My brother and his now wife live in the Canadian Rockies and instead of flying out just for their wedding, we planned a whole trip around it. We are very aware that we have not traveled enough in our own country. We have visited many far off countries and we have been through many parts of Canada, but we haven’t …
When planning overseas trips we like to keep things really flexible and often will add destinations randomly if we have a layover there. On our way home from Sri Lanka we had a layover in Brussels and so we decided to spend a week in Europe. I had been to Brussels before, but not Paul and the kids and so …
I love to research travel – where to go, what to see, what to do and for me spending hours reading other people’s blogs is inspiring and so helpful. Some people like to relax by watching TV; I like to relax by researching travel! Where We Stayed Paradise Beach, Negombo – $95/triple BB. A slurge because it was our first …
After 3 weeks traveling around the South Island, we were looking forward to a week of mostly staying put in one place on the North Island. We fly into Auckland, picked up a rental car and first headed to Rotorua, a cultural centre of the Maori people and a town known for its thermal mud pools and geysers. In …
Since I was off on maternity leave, it seemed like a good opportunity to go away for a longer trip. We had visited Australia in 2005, but really wanted to visit New Zealand. We managed to get away for a month in March and spent 3 weeks traveling around the South Island via RV and 1 week on the North …
Since I am off on maternity leave this year, we figured it would be a good time for a longer trip. I am only using 11 months of my maternity leave, so Paul took 1 month maternity leave from work and we went away for the month of June. UK Visit Paul is from England and we don’t get back …
