Brace yourselves. This be a long post. J, the official photographer of our rag tag family, selected a few images out of the hundreds he shot looking out the window of the Empire Builder. I will comment wherever possible, but sometimes I won’t know where it is. And right now the photographer is sleeping soContinue reading “Reflections from a cross-country train ride #2: Seattle to Chicago”
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Reflections on a cross-country train ride #1: Seattle
First of all, this freakin’ continent has got one large waistline. Unless you think of Central America as the waistline, then the whole of Americas looks more like Pamela Anderson – top heavy with a sleek Brazilian booty. But I digress. When we left Victoria, we took the clipper, a fancy katamaran that goes reallyContinue reading “Reflections on a cross-country train ride #1: Seattle”
Reflections on my trip to Victoria
July 19th, on the eve of leaving Victoria. I don’t think I have the constitution for visiting. My stomach is in knots and the copious amounts of alcohol imbibed in these social calls is beginning to pickle my insides. I am sure I am turning a distinct shade of green. And that would be myContinue reading “Reflections on my trip to Victoria”
Holiday To Do List
It’s official. Well, almost. After this morning I am officially on vacation. We have made no real plans for the holiday ( like I mean zero. Nada. Zilch.) and I am excessively happy about it. However, it is always best to attack anything, with a plan, an outline, a small cognitive map, shall we say.Continue reading “Holiday To Do List”
Travel Journal: Entry #11
I am nothing if not persistent. This last leaf on our journey’s tree has been hanging on for dear life since September, waiting for me to get my act together and put words to it. So here it is, the final leg of the 2010 Odyssey, complete with photos, tired faces and spanish moss. Savannah,Continue reading “Travel Journal: Entry #11”
Travel Journal: Entry #10
Look at me. I’m on a roll! No really, I’m rolling. Can’t you see? Okay. Last day of theme park madness. I am getting tired just thinking about it. Universal StudiosAs we had already visited Islands of Adventure, we headed to the actual studio side of Universal Studios. Picture a big boardwalk framing a man-madeContinue reading “Travel Journal: Entry #10”
Travel Journal: Entry #8
Magic KingdomThe next day we took the shuttle first thing in the morning to The Magic Kingdom theme park, the main Disney one, with all the princesses and the big pastel castle. I have to say, this was one of our least favourite parks. It was really crowded and, well, the novelty of people dressedContinue reading “Travel Journal: Entry #8”
Travel Journal: Entry #7
Present Day It has been a long while since my last post and Disney world has now been over a month a go. Or exactly a month ago actually. This is partly due to Blogger’s new fangled way of uploading photos which took me a few days to do, and partly due to the fact thatContinue reading “Travel Journal: Entry #7”
Travel Journal: Entry #6
Present timeIt is about twenty to nine and the kids are still in bed as well as the in-laws. I had book cub last night and got to see some of my favourite people (a side note here- steampunk zombie adventure novel although fun to read, do not provoke too much in-depth discussion) and IContinue reading “Travel Journal: Entry #6”
Travel Journal: Entry #5
Present timeWe are home now in Montreal. Real coffee is brewing, J is making an egg and the girls are puttering around after a good night’s sleep in their own bed. The best part of a vacation should always be the coming home. However, our present location just serves to highlight how far behind IContinue reading “Travel Journal: Entry #5”
Lina Branter 