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Some Thoughts on Thomas Cook’s Collapse and the Possible Impacts on Worldwide Tourism

As someone who loves visiting all-inclusive resorts (and frequently meets overseas guests while there including many who probably traveled with Thomas Cook), I’ve been watching the collapse of the 178 year old travel agency with with great interest. Some thoughts: * Some are calling this the first “Brexit Bankruptcy“, a result of uncertainty caused by […]

¶ Posted 24 September 2019 § Jobs § News § Sad § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, economics, holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Going South (February 2015)

Our family on a plane heading to the Dominican Republic in 2015 (and part of how we afford our holidays? I still wear that same t-shirt four years later!) 😉

¶ Posted 12 September 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, holiday

Saturday Snap – Our Summer Family

When we were at Echo a few years back, we met, befriended and hung out with (and got hungover with!) a few other young couples. (I know “young” is relative for me these days but Shea’s a lot younger than me so I follow her lead on that!) When we got our seasonal site at […]

¶ Posted 07 September 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – A Glimpse of Our Future?

Shea and I really enjoying the camping lifestyle and, although it’s still a few years away, have begun talking about what it would be like to downsize our house and buy a small camper/motorhome/camper van and just travel around in that once we retire. We got a glimpse of what it might be like this […]

¶ Posted 31 August 2019 § Family § Shea § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: camping

Eating With The World’s Most Isolated Tribe

We live in a pretty amazing world where I can use some of the world’s most advanced technology – the Internet, YouTube, wifi – to watch a video clip about one of the world’s most primitive societies.

¶ Posted 28 August 2019 § Internet § Technology § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: food, health, history, language, youtube

Banff Gondola and Sulphur Mountain Summit

It’s hard to pick a favourite part of our quick trip to Calgary – seeing the pandas at the Calgary Zoo (though gorillas and hippos will always be my favourites), driving past so many of our old haunts (even tried to buzz a neighbour whose name is still on the board at our former condo […]

¶ Posted 20 August 2019 § Canada § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, cool, economics, education, history, holiday, science

Music Monday – “Now Campbeltown Loch is a beautiful place/But the price of the whiskey is grim/How nice it would be if the whiskey was free/And the Loch was filled up to the brim”

One of the best things about traveling is the people you meet. I met a young guy from Scotland at the Banff Hot Spring and during our conversation, mentioned my grandmother was born in Campbeltown, Scotland. He asked if I knew this old folk song and I admitted that I didn’t (though I quickly filed […]