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In late March, we took a more traditional late winter trip – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a week. We had an early start that morning – alarms going off at 4:20 for our 7:00 flight. We made it onboard with plenty of time for breakfast after dropping our bags. And this time, we had GrannyContinue reading “Here Comes The Sun”

The morning after departing South Georgia we were indeed met by the tail end of the ominous storm that had been displayed on the weather map. I enjoyed spending a couple of hours that day sitting in the lounge on the 4th deck looking out at the view which was like this most of thatContinue reading “Penguin Overload”

After the 3 long days at sea, we’re literally in the middle of nowhere in the Southern Ocean. King Edward Point on the island of South Georgia, population in the summer, about 20. The wakeup this morning gave us our first taste of the sub-Antarctic. South Georgia has some of the worst weather of justContinue reading “Spectacular South Georgia”

My next flight to the city of Ushuaia at the southern tip of Argentina departs from the city airport of Buenos Aires – Aeroparque. It was less than a 20 minute ride from Plaza de Mayo which cost 6000 pesos (or about 6 USD). I wish that I’d taken a photo of the check inContinue reading “Fin Del Mundo”

This trip began with a leisurely mid morning start at the Calgary Airport. I visited the Westjet Elevation lounge for a late breakfast. Curiously, the online food and beverage ordering portal now specifies a 5 drink limit per guest and apparently they’ll advise you when you’re on your last drink… haha (I only had one,Continue reading “The Paris of South America”

This trip actually took place about a month ago in mid November, so I’m really behind this time. Better late than never, I guess. Also, on this trip we spent a lot of time just chilling so for 8 days on the ground it’ll be a pretty short post relative to the time spent. AfterContinue reading “Cidade Maravilhosa”

For Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend, we’re going to Chicago!  Our aunt / sister-in-law Julie is running in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday so we’ll meet up with her, my brother Kasey and nephew Brady. Our trip starts out a bit early.  I had forgotten about a free night certificate that I had at Bonvoy chainContinue reading “The Windy City”

We’re going to have a quieter day today. Again, it’s going to start out with a walk for some good coffee, at another spot recommended by my friend Andres. It’s hard not to walk around on these beautiful tree lined streets in Eixample. It’s been so long ago that I forgot what we did thisContinue reading “All Good Things Must End”

We begin the next leg of our journey at the Madrid Atocha railway station. The original trainsheds have been converted into this atrium area with cafes and a tropical garden. After going through the baggage x-ray checkpoint, we stopped at this candy store to get Ellie a few sweet treats for the way. Today we’reContinue reading “Our Final Stop – The City of Counts”

Another delicious breakfast in Jeronimo the next morning. After breakfast, I’m heading out for a bike tour for a couple of hours while Ellie chills in the room. She wouldn’t enjoy coming out when it’s already hot at 930 in the morning. To get to the meeting place, I walk down many narrow streets likeContinue reading ““I love this pool!””