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 