Category: Travel

  • Why I LOVE airports!

    I love airports. Always have. When I was a child, during the summer months, my dad would pile the family into the car, buy dinner from an A & W Drive-In and head out to the airport for us to view the air traffic from the parking lot. I’d scarf down my hamburger and fries…

  • SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT – HAWAII

    SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT: Banyan trees, Oahu, Hawaii I love the flora and vegetation on Oahu, Hawaii. I was especially mesmorized by the banyan trees that were in every place. 

  • Visiting Family and Friends

    When I was enrolled in the Travel and Tourism Administration program at Confederation College many, many years ago I learned that VFF travel (Visiting Family and Friends) is one of the main reasons people take to the skies (or the road). And that is what I recently did – I visited my big sis up…

  • Sunday’s Special Spot – Helsinki

    This week’s picture takes us to a special monument in Helsinki, Finland. For those of you who don’t know, I am of Finnish ethnicity. I’m a first generation Canadian – yes, I am the daughter of immigrants. I am proud of my background almost as much as I am proud to be a Canadian. So…

  • Sunday’s Special Spot:

    This photo is from from Menshealth.co.uk website. I don’t know who actually snapped the photo but it is of a place I’d like to visit: Bolivia’s Salt Flats Salar de Uyuni – Bolivia’s Salt Flats Located in the southwest of Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes Mountain Range lies the world’s largest salt flats:…

  • SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT – PARIS

    SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT:I was hoping to use one of my older photos for today’s inspiration, however, they are in an old format – an actual photograph (as opposed to a digital one). Not generally a problem but my printer/copier/scanner has bit the biscuit. I will be investing in a new one but probably in the…

  • Bucket Lists

    According to the Merrimam-Webster Online Dictionary (under New Words and Slang) the term “Bucket List” is described as: bucket list (noun) : A list of tasks to complete before one dies, or “kicks the bucket.”. The term was popularized in the movie of the same name starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. We all have…

  • Ah Paris

    First and foremost: my apologies for not getting around to posting sooner. Sometimes things just get crazy. Well, I am now back home and settled in. I barely had time to check email, let alone blog since I didn’t have a laptop. Note to self: make that an investment very soon. Anyways… Ah Paris —…