Back from another vacation! I had the most relaxing week onboard the Celebrity Beyond while in the Caribbean. With four ports on this cruise, I got to cross off another four countries I’ve visited. That finally puts me at 20 countries! Initially when I was planning my trip, I knew I wanted to be away for my birthday but I wasn’t sure where I wanted to travel to. Even though I’ve never gravitated towards cruises or all-inclusive vacations, I wanted something simple…
Earlier this year I decided to do something previously unfathomable – I signed up for a 5K run. Let me start off by saying I’ve never been a runner. In fact, I dreaded having to do the annual 2.5K run in middle school every year because I was just so terrible at running. (Also, shouldn’t PE marks be based on participation and not athletic ability?) It was during covid lockdown that I begrudgingly decided to get back on the treadmill….
For the start of my only full day in Ottawa, I got up early that morning and walked over to the nearest Farm Boy to grab breakfast. I had meant to grab something the previous night, but since it was a stat holiday a lot of places were either closed or had closed early. After finishing breakfast, I headed back out again towards Parliament Hill, where I had a tour of the House of Commons booked for 9:40am. One of…
I took the quickest 3 day trip to Ottawa earlier this month. It was certainly unexpected after just returning from Europe, but a close friend had recently moved there and was getting married, so I knew I needed to make the trip to celebrate the day with her. Logistically, while Ottawa is only a 5-hour drive from Toronto, I opted to take the train instead, which trimmed an incredible 30 minutes off the commute lol. Flying would have taken just over an hour and…
For our last full day in Venice, we did a bit of rearranging with our schedule. With the exception of our tickets to Saint Mark’s Basilica later that afternoon, we had already done everything we bought admissions to. That left us with a very empty itinerary for the rest of the day. While we were resting at the hotel the previous day, we started researching other things to do and came across a Vivaldi concert happening at the San Vidal Church. As…