carolynleanne

Matt and I have just returned from a wonderfully relaxing (yet very wet) weekend in Whistler. I think we Vancouverites tend to take Whistler for granted. Whenever I'm there, I have to remind myself that people come from all over the world to experience this beautiful place in the middle of the mountains. Unfortunitly, the weather decided not to cooperate with us and it did rain most of the weekend. But its shoulder season in Whistler - which means nice and cheap hotel rooms. In fact, we were able to get a 2 bedroom suite on the top floor of one of the most highly rated hotels in the area - the Pan Pacific. It was in a wonderful location, with a huge pool deck over looking all the comings and goings of the central village. ... read more

On Days 2 and 3 of our Disneyworld adventure, the family and I headed to Epcot. The park is basically split up into two sections; Futureworld which consists of a number of different sections and World Showcase which celebrates different cultures of the world. The first thing you see when you enter the park is a gigantic globe type structure. Inside it was a really cool dark ride (similiar to pirates of the carribean) which shuttles you through time to see how cultures adapted over the years with their communication skills. It starts out in the time of the cave man writing on the walls and goes all the way up to the time when computers were adapted to be a common household item. Everyone in my family really enjoyed this as most of us like ... read more

Matt and I had a wonderful weekend away in the beautiful city of Victoria BC. It was like a little vacation for us, which was great! We had to get up bright and early friday morning to catch a ferry out of Tswassen. Thankfully there was a starbucks at the terminal so I had that along with my fav Island Oat Bar and started to feel much more awake. Once off the ferry we headed straight downtown to explore. First thing we wanted to check out was the Legislature buildings (BC Parliment) and luckily for us it was open for us to wander through. It was decorated beautifully for Christmas and we were able to explore much of the building. The structure is really cool inside; lots of detailing in the walls and mosiacs on the ... read more

I am blessed to say that this was my THIRD trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. My parents are big lovers of Hawaii and have been there even more times than I have. I use to say they were just obsessed, but I think I may be too! Now that one of the most important and romantic days of my life happened there, it will always hold a very special place in my heart. We stayed at the Kona Coast Resorts just off of Alii drive. It was a great location because it wasnt too far from all the happening on Alii, but it also wasnt in the centre of everything. We were close to the Hawaii, aswell as a grocery/shopping centre and the best snorkeling beach on the island! And thats exactly where we ... read more

So I have just returned from a wonderful cold Christmas in Northern Ontario. I honestly didnt know if I was going to be able to survive it but here I am! To start off, I didnt think I was going to GET to Thunder Bays airport on the 21st of December. It snowed and snowed for days before I was suppose to leave and it was still snowing when we left for the airport at 445am. Thankfully I got there JUST on time after sliding around on the highway and took off after a slight delay due to de-icing the plane. I arrived in Thunder Bay only a couple hours behind, which was pretty good considering their were people stranded all over the country at airports. The next morning Matt and I headed straight for Kap. ... read more