After roughly nineteen hours of air travel, many espressos and a distressing number of tasteless airplane meals, we finally arrived in Sydney on October 11th just before noon. After quickly sorting out transportation, we headed into the City to find our hotel. Arriving three hours before check in presented some challenges, namely that my jet …
Isolation in a nutshell
It's horrible. But honestly it really is. Obviously, this is just from my perspective, as I am stuck in an unfamiliar country, isolating in a tiny hotel room with food that is brought to me at inconsistent times at best and is nonexistent at worst. Since I have entered the UK, I'm pretty sure I've …
Traveling during a pandemic
After a trying year (and a bit), traveling is a nice distraction. However, traversing through the airports is certainly a little more stressful that it used to be. On top of the extra precautions that must be taken, there is a lot more planning that must be done before you even leave the country. Now, …
Australia adventure part 2
Well, its been a week since my last posting and tomorrow we head off back to Canada. I miss my kids, but I'm reluctant to say goodbye to this wonderful part of the world. It has been a busy week. We arrived back in Adelaide on Monday evening, quite late after our week on the …
On public libraries…
By Rachel I was traveling on the train from York to Lancaster today. The conversation I had with the man across from me triggered this post, I think because it got me a little worked up, brought out my passion a bit. So now I'm going to share some of that with you Our conversation …
Ginger Beer (part 1)
This is a blog post about... (wait for it) GINGER BEER!! Throughout my travels, I have found that I love ginger beer. From the Cook Islands to Australia, I have tasted many different ginger beers, some that are absolutely delicious and some that are, quite literally, meh. What I mean about that is that some …
Lift-off
Well, we're off! Rowan had a final shave... And we all got up very early for our flight out of Saskatoon - although we look amazingly awake for 4 in the morning. My mum and Tristan got up to make us tea and send us on our way with hugs and best wishes. Next stop …
Can’t wait!
Can't wait for our trip to start! I'm really excited to see all the cool new bugs around the world! It's going to be awesome!
Countdown to take-off!
We are down to our last few days before we leave for our 10 month around-the-world trip! Hard to believe! Rowan is madly finishing off schoolwork, Neil is getting some final jobs completed around mum's house, and Pippa and I have the responsibility of setting up this blog. So any criticisms of the design, send …
A year of discovery 