Upcoming Trips

Eiffel Tower - Paris, France

Now that the blog has officially relaunched, I feel I should let you in on some information. Over the past four weeks, Julia & I have booked our honeymoon! We’ll be flying from Toronto to Paris, and then from Rome to Toronto twenty days later. Not a bad little getaway. . What stops we make [...]

St. Maarten, 2011 – Day #8

View from our balcony - Simpson Bay, St. Maarten

Saturday, October 1, 2011 – Our alarm went off at 8am this morning, so that we had ample time to finish packing our suitcase and gather up our carry-on items. We took our beach towels back to the towel stand and then headed to the front desk to check out. We hadn’t used the phone [...]

St. Maarten, 2011 – Day #7

Sunset - Simpson Bay, St. Maarten

Friday, September 30, 2011 – With today being our last official day in St. Maarten, we opted to get up a little earlier today and make the scenic drive around the perimeter of the island to Philipsburg. We were out of the room by 11am, and on our way. The drive was nice & relaxing, [...]

St. Maarten, 2011 – Day #6

Julia - Maho Beach, St. Maarten

Thursday, September 29, 2011 – The fresh air at night, mixed with the sound of the ocean, combined with a super comfortable bed has equaled some fantastic sleeps! We weren’t even out late last night, but didn’t wake up until 11am, and weren’t out of the hotel until almost noon today! This trip has been [...]

St. Maarten, 2011 – Day #5

Construction - Simpson Bay, St. Maarten

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 – Today was a pretty relaxing day – we were up at our usual time of 10:30am, and had a light breakfast before leaving the hotel. We had planned to spend the day in Philipsburg, so shopping and beach time was on the agenda. There was a lot of construction going [...]

St. Maarten, 2011 – Day #4

me & Julia at La Bamba - Simpson Bay, St. Maarten

Tuesday, September 27 2011 – We were up at 10:30am today for our usual breakfast before heading out to spend some more time at Baie Rouge on the French side of the island. Renting the car provided us with a lot of freedom, so we wanted to take full advantage of it. Since we drove [...]

Winter Fun At Whistler!

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I know what you’re thinking – how can you even start talking about the winter? While I agree with you, the thought of the ski season being just around the corner has gotten me pretty excited over the last week… And with that, comes the recent email I received from Tourism Whistler, promoting a few [...]

St. Maarten, 2011 – Day #3

Baie Rouge, St. Martin

Monday, September 26, 2011 – Sleeping with the patio door open allowed the breeze from the ocean to fill the room, which resulted in each of us having some great sleeps these first few nights. We got out of bed around 10am and had a quick breakfast before we got ready and left to look [...]

St. Maarten, 2011 – Day #2

St. Maarten sunset

Sunday, September 25, 2011 – Julia was so excited for our first full day in St. Maarten that she was awake at 5:40am and watched the sun come up. She read her Kindle for a few hours until she managed to fall back asleep for a bit. We were both up at 9:30am and I [...]

St. Maarten, 2011 – Day #1, YYZ to SXM, via ATL

View from our balcony - Simpson Bay, St. Maarten

Saturday, September 24, 2011 – With a 6am flight out of Pearson International in Toronto, it was necessary for us to leave Kitchener-Waterloo early enough for us to be at the airport with enough time to get through security and to the gate, so Julia & I picked up my dad (who was gracious enough [...]