I hear the words Land’s End and I believe in magic and fairies and all things good. I imagine walking the cliffs dreaming of whatever it is that I’m dreaming of. I recall reading about Land’s End in a romance novel when I was a teenager. I don’t recall the […]
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What Do You Mean I Shouldn’t Be Driving In Your Country?
My son and I went on a British Isles cruise departing from Southampton, England. We spent some time in London and being the confident, adventurous woman that I am, I decided to rent a car and drive from London to Land’s End and then back to Southampton. Land’s End was […]
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Liverpool ~ Loving The Beatles
Who does not know at least one Beatles song? Which one is your favourite? Mine is “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. “Hey Jude” and “Twist and Shout” are very close seconds. Growing up in Fort McMurray, there was a place downtown that sold pop called “The Pop Shoppe”. Pop is […]
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Cité de Carcassonne ~ A Medieval Adventure
When a gal always has her nose in a book, she tends to find a lot of unique places in the world to see. This whirlwind weekend trip started with a book called “Labyrinth” by Kate Mosse. I read the book in 2005 and immediately added Carcassonne to my “someday” […]
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Team Diabetes ~ Conquer the Crater Hike
I was privileged to travel to Reykjavik in August of 2013 with Canada’s Team Diabetes to participate in the Conquer the Crater Hike. It followed the (Fimmvörðuháls) 5 Cairns Pass Trail which ends between two volcanoes, (Eyjafjallajökull [E-15] and Mýrdalsjökull). The 2010 volcanic eruption created two new craters named Magni […]
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The Land of Fire & Ice
Iceland is hands down the most visually stunning country I’ve ever seen. Geysers! Volcanoes! Thermal Spas! Waterfalls! Mountains! Vivid Green Valleys! There are so many adventurous activities to do that I must go back one day to do what I missed! Iceland is located where the Eurasian and North American […]
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The Scottish Highlands ~ Culloden, Outlander & Jamie Fraser
What is the one spot in the world that you are drawn to? Mine is the Culloden Battlefield, near Inverness in Scotland. On 16 April 1746, the Battle of Culloden took place on the Culloden Moor and it is a big part of Scotland’s history. This battle concluded the Jacobite […]
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Stop Working To Travel – Really?
What a crazy title that is! Why? How? Am I a lunatic? In June 2017, I took a very deep breath, asked myself & others the tough questions, decided I was going to chase my travel dream and I volunteered for the severance package at work in order to travel […]
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