Our trip to Paris began in St. Pancras station. We boarded the Eurostar train and sped away from London. In barely an hour we were already underwater. Arriving back to London - what a fabulous form of transport The train passed through the 'Channel-Tunnel' and we arrived to the beautiful fields of northern France. The green fields flew by at 300km/h and dad told me about … [Read more...]
High! From Quito, Ecuador
After a couple of marvellous weeks at sea level in Patagonia and Easter Island, I have been looking forward to some altitude in the Andes. We often speak of ‘Latin America’ in general terms, but my flight from Santiago, through Bogota to Quito, Ecuador took all day and crossed the Equator twice! Welcome to Quito! Within 12 hours of arriving, we walked 5 kilometres across … [Read more...]
Peru 2017
Peru 2017 An amazing country, with fabulous people at the perfect time of the year (well November is at least the best month to escape the onset of winter in the Northern Hemisphere). Over two full weeks we have discovered - or rediscovered - so many of Peru’s highlights. Lima As much as I truly love Peru, I have never been won over by its massive, sprawling capital. A city … [Read more...]
Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park
The New England Coast is beautiful. Naturally beautiful, architecturally beautiful and culturally beautiful. The highest point on the American east coast is only 1500 feet (500 meters) high, yet expresses the greatest elevation anywhere from the Cape Breton Highlands to perhaps Rio’s mountains in Brazil. Cadillac Mountain, the highest of the ‘peaks’ on Mount Desert … [Read more...]
January & The Winter Rockies (Jasper Included)
As we begin February here in the Canadian west, days are already becoming longer, although spring still feels very far away. I leave February 7 for Panama and will surely enjoy the 30+ degree (90 F) weather that awaits. Nevertheless, I am a winter person and have just come back from a windy day of skiing at Sunshine Village where we took fun advantage of the new, heated … [Read more...]
