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Boston 2013 and a Complete Lack of an Interesting Title
I’ve been writing these blogs mostly because I like to write and since I always keep too much on Because being a farmers market vendor...


40 Countries, 40 Beer, and Rockin’ the Baltics
I think I generally start most of my blogs with something along the lines of “We’re off again on Two members of our travel family ended...


Escaping Winter in Cuba
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...


Our Meeting with the Carnival Destiny
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...


Luck, schmuck! Why anyone can travel more…
We’re not travelling again until January, and I feel the need to blog about something. So here goes… I love frappuccinos… but I love...


UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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...


Boston 2012 – Red Sox rebuilding edition
Left Thursday morning in beautiful sunny weather. Stopped for coffee, gas, lunch (Whole Foods… mmmm smoothie), etc in Portland and that...


Europe 2012 – brought to you by the letter F, the letter U, the number 1, and your eye :)
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,...


7 Day Western Caribbean on the Carnival Magic – Oh La La!
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...


Wandering the west coast… our visit to Seattle
Thursday – Day 1 in Seattle – So coming from a time zone 4 hours behind Seattle, we were up pretty early. Breakfast at the hotel...


Boston 2011: July 4th, beer and baseball, and sun, GLORIOUS SUN!
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...


7 Day Southern Caribbean Explorer on the Caribbean Princess
It was about midafternoon when we got on the ship, so our cabin was already ready (C415 – a half-covered balcony on Caribe deck (deck...


8 Day Eastern Caribbean on the Carnival Freedom
We puttered around before dinner to refamiliarize ourselves with the ship (which didn’t take long), stopping for a drink and to listen to...


Red Sox Destination: San Francisco
We wander off to explore the city for a while, because if we rest now, we’re doomed for the trip… first thing we note is that home is...


8 Day Southern Caribbean on the Carnival Miracle
Tuck in with a coffee – it’s another long one… Embarkation Day – Tim and Mel booked us on the free shuttle to the port when they arrived...


12 Day Grand Mediterranean on the Carnival Dream (plus Rome)
Spent the afternoon exploring Palentine Hill and the Roman Forum on our own Friday … according to Roman mythology, this was the place...


Red Sox Destination: Chicago
Drive from home to Bangor was pretty uneventful, except being pulled over at the border and having the car searched. It’s not like we had...


Weekend Roadtrip to Boston
Saturday morning… thankfully I have Nic so I don’t have to eat breakfast by myself (not that I wouldn’t) as the non-morning people snooze...


Weekend away in Alma
I really like the small town feel where everyone knows everyone else… and people all meet around simple places like a gas station for a...


Carnival Freedom – 8 Day Western Caribbean
May 8th – Wee hours of the morning… we’re off to the local airport to catch our flight away from Florida (we have to fly west from the...
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