It seems that an August holiday has become something of a ritual in my house. Over the past two summers, Bali has been my gracious host, but this year, a wedding invitation delightfully curtailed all plans to head East and Europe made its way onto the itinerary. With the nuptials to take place in the idyllic Yorkshire Dales, it was…
The Winter season in Vancouver can get the best of you if you let it. Sure, ski season is bliss for most, but let’s face it, not everyone can spend all day every day on the slopes! Oh, to dream. Then there are those of who aren’t really snow bunnies at all. I took an early retirement years ago and…
Marrakech. My memory has whisked me right back to the dusty alleys of the Medina. Morocco was only just barely on our radar. It’s not that neither of us wanted to see it (my partner and I), we were just worried that we wouldn’t have enough time to really see it. After spending two months in Southern Africa, it seemed…
Who doesn’t love waking up in the morning to find that their hard work has been featured somewhere fabulous like Bloggers.com? I tip my hat, give you a nod and send many thanks for choosing my blog to be an Editor’s Pick. I only just wandered into the ‘blogosphere’ a little less than a year ago. It was a project…
Well, I’ve officially made it! Spain. Ever since I was little, and laid eyes on a picture of Gaudi’s unfinished Sagrada Familia Cathedral, I’ve wanted to travel to Spain. I imagined smoky cafes brimming with savvy tourists and robust Spanish locals bantering back and forth about football scores while sipping away at steaming cups of mezcla. So far, even with a…