Ewan and I have been pretty spoiled on our trip for sure. We’ve explored a new continent, seen World Wonders and are achieving a life dream. Along the way we’ve met so many new and interesting people and forged new friendships. But along with that we’ve been lucky to connect with friends from ‘back home’.…
During World War Two, Ewan’s Scottish grandfather, Peter Brown, was in the British military, specifically the service core of the 51st Highland Division. If I am correct, it was towards the start of the War that he was billeted in France before eventually being captured in Saint Valery and marched to Germany and held as…
When travelling, we like to think we are very open to new experiences and happy to explore whatever the locale has to offer. In fact, it is a rare occasion when we reach a place and find ourselves hating it. The closest we came to saying “never again” was likely when we were stuck in…
After our laid back time in Bariloche, it was time for us to move on to Argentina’s wine country: Mendoza. This was a destination we were looking forward to for a couple of reasons. First off, as mentioned, Mendoza is smack in Argentina’s wine country. We lived a few years in the Okanagan Valley and…
By day #75 of our trip, the most out of the box thing that Ewan and I had done was our two week Spanish language stint in Puerto Vallarta. Otherwise we had been doing our own thing: booking or finding our accommodation and going with whatever was available and relatively cheap as far as transportation.…
One of my favourite things whilst traveling is meeting up with other friends. You get the opportunity to share memories with them outside of the regular life you normally lead in your home country. We’ve been lucky to have a network of friends who also love travel and so have met up with friends in…
The last few days, after our time in Cancun, we’ve been shacked up in Playa Paraiso with good friends from Kelowna. Our dear friend Mark kindly extended the offer for Ewan and I to crash his parent’s Mexi-casa while he and his immediate family were down for the holidays. Imagine a comfortable, spacious home with…
The weather has been pretty crazy here; the city seemed to come to a complete halt yesterday due to freezing rain the night before. Transit was spotty, roads and sidewalks were slippery, and everything was caked in a layer of ice. Despite this, Ewan and I headed to the west-side of the city to take…
Last night we had a cat-centric date at our friend Tara’s place. Her cat, Bruce Willis, is adorable and quite possibly the calmest cat I’ve ever met. We were treated to a delicious home-made meal and hunkered down to watch Die Hard and Die Hard 2 with Bruce!
Yesterday was the last day of work for both Ewan and I. The day was very surreal for both of us; the reality of leaving to travel is hitting harder than ever! We’re both going to miss our colleagues at our jobs. At my work on Friday there was a little event just for me…