European Honeymoon, 2012 – Day #1, YYZ to CDG
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 – What a crazy 36-hours! Julia & I exchanged our vows, we celebrated the occasion with our close family & friends and then started our 20-night European honeymoon. To say I’m incredibly lucky & fortunate would be a vast understatement. My parents offered to drive us to Pearson International Airport for [...]
Upcoming Trips
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
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 #1, YYZ to SXM, via ATL
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 [...]
Australia, 2009 – YYZ to SYD, via LAX
Back in October 2009, I made the 19-hour flight from #YYZ to #SYD, via #LAX for a three-week trip in Australia. Over the next batch of posts, I’ll be recapping my adventures. Enjoy. ** Thursday, October 8, 2009 – Packing for a trip is always exciting – laundry, initial packing then slimming it down to [...]
Cruise – Day 9, SJU to YYZ, via CLT
It was 8:30am when our alarms went off, and we slowly got up and began getting our stuff together to leave the cabin for the last time. It was a terribly sad day – not because we weren’t going to be on the boat anymore, but because the ‘w’ word was clouding our thoughts. Back [...]
Cruise – Day 1, YYZ to SJU, via PHL
Hi all – Here is Day 1 of the cruise, our trip from Toronto to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The day started off well, with Julia & I waking up around 6:30am, and were able to finish up some packing and then head to my parents place for 7:30am for the ride to the airport. [...]
Cruising the Caribbean
Tomorrow morning Julia & I will be heading to the airport to catch our flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico (via Philadelphia) to begin our (first ever) Southern Caribbean cruise. The cruise itself embarks from San Juan on Saturday, so we’ll have about 20hrs to keep ourselves occupied in San Juan before boarding ‘Serenade of [...]