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"Hunged Out" in the Central Highlands
Vietnam Trip - Days Six, Seven and EightBefore embarking on our tour of Vietnam's Central Highlands, Tianne and I went back to the Veranda restaurant for breakfast. T had the Pho and I had three crepes...
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Shopping Spree in Hoi An
Vietnam Trip - Days Nine, Ten and Eleven Sorry for not keeping this travel blog up to date over the past few days. It's not that it's been difficult to find an Internet connection or anything... We've...
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Water Puppet Show in Hanoi
Vietnam Trip - Day Twelve On May 11th we flew north to Hanoi via Danang. Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam, and it has beautiful French colonial architecture. We stayed in the Old Quarter, which is...
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Halong Bay
Vietnam Trip - Day Thirteen Tianne and I grabbed a quick breakfast at a nearby restaurant and was picked up by our driver at around 7am. The drive to Halong City took three hours -- faster than the...
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Cu Chi Tunnels
Vietnam Trip - Day FourteenFor the first time in the trip Tianne and I are both exhausted. Back in our Vietnam home base of Saigon and the Elios Hotel, we opted to have a lazy day. We slept in and...
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MeKong Delta
Vietnam Trip - Days Fifteen and Sixteen Tianne and I have just returned from our trip to the MeKong Delta, and really enjoyed it. Two days on an air-conditioned bus, English-speaking tour guide, two...
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Phu Quoc Island
Our journey to Phu Quoc Island in the Indian Ocean had a somewhat rushed start because we had misjudged the amount of time it takes to get to the airport in the early afternoon. Saigon has a third...
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Photos from our trip to Vietnam have been uploaded to Flickr. To view the nine photo sets, visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_and_jody/sets/
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Summer 2007
My travel blog is officially back from summer hiatus. I took only one trip of note from this summer -- an extra-long Canada Day weekend to celebrate the wedding of Steve's father in Pictou County,...
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Europe Bound
As many of you know, my last day at CREA was September 7th. I now find myself a bit of time in-between jobs (expect a new gig to start in mid-October), which has left me with some time to dream about...
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Welcome to the Land of Beer and Chocolate
Day One - Brussels Sorry for the delay in getting my first post up. The guidebook warned that Internet cafes are in short supply in Belgium and they weren't kidding. And the one LP suggested doesn't...
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Castle, Canals and Cobblestones
Day Two - Bruges and Ghent Started the morning with a broken shower door (guess that's what you get for the 4 stars - the concierge was very apologetic and addressed the problem quickly). Not a big...
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Paintings, Statues and Festival
Day Three - Brussels My first stop this morning was the Place de Grand Sablon antiques market, which was exactly 10 steps from my hotel! Then I headed to La Place du Petite Sablon, which is a lovely...
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The Tower, the Champs and the Arc
Day 4 - Paris*These French keyboards are a bit difficult to navigate, so my blog posts might be getting shorter if I dont figure them out soon!* Slept in a bit and caught the 10:13am train from...
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Sacré-Couer, Moulin Rouge and Notre Dame
Day 5 - Paris The weather was surprisingly good today, and so I decided to skip Musée Rodin unless I ran out of things to do. That did not happen -- there are things to see on every street and every...
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Louvre, Orsay and More Shopping
Day 6 – Paris Purchased a 4 day museum pass this morning for 45 euros. It gives unlimited access to the major museums and sites around town (including the Louvre), and other sites outside of the city...
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Museums, Crypts and Scenic Vistas
Day 7 - Paris Sorry this post is a day late -- I was too tired to make it online yesterday because it was a very full day.Started the morning at the Louvre and was treated to the French sculptures (5th...
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Museums, Shopping and Metro Incident
Day 8 - Paris Today is my 31st birthday and I was very fortunate to be able to spend the day in Paris. My first stop of the day was (surprise) the Louvre! I had the honour of being the first visitor of...
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Day 9 - Versailles and Chartres
Began the day with a 35 minute train ride to Versailles. This is the home of Chateau du Versailles -- the grandest and most famous palace in France. It served as the political capital and the seat of...
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What I've Been Up To
More than a year has past since my last post. That's the trouble with a travel blog -- you have to actually go somewhere to have something to write about. To be fair, I have done some really fun trips...
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Countdown on For Next Trip!
In just 19 days I depart for my first trip to the Middle East. Steve and I will be visiting his sister Andrea, her husband Patrick and our niece Helena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia over the holidays. This...
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For those of you who have been following the weather forecasts, you'll know that Ottawa is anticipating a big dump of snow on Sunday, December 21st -- which was of course the date we were originally...
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London Calling
December 21, 2008Steve and I are never sure if we are supposed to go through customs together when we travel because every country has different requirements. Usually we guess wrong, as was the case in...
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Next Adventures Planned
Seven months have passed since we returned from our Saudi Arabia trip. I never quite got around to chronicling our adventures in "the Magic Kingdom", but did manage to put together a pretty decent...
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Recent Travels
Despite the best of intentions, this travel blog still isn't being updated on a regular basis. It certainly isn't for a lack of travel. I will have to try harder!I enjoyed a wonderful trip to Italy in...
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