Just Ange
It's a big world out there, and I naturally want to see it all... and photograph it all... but I thought I would set a more realistic goal to begin... 40 countries before I turn 40... possibly this isn't realistic either (and it's stolen and altered from my sister's 30 countries before 30 concept), but I'm giving it a go...justange
So here's where I've been: Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Japan, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Vatican City (wikipedia says this is a country, and I've not bothered to research if that is actually true), St. Maarten/St. Martin, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, the Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands, Angtigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, Bonaire, Aruba, Jamaica, the United States, and Canada... I've also been to the Cayman Islands (technically a British territory I believe) ... and I've passed through some airports in other countries, but they don't count.
My top ten of places I would like to see next, in no specific order: Ireland, Russia, New Zealand, Scotland, Morocco, Thailand, Iceland, Egypt, Greece, and South Africa.
Next up... back to Europe in June (Italy, Croatia, Turkey, Greece, France, Monaco, and Spain)
Travel Blog Posts
7 Day Western Caribbean on the Carnival Magic - Oh La La!
Published: January 26th 2012Central America Caribbean
January 25th 2012
Thanks to a wonderful holiday surprise from my awesome husband, we're just back from our latest adventure.... another cruise (this time on the Carnival Magic), great for exploring AND relaxing... here we go. Day 1 - As per usual, a flight out of here in the wee hours of the morning. F'ton to Montreal uneventful, fast-tracked through Montreal because we had a tight connection, and get to the gate for flight #2 to find it missing a plane. Oh well, time for breakfast and coffee! Late leaving Montreal, but we make up most of the time in the air. Arrive in Houston around noon their time, but Mich (our wonderful chauffeur, tour guide, and hostess for our brief time in Houston - thanks Mich!) is trapped in traffic on the interstate. I'm sure this is the ... read more
Wandering the west coast... our visit to Seattle
Published: August 17th 2011North America » United States » Washington » Seattle
August 17th 2011
Off again on another adventure… this time chasing the Red Sox to Seattle (i.e. using wanting to see some baseball as a reason to visit another city on our list). As always, we set off fairly early… we flew with points this time, and so ended up with the completely foolish route of Moncton to Halifax to Toronto to Seattle. So we made the 2 hour drive to Moncton early in the morning so we could drop off some candles for a customer there at Chocolate River Station (if you haven’t been, it’s a neat spot – Ganong Chocolatier Shoppe and Briggs Maple – our customers – are there, as well as Olivier soap). Had a quick bite at the airport, and joined the 5 other passengers for the excruciatingly long 30 minute flight to Halifax. ... read more
Boston 2011: July 4th, beer and baseball, and sun, GLORIOUS SUN!
Published: July 7th 2011North America » United States » Massachusetts » Boston
July 6th 2011
So for anyone who hasn’t figured it out yet, Greg and I are Red Sox fans (I’m newer, pre reversing the curse enough to not be a bandwagon hopper, but without all the battle scars… Greg has been his whole life). Every year, we’re usually lucky enough to make the trek down to Boston to visit my favourite place in the entire USA… FENWAY PARK!!! So here’s our 2011 Boston adventure... a pretty quick one, but a great one all the same. July 1st is our national holiday here, and we spent the entire day busting ass to get ready to go away. Saturday morning, we did our normal farmers’ market day, and then immediately hopped in the car and headed off to the states. We stopped for gas on the outskirts of Bangor and grabbed ... read more
7 Day Southern Caribbean Explorer on the Caribbean Princess
Published: May 9th 2011Central America Caribbean » Dominica
May 5th 2011
Off we headed again on another adventure... this time with some different travel companions (our friends Alice and Bill, as well as Deb and her mom Anna) and on a different cruise line... trying Princess for the first time (because we got a wicked deal and it had great ports)... but the start of the journey just about always starts out the same. Drove to Maine on Saturday, puttered around a bit, had a fairly undelicious supper at Longhorn, and played around on the ipad and read some while everyone else watched hockey playoffs in the hotel room. Headed across the pedway early in the morning to catch our 7am flight to Philadelphia. Philly's airport is one of my least favorite ever (well, the section of Terminal F where we always seem to start out is)... ... read more
8 Day Eastern Caribbean on the Carnival Freedom
Published: January 12th 2011Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua
January 11th 2011
