plaza de Mayo is definitely one […]

Visit to the Shanklin Chine, IOW

  Chine? Did you say chine? What on earth is a chine? There are several meanings but the one that fits this chine is… a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water. (It’s an olde English word that is not used that often any more.)   Once I found out what a […]

Isle of Wight, England

What is IOW, you ask. Well, I just happen to have the answer. IOW stands for Isle of Wight. Don’t feel badly. Even though we have been to England a few times, neither of us knew what IOW stood for either. If you did not know, it is obvious you have not been there. So […]

Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, Quebec

Traveling through small rural communities along the St. Lawrence River in southern Quebec one can not help but be in awe of the beautiful churches found in  even the tiniest of villages. The local church is always the most spectacular building. And I do mean spectacular. How did this come to be? Looking back into […]

Sweden’s Wooden Horses

A small wooden horse with no tail figures prominently in my childhood memories. The horse is red. Its harness is brightly painted in colours that I had never seen on real horses around my community. Then again I had never seen a real horse this shade of red either. My parents tell me that the […]

London: Walking the Mall

When the opportunity of a lifetime presents itself you just have to take it. Right? Such an opportunity arose and we took it. To start at the beginning… It was early May and London was busily getting ready for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Flags everywhere. Taxis, buildings, streets… everything was being readied for the great […]

Mount Robson, Canadian Rocky Mountains

Today we are off on a road trip traveling west from Jasper, Alberta  in hopes of seeing Mount Robson. I say “in hopes of” because frequently the mountain is encased in cloud. This fact is not all that surprising when one realizes that Mount Robson is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. At 3,954 […]

Carry on Bags – What to Pack

As an experienced senior traveler I thought I had the art of packing a carry on bag down to a science.  When we recently landed in Madrid and our luggage stayed at London Heathrow , I discovered I still had a bit to learn. By the time our luggage caught up with us four days […]

Travel Tip: Don’t Expect Perfection

Sometimes we set ourselves up. Preliving a perfect trip inevitably leads to disappointment. That’s not a typo. I really do mean “preliving” as opposed to “reliving” Hmm…maybe I have coined a new word…preliving. Anyways. Reliving a perfect trip would not lead to disappointment. If the trip really was perfect, reliving it could only bring happy […]

On Top of Table Mountain, Cape Town

As we head up to the top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, two things pop into my mind…one sort of expected, one not expected. Thought one (expected)…”I am really here! I am at the south end of the African continent about to look out towards Antarctica! This is real!” Thought two (unexpected)…”On […]

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