Take your best self with you, wherever you go.
“Rise up nimbly and go on your strange journey.”
Rumi
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Ho Chi Minh City
Hello Vietnam! Biking around the Mekong Delta is my first, post-pandemic adventure....
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Ben Tre – Tra Vinh – Tra Cu
Cycling Around the Mekong Delta Our trip will last 16 days and...
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Tra Cu – Soc Trang – Nga Nam
Tra Cu to Soc Trang It is an early start today -...
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Nga Nam – Bac Lieu – Can Tho – Sa Dec
Nga Nam A few of us walk from our hotel to the...
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Sa Dec – Vinh Long – Ben Tre – HCMC
Sa Dec Sa Dec is lovely. Best hotel, a great market on...
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Into the 21st Century!
This past week the Vic High Alumni Association arranged tours for alumni...
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Salt Spring Island Day Trip
My day trips to Salt Spring Island began because of the pandemic....
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Io Saturnalia
Io Saturnalia! Happy Saturnalia to all. Here is a repost of my Saturnalia story...
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A New Place for Musings and Mosaics
Welcome to the new Musings and Mosaics website. I’ve moved my travel...
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Bruges
After a brief stop in Liege (the 13:01 to Bruges was cancelled...
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Valkenburg
The first three nights of our Netherlands/Belgium trip my friend Kathy and...
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Roma Revisited
All roads lead to Rome and here I am again. I had...
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Lastly Lisbon, with a Side of Evora
Lisbon, in my 1981 memory, was gray and lacked charm. Fast forward to 2016...
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Salema & Sagres – Storms, Sand, Sea, Surfers, Seafood, Shopping & Some Americans
We spent our hour long bus change in Lagos chatting with a Scottish couple from...
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Surviving Sevilla
Ghosts from European journeys past. Arriving in Seville by train, I wondered was...
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Catching Our Breaths in Cadiz
What were we thinking booking 5 nights in Cadiz? On the itinerary,...
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On the Loose in Al Andalus
We started our journey in Andalusia at a gallop. Like Romans with...
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The London Blitz
1 major metropolis, 2 crazed Canadians, 3 dizzying days and 4 noisy nights. Well...
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Traveling Food
After writing yesterday's post, I started thinking of the different dishes I...
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Caramelized Red Onion Chutney
Food is a big part of travel. Finding new flavours and recipes...
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Desolation Found
I'm working on a travel article about a trip I took to England...
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Instead of Blogging
What did I do tonight instead of writing a thoughtful and well-written blog...
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Funny Thing
What happened to Days 15 & 16? A mid-NaBloPoMo break. I'm making...
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Big Cats
Large felines (lions, tigers, jaguars and leopards) were a popular theme in...
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Book Ends
The other day I returned a book borrowed from a friend. The...
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Photo-bombing
Day 12 - I can't think of anything to write tonight. I spent...
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Remembrance Day
Dad during WW2, I think before he left for 6 years in...
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