Tag: Travel

• Contemplating Contemplative Prayer

  

  As you may have read previously on my quest to waking up earlier, I’m glad to report that it has gone fairly well. Looking at my Fitbit data, in July, I had about 4 days when I woke up at 6am +/- 20 minutes. In September, that has increased to 18 days. The biggest change…

• Family Alberta Trip 2021

  

  After being mostly cooped up at home for a year and a half after the COVID pandemic started in 2020, we made our first out-of-province trip in September 2021.  The last time Renee and I were in Western Canada was before we had kids, about 13 years prior (although I had been several times in…

• 2019: A Year in Review – Part II: Our Travels

  Trip to Tobermory Before we start…if you haven’t read Part I of my 2019 review, go here. A few years ago, I wrote about the perception of the acceleration of time, that is, that time seems to pass by more quickly as we age.  Since then, I read that this can be explained by our…

• 2019: A Year in Review – Part I: Year Overview

  I had tried starting this post before the coronavirus outbreak, but did not get any progress until now.  It’s April 11, 2020 and I’ve been home since before March Break, which would make this the start of week #5.  Not sure if this is affecting anyone else, but I feel especially lethargic from a work…

• Want to Fly to Alberta on the Cheap?

  Heavily Photoshopped Picture I Took at Moraine Lake, AB Before we had kids, in 2008, we drove all the way to Victoria, BC in a rental van and had a blast. Driving across the country had always been a dream for me, and 9 years later, we drove to the other end of the country,…

• Fly for Cheap!

  Recently, I’ve stumbled onto 2 websites that publish really cheap flights and wanted to share: Secret Flying and YYZ Deals.  I think anyone thinking of traveling should bookmark these sites, especially if you’re not sure where you want to go, but just want to go somewhere.  There are some great deals to be had. I…

• Traveling for Work and Other Fun

  This post was written on September 30, 2015, while I was 25000 ft above ground over British Columbia. I’m writing this on my way from Vancouver to Fort McMurray, on a small Bombardier Dash 8 prop.  Usually, I’d be fast asleep by now but because this plane flies at a relatively low altitude, the view…

• Family Trip to Cayo Coco, Cuba – Part 2 of 3

  Renee at the Italian Restaurant by the Shore, Coconut in Hand I’m now writing this in late April to late May (this post took a month to write!). *Sigh*  Sometimes I wished I was retired (don’t we all?) and have all the free time to do things that we want to do.  I remember hearing…

• Family Trip to Cayo Coco, Cuba – Part 1 of 3

  On January 28, 2011, we headed to Cayo Coco, Cuba for our family trip.  This year, Renee’s father, Johnson, is turning 60 and we (the kids) decided to treat him and Renee’s mom, Anita, to a trip down south.  It’s our first time going to the Caribbean; so, naturally, we were really excited. We started…

• First Time in San Francisco

  I’m in San Francisco right now, on business.  It’s my first time to SF, but I haven’t seen much of it.  The 5 of us arrived Wednesday at 12:20 pm.  Got to the hotel by around 2:00 pm.  There was a World Junior Hockey finals at 7:30 pm EST (4:30 PST) and the crew wanted…