Category Archives: Travel

My Big City Life

By | October 19, 2009

Where has the time gone? It feels like we just unpacked our bags following our England/France trip and are now packing up again for Las Vegas. There was a month between arrival and departure times but since jet setting life isn’t one we are familiar with it feels like a quick turn around. We are… Read More »

My Marseille Middle

By | October 4, 2009

“I spent a week in Marseille one weekend.” On September 11th we flew in Marseille with Ryanair and stayed for the weekend. One member of our foursome went home on Sunday night (13th) but the rest of us stayed another day and returned to England on Monday…and this was our trip, starting with some random… Read More »

My London End

By | September 25, 2009

This is a Piccadilly line service to Cockfosters. The trip to Marseille took place a week after we landed in London but I will write about it last to keep the flow of London going. It was nearly a week into our trip and we were feeling confident. We gotten used to the time change,… Read More »

My London Beginning

By | September 20, 2009

I have been trying to come up with a way to summarize our trip to England, and for lack of a better word, it was amazing. Every aspect of our vacation was exciting, fun and totally worth it. For two weeks we were on the go, doing something, walking to a new area and experiencing… Read More »

My Great Kingdom Leave

By | September 2, 2009

That’s it. The bags are packed, the Canadian Tire Monopoly money has been converted into British Sterlings and Euros and we are ready to watch the sunset and rise on the same plane ride. Jet lag may be my biggest enemy. We will hit London on our midnight, their morning. Anyone who knows me understands… Read More »

My Attitude Machine

By | August 27, 2009

Our London trip is a week away and things are starting to take shape. We have a weekend in Marseille booked and are getting an idea of what we want to do in and around London. We are not sure what we will do first, if we will attack Cambridge, Brighton and then London or… Read More »

My London Calling

By | August 21, 2009

Two weeks from now we will be in Wee Britain. Yeah, I am just as surprised as you are. Usually we plan any trip we take for several months, especially one that involves air travel, but England came together in under 24 hours. For the last few months we have talked about going to England… Read More »