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…signs of “re-entry”to my native habitat from a long absence: 1. I can’t find my car keys anywhere…they’re somplace “safe”. Oh boy, those keys are so safe it took days and days to recover them. 2. Nice friends are phoning to say … Continue reading
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Tagged Europe, family travel, house exchange, humour, jet lag, road trip, technology
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Two cell phones (that will stop working tomorrow), one iPad (with a big crack in the screen), one tablet, three kindles, three ipods (one dead), a Nintendo 3DS (child bored of it though since he’s played the same three games for three months), and half a computer (with no audio, another one got dropped, and the third is “frozen”)
I didn’t share this, but while in the Netherlands in July (now I’m in Holland), the d ,m, and r keys stopped working on my computer. My blog was going to be about how hard it was to be creative … Continue reading
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Tagged amsterdam, cycling, Europe, family travel, Holland, humour, off the beaten path, technology, the Netherlands, train travel
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Oslo: It will be nice when it’s finished.
The great age of Vikings. Norway. Then Norway/Denmark, then Norway/Sweden. Then, the same year my home province joined Confederation (1905), an independent Norway. I’ve spent a lot of time in Scandinavia this year and feel safe telling you that economically, … Continue reading
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Tagged business dinners, Europe, family travel, humour, michelin, Norway, Oslo, vikings
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Reflections on Airports en route to Oslo
I plod behind my husband dragging my two suitcases, clack, clack, clacking over the endless tiled hallways of Schipol Airport in Amsterdam. I feel I am in that children’s book “Make Way for Ducklings” with the row of ducks that … Continue reading
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Tagged airport transfer, airports, easy jet, Europe, family travel, humour, malpensa, Milan, schipol
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Back to School, Stockholm Style
All over the world, children are engaged in back-to-school activities. Often with a parent leading the charge, usually their mother. They are having teeth checked, getting hair cut, and being sized up for what shoes, pants and shirts fit after … Continue reading
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Tagged back to school, Europe, family travel, hair cuts, humour, negotiating with children, pacific northwest, shopping, stockholm, sweden
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After two months Abroad, any Canadian is my Friend. Even Dead Ones.
Zevenaar. Our second home exchange. To use a western North American euphemism…it’s a bit of a one horse town. Which is apt since this past weekend one of its big summer attractions was its annual country and western music festival! … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian, country and western, Dutch liberation, Europe, family travel, Groesbeek War Cemetery, music, the Netherlands, WW2, Zevenaar
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Budapest v. Prague
I fully realize a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. And when it comes to these cities that’s all I have. We spent one night and two days in Budapest and two days and two nights in Prague. Enough to … Continue reading
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Tagged budapest, Czech Republic, eastern europe, Europe, family travel, hop on hop off, humour, Hungary, lice, prague
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The OTHER end of my foodie spectrum!
“It’s in the Palais Coburg…it’s supposed to be right here,” says my husband, looking around with map in hand. We’re in a quiet, non-commercial part of Vienna, with few people on the street in the early evening. The only place … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, Europe, foodie, michelin restaurant, restaurant, Sylvio Nikol, travel, vienna, wine
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Two Sacher Tortes, A Coca-cola light and a Decaf…
“Two sacher tortes, a coca-cola light, and a decaf coffee,” the waitress parrots back with a heavy accent. I am distracted by her burgundy polyester uniform with gold lettering, “Hotel Sacher” in fancy script. Around us are sneaker-clad tourists with … Continue reading
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Tagged dessert, Europe, family travel, foodie, history, hotel sacher, humor, humour, sacher torte, vienna
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So we got on bikes and saw things from a different perspective…
The Netherlands is famous the world over for its cycling citizens. It is very cycling oriented. Slim, fit-looking 60 and 70 year olds on bikes is a common sight that my husband is not always graciously yielding to. Don’t get … Continue reading
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Tagged biking, cycling, day trips from Amsterdam, Europe, family, Holland, kid friendly, medeival towns, the Netherlands, travel
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