To recap, Part 1 saw Carol and me travel from Melbourne to Banff. Part 2 covered Banff to Calgary and has us in a cab to Calgary airport. The flight to Ottawa was uneventful although I get the feeling Air Canada saw us coming when we checked in. We got slugged $100 for excess baggage – [...]
Posts Tagged ‘holiday’
Canada Retrospective (Part 3)
Posted in Photography, Travel, tagged Canada, holiday, Niagara, ottawa, Toronto on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Canada Retrospective (Part 1)
Posted in Photography, Travel, tagged Canada, holiday, rocky mountaineer, vancouver on May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
22 May this year will be exactly 12 months from the day that Carol & I left to go to Canada. I thought I’d blog about that trip. Why? Twelve months on, I wanted to force myself to think about everything we did, because we had such a great time, and truth be known it’s [...]
My Photo On Rocky Mountaineer Web Site
Posted in Photography, Trains, Travel, tagged Canada, holiday, Lake Louise, rocky mountaineer on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carol and I travelled on the Rocky Mountaineer in May 2008, the train that runs through the Rockies between Vancouver and Banff. I submitted one of more than 2,000 photos I took to their photo competition. Didn’t win anything, but was wrapped to find a thumbnail of it on their website last night. Wow! It’s [...]
Paul & Carol & Spike & Ned’s Excellent Adventure To Lorne
Posted in Family, Travel, tagged accommodation, beach, carol, dog, holiday, ned, paul, spike on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With Gina & Alex now having moved from home, and Tom being a bit lacking in the reliability department, heading away for a break now presents a bit of a challenge. Why? Because of a big black labrador / rottweiller cross called Spike, and a golden cocker spaniel / beagle / terrier / whatever else called [...]
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