To Florida from eastern Canada is a bit of a jaunt, and seeing that it’s winter, we left a few days in advance… drove 3 hours to Bangor, Maine and stayed at the airport Sheraton there… (travel info - $160 for the night for 4 of us – 1 room with 2 double beds… room smelled a bit gross, but overall hotel was fine and it claims to be newly renovated… bar is nice, connected by pedway to airport terminal… included up to 14 days of parking free… ours would have cost us about $90, so it worked out well for us)… we got there around 9pm their time, had a beer and went to bed… four of us travelling this time around, 3 past cruisers with Carnival (and 2 of us have been on the ... read more
Rock, rain, beer, and baseball in New England
Published: August 27th 2010North America » United States » Massachusetts
August 26th 2010
This isn't really an uncommon trip for us, since we tend to make a trip down to Fenway at least once a year... we left in the wee hours of Friday morning... breakfast at a truck stop in Houlton after an uneventful border crossing, a stop for coffee at the start of the I-295, overpriced seafood lunch in Kittery (and a chocolate stop :) ... and on to spend a couple of days visiting the in-laws in NH. Weekend was uneventful... spent most of the time amusing two toddlers... we went to some uninteresting farm thing that doubles as a state park...though the trails up and around it might have been interesting, we didn't see much of them... and to some indoor play place/science center because it was raining... (great idea if you are a kid, ... read more
Red Sox Destination: San Francisco
Published: July 5th 2010North America » United States » California » San Francisco
July 2nd 2010
In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, we set off on another adventure… and once again, because it involved a plane, we had to be at the airport long before it’s decent to be awake… so we could catch a flight to a real airport with more than one gate (OK, technically we have "four" but they all go out the same door)… and then off we go… about 14 hours in transit (in which we especially enjoyed that the tvs in the back half of the plane didn't work for the 5.5 hour flight from Toronto to San Francisco, and the stewardesses gave up trying to figure out why fairly quickly), and a 4 hour time difference, and we’re in San Francisco and to our hotel (Marriott Marquis on 4th street) mid afternoon… and we’re ... read more
8 Day Southern Caribbean on the Carnival Miracle
Published: April 12th 2010Central America Caribbean » Saint Kitts & Nevis » Saint Kitts
April 5th 2010
Introducing the players... there's me and my wonderful husband Greg (I've cruised four times and this is his second... I tend to take the pictures and blog, and he kindly lugs my camera gear and is happily paid in beer)... there's my pal Nic (this is our third cruise together) and her mom (who celebrated a birthday on board)... and my sis Mel (who was on a first name basis with the entire bar staff by day 2) and her friend Tim (shoulda had a V8)... whom Carnival married and whose honeymoon was definitely short lived :) ... Tuck in with a coffee - it's another long one... And we’re off again on another cruise adventure… This time on the Carnival Miracle out of Fort Lauderdale… instead of leaving in the wee hours of the morning, ... read more
12 Day Grand Mediterranean on the Carnival Dream (plus Rome)
Published: October 22nd 2009Europe » Italy
October 21st 2009
Day 1: En route to Rome - Having been swamped just about up to the minute we left on this one, I didn’t really have time to get excited about it… I was in the workshop making candles in the morning… I didn’t pack until an hour before I left for the airport… my body decided to switch to Italy’s time zone a couple of days in advance, without checking with me if it was ok… so by the time I got to Toronto, I was pretty much wrecked already… flight from here to there was uneventful… there’s nothing better than the seat beside the toilet on a small plane… ew … at least I had a delicious Ferris best ever veggie sammie en route… and some tasty seed cookies… (this is me delaying the eating ... read more
September 8th 2009
We were both were pretty excited about this trip… we booked an “official” Red Sox Destination trip and neither of us had been to Chicago before. Not that we don’t love Boston and Fenway, but we wanted to see another city. Drive from home to Bangor was pretty uneventful, except being pulled over at the border and having the car searched. It’s not like we had anything in the car that we shouldn’t have had, but I was STARVING and we were planning to eat in Houlton. I think the boys at the border were just jealous of all the sports we were about to enjoy. All flights were uneventful… were checked into the hotel in Chicago (Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile) by 6:00 their time. Had some supper at ESPN zone (they really give you too ... read more
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