Tag: house sitting
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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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New Brunswick
As we approach the end of our time here in New Brunswick I continue to be amazed at the opportunities house sitting has provided us. We have met some great people and had a chance to explore this small corner of another beautiful Canadian province. While enjoying the entertainment we shared a table with some…
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Ministers Island
With our six week house sit in rural New Brunswick we were looking forward to peace and quiet, and it has delivered. What a beautiful corner of Canada. However, it was about time to do a serious bit of sight seeing and check out Ministers Island which is located on the outskirts of St. Andrews.…
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British Columbia Road Trip
We have had an absolutely fantastic time during our 10 week swing through beautiful British Columbia. Through Karen’s organizational skills we ended up doing five house sits in five different locations around southern BC. We ran the gambit of animal personalities from dogs that were deaf, to obsessed with squirrels, to chickens that were just…
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Vernon Street Art
We had the opportunity to spend a quiet Saturday wandering around the downtown centre of Vernon, British Columbia. No better way of maximizing the enjoyment than to check out the cities vibrant street art scene. It appears that about 20 years ago the city adopted a program of showcasing its heritage and encouraging pedestrian traffic…
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Road Trip, BC Style
We have been incredibly fortunate with the house sits we have lined up in British Columbia, and by that I mean, Karen has done an amazing job of finding some wonderful sits. Once we were travel ready, we set off to our first BC sit north of New Denver in the Kootenays. Such a beautiful…
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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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Ithaca Carnival
We were very fortunate to be able to be in Vathi for the big Carnival parade. OK, maybe big is a bit of an overstatement. However it is obviously an important event for the island as winter wraps up and the preparations for summer start. The thing that really struck me about the Carnival gathering…
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A Day in our Greek Life
As we pass the half way point of our three months in Greece I figure it is time for some reflection. As in, what the heck do we do with our time here? As with every other person in the world the answer is routines. Those routines may morph a bit from location to location,…
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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…