Category: transportation
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10 Year Travel Anniversary
This week marks a fairly significant milestone in our retirement life. On November 7, 2013 we boarded a United Airlines flight with the final destination being Ambergris Caye, Belize. Our initial line when people asked what we were doing, we would say that we would give full time travel a go for 3 to 5…
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North Macedonia
Macedonia is a small country with a massive history. With a population of just over 2 million people it traces its history back to antiquity. We only spent a week there, but I can honesty say if I needed to hide out somewhere in the world, I would have no problem spending a year here.…
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Albanian Road Trip – Part 3
Before heading out of Sarandë we headed up into the hills to an old castle and a monastery. The neatest thing for me was as we looked south we could just see the edge of the Greek island next to the one we spent 3 months on last winter. After our five days in Sarandë…
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Albanian Road Trip – Part 2
Welcome to the Albanian coastal city of Vlorë. This was such a delightful find after our disappointment in the city of Durrës. Not that Durrës was awful, it is just a classic port city, enough said. We stayed a couple of nights in a lovely hotel run entirely by women. It is what you would…
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Tirana, Albania
Our Balkan adventure is fully operational now. After an epic 28.25 hour trip from St. John, New Brunswick to Toronto, then Munich, and finally Tirana, Albania we are soaking up a new country and culture. We have made the decision to travel Business Class whenever we are on extended flights. There are no words to…
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Back to Canada….for now
First off, I would like to apologize to those of you who received a notification of a post only to find it inaccessible. Amateur error on my behalf, my apologizes. So here we are, safely back in the wintery grasp of our home and native land, Canada. Very happy to be here mainly for the…
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Greek Isle House Sitting
After spending a week in England experiencing an actual white winter we were quite happy to be heading off to wrap up the year and welcome in 2023 with the longest house sit we have had in a while. We had discussed while in England that while we had loved our house sits in the…
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Egyptian Transportation
I decided to wrap up our glimpse of Egypt with a post about our transportation there. There are many options when travelling and though we are fairly conventional with our travel, we do try to do some interesting things as well. If you are curious about travel I hope you find this interesting. Our time…
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Chance Encounters
One of the things we love about our lifestyle is the length of time we spend in a place. Having the opportunity to stroll about areas to take in the sights and simply absorb the feel of a location is wonderful, I understand it is not everyone’s cup of tea, but it is certainly ours.…
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Keeping Busy
I was surprised when I realized we had only been in the UK for six weeks now. I feel like we have seen so much and met so many people that it had to have been longer. We are back in the London area again and getting comfortable in our sixth house since landing here.…