Canada
It started with a message That seemed inconsequential: “One daughter has a stomach bug; Infection spread’s potential.” We shrugged it off: “She's on day three And sounds almost recovered. We can't wait to get back there For fun yet undiscovered!” So back we went and
Canada
After we returned from Vancouver Island, we had a busy time socialising and catching up with more friends on Thursday and Friday... After this, things went a bit downhill... but you can read about that in the next post!
Canada
In addition to visiting the Victoria Bug Zoo and the Butchart Gardens, here's what/who else we saw on Vancouver Island!
Haiku
Another batch of haikus... Day 99 • 12 Dec • Barbados to Miami to Seattle Through gaps in the cloud, Miami blinks far below: A great motherboard. Day 100 • 13 Dec • Seattle to Vancouver Screenprinting by hand: A treat for the boys at our Friends’ shop on Whidbey. Day 101 • 14 Dec
Canada
Another thing we did while in Victoria (on Vancouver Island) was visit the Butchart Gardens to see their Christmas lights. We'd been to the gardens three or four times before, including at Christmas time, and they've hardly changed! They still have the Twelve Days of Christmas
Canada
On the Monday after our first weekend in Vancouver, we headed to Vancouver Island for three nights while our hosts had their last few days of work and school before their Christmas break. This post is about one of the tourist attractions we visited: Victoria Bug Zoo. I'll
USA
On Friday, after we left our accommodation near Seattle airport, we drove northwards in our new rental car to Vancouver, BC — via Whidbey Island to visit some of our friends who live there now. Whidbey is a large island north of Seattle, accessed by ferry at the southern end but
Flights
AKA: How we got from France to Canada via a week in Barbados The Wednesday we left Paris was one of our longer travel days. We were originally booked to fly Paris to Miami and straight on to Barbados, but that flight was cancelled so we had to rebook Paris
Haiku
More haikus... Day 92 • 5 Dec • Miami to Barbados Breakfast at IHOP And lunch at Denny's as we Pass through Miami. Day 93 • 6 Dec • Barbados At 2am we Touch down in Barbados and By 10 we're feasting. Day 94 • 7 Dec • Barbados A clifftop lighthouse,
Barbados
Our time in Barbados was a wonderful mix of rest, rejuvenation and catching up with our friends there. B and I first went to Barbados 14 years ago and hope it isn't so long before our next visit! We loved staying with our friends David and Kela, their
Haiku
Here we are again already... Day 85 • 28 Nov • Wavre A life admin day Is needed now and then to Keep up with it all. Day 86 • 29 Nov • Wavre Our day in Brussels: Fries, waffles, Christmas markets… Oh, and Warhammer! Day 87 • 30 Nov • Wavre to Paris Dessert for
France
Our second destination for Tuesday's sightseeing was the Eiffel Tower! Although this was B's and my third trip to Paris, we had never climbed the Eiffel Tower before. So that's what we wanted to do this time! By the time we booked online several