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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Years Eve Countdown, Iberostar Varadero (December 31, 2015)

Hard to believe that just over a year ago, we were celebrating New Year’s Eve in Cuba!

Posted 05 January 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Sandos Caracol Eco-Resort

Two months from now…

Posted 18 December 2016 § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Sandos Caracol All-Inclusive Resort, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

Sandos Caracol is the name of the resort we’ve booked for our hot holiday this winter. We’re pretty excited – as one review I read online observed: “One of the best things about this resort is that it has all the things you’d normally pay extra for as excursions or at least for an extra […]

Posted 16 October 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our Next Trip Is Booked

We’ve had a lot of trips in the interim but we haven’t been to Mexico since 2004.  But we’re about to correct that – we just booked our next winter trip!

Posted 13 October 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

FTRW 2016 – Day Seven – Saturday Snap – Freedom to Read in Cuba?

Below are a couple photos I took in Havana during our 2011 trip to Cuba. This was a street vendor stall selling books (which is good!) but most here (and in our hotel’s gift shop or anywhere else we found books) were heavily propagandistic (bad!). Cuba isn’t commercialized with billboards selling blue jeans and soda but in its […]

Posted 27 February 2016 § Canada § Censorship § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – The Cost of Living Everywhere in the World in a Single Awesome Graphic

Not sure if this is a “Fun” link but it captures something I’ve been thinking about a lot since our most recent trip to Cuba.

Posted 15 January 2016 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Jobs § Randomness § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – Kids in Cuba, 5 Years Apart (2011, 2016)

Pace in 2011… Sasha in 2016…

Posted 14 January 2016 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Beautiful Calm Waters in Varadero, Cuba

Shea took this video to try to capture just how beautiful, calm and clear the water was near our hotel on our second last day in Cuba…

Posted 09 January 2016 § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – How Rural Cuba Celebrates New Year’s Eve

This is very different experience to what we had a week ago in an all-inclusive resort targeted at tourists.  (Warning: Some may find the photos in the link disturbing.  Others may find them delicious!) 😉  Actually, maybe not that different…

Posted 08 January 2016 § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – View From An #iberostarvaradero Beach Chair (Jan 2016)

You can even see the two scrapes on my shins detailed in yesterday’s post! 😉

Posted 07 January 2016 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,