Mike and Charlotte

Hello, I know, believe it or not, it's us!!! Not many travelblogs have been rolling out lately. This is really just a quick one. It's been a bit of a different summer this, not so much traveling. A lot of this is due to the fact that we are currently 9 months pregnant and looking forward to welcoming our new addition very soon. We're hoping the wee nipper is better behaved than Daddy and we're sure to influence the travel gene into every day life. Even so, we have enjoyed being in England for Alan and Kat's wedding. Charlotte also enjoyed a few weeks up in Scotland where she very much enjoyed being pampered by the family. A very nice time was had just relaxing and being with everyone and of course, catching up with friends. ... read more

We lied, we managed to fit in a wee trip before the end of the year - so hurrah, another travelblog abounds. The first part of the trip was a solo one for Charlotte. Bidding for vacation the year before doesn't always work out. So as a result, Charlotte had all her vacation time in October and November. It's been a big year money wise with trips to the UK and of course, our wonderful wedding so it wasn't possible to do too much this time around. With Mike busy at work with the Canadian elections it was a chance to slip away for a few days. One good thing about having holiday time in October is that most places aren't too busy. I managed to get a hotel in Las Vegas for 23 US a ... read more

The end of our last blog saw us in pursuit of somewhere to do our washing after being on the road for over a week. However, our plan to fly into Halifax and then go and stay overnight at Mike's parents farm was soon squashed. By a bird!!! We phoned Westjet whilst driving towards Toronto and listed on the afternoon flight to Halifax. The reservation agent said that we should be fine going standby as there was space on the flight. When we arrived at the airport, we soon found out that would not be the case. The flight had been cancelled due to a bird flying into the engine. As a result, all the flights that day were full and we were re-scheduled to fly standby the next day, but to Montreal. Not quite what ... read more

Unfortunately, I found out that we had an extra hour that we didn't know about until after I'd come back from a quick run around the shops!!! Typical, however I did discover that Macy's in Chicago has 7 floors. That's right - 7! Even I was a bit lost. We were in Chicago for the Lollapalooza, a 3 day music festival which took place in Grant Park. The park sits on the edge of downtown and Lake Michigan. 8 stages were set up across the park and over 75,000 fans per day enjoyed music from artists such as Kanye West, Wilco, Rage Against the Machine, Sharon Jones, Nine Inch Nails, Gnarls Barkley and The Raconteurs. The weather was amazing for the whole three days, warm and sunny. On the Friday evening, the day we arrived in ... read more

After the chaos of planning a wedding on the other side of the globe and our amazing wedding week in Scotland, we were pretty much KNACKERED!!! After the long journey from Glasgow to Toronto and then Calgary before finally reaching Vancouver, we were ready for a break. After unpacking and repacking we were soon on a plane bound for Honolulu and some piece and quiet. We knew we would be exhausted by the time the wedding was over and that relaxing was all we would want to do. That pretty much sums up our time in Honolulu. We stayed in the Queen Kapiolani Hotel which sits at the very end of Waikiki, so a little quieter than being right in the middle of the action. We had a great view from our room, straight out to ... read more