To all those who dared us to eat haggis, who tried to invoke the fear of grey animal matter with oats….phooey to you all. Haggis rocks. Beef, lamb, with gravy, without, with mash tatters and turnip, with oatcakes,….you name it’s serious yummy!! Think meat pie without the pastry, or sausage without the casing but a […]
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(Missing Pictures) Trish has always always wanted to go to Scotland. And now with her great buddy Deanna there, and my writing compadre Alette and her hub Mike and their poodle in Edinburgh, there was no reason not to go. We arrived at Mike and Alette’s huge Edinburgh flat (2.5 x value of our Ottawa […]
London Calling (click on pix above for more shots) For our first overseas post, I was tempted to saturate this blog with pix and descriptions of London’s many historical landmarks, it’s stunning architecture, and vibrant hoods. But for us the most meaningful part of this portion of our travel was being with Stan, Trish’s dad; […]
(Pictures are missing?) Thank you to all of you who came to our bon voyage party to wish us well on our great adventure. Wayne is still recovering from the tequilla shots đŸ˜‰
Our Itinerary is roughly laid out below. We only have up to our flights to China booked, the rest has purposely been left open, so that we can meander, be spontaneous and have the flexibility to fall in love with a place and stay for awhile. September London: touring the city with Stan (Trish’s Dad) […]
As any cook knows, it takes hours and days to prepare a good meal and seconds to eat it. The same goes for travel. We have been planning for this trip for 3 years.. and now that it is a matter of weeks away, we are frantically researching, packing and taking care of last minute […]