How is it that Summer almost always seems to fly by?? Well this year for us August flew by for a particular reason – we were on a travelling roadshow. In fact, I was away from Toronto for 5 weeks! The blitz started off with a short stint in Ottawa to visit family, but most…
Being right next door, it isn’t hard to make many trips dipping into the US, especially when we don’t have any mega-trips planned on the horizon. And somehow 2016 has become the year we visited the States the most (kind of crazy when you think of it since the loonie is not at its best!).…
Montreal is one of our favourite cities, but after a lapse in visits over recent years, both Ewan and I were a bit worried that the ‘je ne sais quoi’ charm we loved would be somehow missing when we planned a jaunt there over the May long weekend. Well, our worries were unfounded. Montreal proved…
‘Just because’ is always a good reason to travel, but truth be told, Ewan and I have been caught up in the day to day without many ‘just because’ trips floating around our heads. However, last fall we made a plan with fellow fan friends to see the Calgary Flames on a road trip. We…
It’s been nearly two months since we’ve come back to Toronto. We’re still adapting and adjusting to life. Some things are more difficult than others, but ultimately we feel very fortunate that we have such a wonderful country to call home and return to. While we were traveling, we relished each new opportunity, sight and…
Having been back about a month from our trip one thing I find myself missing is exploring new cities and discovering great street art. Since the year is coming to an end I thought it would be a fitting time to do a quick photo review. Here are some of my favourite pieces we happened…
Once upon a time, we had a desire in our bellies to feed our travellust, a hunger that needed more than the standard three week vacation could satisfy. And then, we had an epiphany. We can work towards our goal. We can make it happen. It will take time and hard work, but we can…
Our last post was strictly numbers about our trip, but it didn’t really cover what our favourite places were. We’ve had this question a lot since coming back so we thought we’d address it. ‘Favourite place’ can mean a lot; a sight, city, or even a whole country. Here are our top five places (each)…
We traveled for 317 days (slightly less than we’d anticipated merely because there was the guarantee of a job for Ewan back home). So what exactly did we accomplish over that period of time? We visited 16 countries that we’d never seen before as well as returning to a couple from previous travels. We saw…
Holy crap. We have ten sleeps left and then we will be commencing our journey home, back to Toronto. In some ways it feels as though it was just a couple of weeks ago that we left an icy-cold Toronto to jet to the warm welcome of Mexico. But then when we think about some…