Blogs from New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 2

See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security. - Ray Bradbury I can't believe we will soon be in Egypt! I have wanted to travel to Egypt since I was a child, so this trip is really a dream come true for me. We have been busy with pre-trip preparation, and now the departure day is almost here. My copies of the Lonely Planet guides to Egypt and to Jordan have been read, highlighted, post it noted, and coffee spilled-on. I've googled endlessly. Now all the planning can stop and the adventure can finally begin. Susan and I are flying to Cairo, via Frankfurt, and spending three extra days there before we join fellow travellers on Peregrine Adventures' 17 day "Classical ... read more

We are calling it the Cali-Florida Adventure: departing Vancouver on Monday, September 22nd after the big birthday cruise bash on the 21st. We head down to LA for a week to visit friends, have fun, adventures and relax. Then off to Florida. A week in Disneyworld and Universal... hello Harry Potter... then we relax (?) in Westin where both Marilyn and I will visit with friends dating back to - wait for it - high school. So, for now, we are sourcing free entertainment, maps of local destinations we are going to frequent and previewing a bit of history of the areas - a favourite past-time of mine. Thus far, LA will consist of visits with Tracey and Brian and Bill and Clemente the wonderful folks we met on our cruise in 2013. We are so ... read more

Note: I am recreating this travel blog in 2017, based on my trip journal and memories. I really enjoy re-reading my previous two travel blogs so I wanted to be able to do the same for this Turkey trip. We are incredibly excited about our first major overseas trip! We leave tomorrow, flying from Vancouver to London, then on to Istanbul. Istanbul sounds so exotic, and we will be so thrilled to be there. We originally booked a trip to Egypt and Jordan, but the Arab Spring intervened, so we have decided to go to Turkey instead. My parents went to Turkey a number of years ago, and really enjoyed it. We are spending a few days in Istanbul, then joining Peregrine Adventures' "Treasures of Turkey" 15 day trip. This will be the first time we ... read more

Well, here we go!! Thanks to Mike and Caroline for having us for 6 days in Vancouver so that we could get organized and complete our last-minute things. Here's a couple pics on our way out of Larisa's place to the airport for our 2am flight out of YVR (thanks Sister). Next stop Hong Kong....... read more

Hi All, Home again, sort of!! We have rented our Colby Street house for another year so have moved into our apartment with Clay. Had our mail on temporary address change but it is time to do it for good. We like this 'Urban Living', maybe not ready to sell our family home but we will know when it is right. We have a busy summer planned so won't even be here much before we head out again in October. The thing consistent in our life right now is our email address schnurr@shaw.ca Address is: #202-710 Seventh Avenue New Westminster, B.C. V3M 5V3 phone number 778-385-2529 Give us a call. We would love to hear from you. Nancy and Larry... read more