Blogs from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, North America - page 6

It's always dangerous to write about experiences that occurred almost two months ago. With the passage of time comes a natural romantisization. The nostalgic part of my brain has already added a soundtrack and cut out the down time. But my warm feelings of Saskatchewan in summer never change. Dennie and I touched down in Regina tired and excited in early July with high expectations of weddings, bbq’s, family dinners, backyard parties, music festivals and camping trips. Another year brought change; relationships came and went, friends moved away and others returned, babies turned into toddlers, and failing football clubs transformed into Grey Cup Champions. Still, the sun brought with it an eruption of good vibes found only in such places as this. In the way that John Steinbeck writes about the stink of Cannery Row with ... read more

5 hours to go. Am sufficiently pre-tired. "Pre-tired" is sort of like "pre-drinking", except that it doesn't involve booze. No wait,... "pre-tired" is nothing like "pre-drinking". So, my plan has been to get up 2 or 3 hours earlier than usual, which makes the time difference only +6 rather than +8. Next, on the 8 hour flight to Amsterdam, is to stay awake for the first hour, but then to sleep for at least 6 (17:00 to 23:00 here, 01:00 to 07:00 there). Unless my math is wrong, or the time zones don't work as I planned, I will have completely shifted to Austria time by the time was arrive in Vienna. I hope.... read more

Hello everyone! Only 3 sleeps until my folks and I depart for Europe - specifically Portugal and Spain. I'm vibrating with excitement!!! I haven't done the blogging thing since my last trip - to SouthEast Asia last January and thought it might be nice to do it again to share my travels with you, my family and friends. We are spending the first week or so travelling around Portugal and then will head off to Spain. We are overseas 3 weeks in total. I sure am looking forward to the sun! That is about it. I look forward to sharing the stories.... Love Pamela... read more

TEN days to go. Crap. I have a lot to do in the meantime.... read more

I've set up a communal blog site( Broads Abroad ) for most of our Europe trip, but thought I'd keep this one for this, and future trips. I already have far too many blogs, but that's primarily because I haven't found one that's perfect for me yet. Perhaps the only solution to this problem is for me to learn HTML. I'm not ready for that, however. I added some people as subscribers because they aren't on Facebook (but also, just to be confusing, added others who are on Facebook). So, anyway,... we've now booked and paid for everything we want to book and pay for at this point. We three are all taking notes, reading and making plans. I'm doing these things as a way to avoid end-of-term marking; the other two mouseketeers are retired.... read more