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I've discovered I pretty much want to see and do everything... but I thought I would set a more realistic goal to begin... 40 countries before I turn 40 and as many friends as I can make along the way... 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, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, Bonaire, Aruba, Jamaica, Turkey, Greece, Monaco, Turks and Caicos, Cuba, 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, Peru, and South Africa.
Next up... England, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Russia, and Germany, and the Netherlands in 2013. New Orleans, Key West, and some repeats in 2014.
Travel Blog Posts
March 4th 2013
Let me just preface this with the fact that I felt pretty horrible the entire time I was away (started before I left and didn’t have anything to do with the food or anything)… I also didn’t have a single drink the entire time I was there (see point #1). So with that in mind, here we go... Cuba - take one. So I’m trying a different kind of adventure this time around… first go at an all-inclusive and my first time in Cuba. Direct to Cuba flights from my city don’t start until the week after spring break (wtf?), so I drove to Moncton to meet up with the girls. Sunwing flight was delayed about three hours, but I knew that before I even left for Moncton. No big deal. Hung out with the girls, ... read more
5 Day Caribbean on the Carnival Destiny
Published: January 15th 2013Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » Grand Turk
January 13th 2013
Once upon a time, a girl with chronic wanderlust and a boy who hates the snow decided to go on a little adventure (er, another adventure). With a dirty look or two for the snow that started to fall as they headed to the airport, the adventure begins... Cheapest flights out of our province were out of Moncton this time (this was a proper holiday for relaxing, so we didn't want to drive to and from the US before/after flying), so off we went on a 2 hour drive to the airport. It started to snow about the last 30 minutes of the drive, but I think somehow that just makes leaving the snow more rewarding. Checked in in Moncton and waited for a bit at the gate before getting called up to see the agent ... read more
October 11th 2012
We’re not travelling again until January, and I feel the need to blog about something. So here goes… I tend to try not to let things get to me… namely because they generally don’t really matter and I’m a pretty laid back sort… but I admit there’s one thing I find incredibly annoying… one simple statement… “You’re lucky you get to travel so much.” For starters… I don’t believe in luck. Maybe things happen for a reason, maybe they don’t, but there’s absolutely no luck involved in this equation. Greg and I (well, I have, and Greg is awesome and accommodating, and really is only pretending he doesn’t love visiting all the places we go to) have made the conscious decision to make travelling a priority in our universe. We’ve paid for every flight we’ve taken, ... read more
Boston 2012 - Red Sox rebuilding edition
Published: September 14th 2012North America » United States » Massachusetts » Boston
September 14th 2012
We're back from another baseball in Boston adventure, and we had a great time... we made a point of seeking out places we've never before and it was nice to see some other parts of the city. Left Thursday morning in beautiful sunny weather. Stopped for coffee, gas, lunch (Whole Foods... mmmm smoothie), etc in Portland and that was pretty much all the stopping we did. Got to our hotel in Boston (same one as always - Holiday Inn Somerville) around 4:00. Rested a bit and played on our devices, and then wandered off to find some food. We walked from our hotel down to Union Square and found a thai place (Sweet Ginger). Food was fine. I've never been to Thailand, so I have no idea if it was even remotely authentic, but it tasted ... read more
September 14th 2012
I've been struggling for a while on whether to actually create some kind of list to roughly guide future travel decisions... so I've started a list, and one of the things I wanted to set as a goal is to visit 50 UNESCO World Heritage sites. There's nearly 1000 listings, so I don't think I'm really pushing the boundaries here, but I suspect I'm going to end up with a pretty lengthy future travel guide as it is. So based on this, I decided to look back and see how many sites I've had the chance to visit already... and here they are, with some pictures (because blogs without pictures are boring!) ... 25 more to go! Austria - Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg - Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn - Historic Centre of ... read more
Europe 2012 - brought to you by the letter F, the letter U, the number 1, and your eye :)
Published: June 21st 2012Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
June 19th 2012
I have to start out saying with this one that we made life long memories and had amazing times with such fantastic people that I don’t even know how I am going to do this trip justice with words and images… but I’m no quitter, so I’ll give it a go. Also, if you’re easily offended, are looking for more fact than foolish, are a know-it-all who is considering wasting time correcting me, or just get bored when people tend to ramble… now’s the time to wander off and read the dictionary or play with your pet rocks… if you stay, don’t say I didn’t warn you. PS: The daily subtitles will mean nothing to you unless you were there… and maybe not even then… so accept it and move on :) Day 1 – Thunder ... read more
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
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