Tag Archives: Travel

Stuff in the Bottom of my Filing Cabinet

Posted on May 1st, 2012

So, I was going through my filing cabinet, looking for a certain piece of paperwork, but I also came across a couple of other things… My first passport, used twice! (It surprises me that a passport issued to a child as young as I was at the time would still be valid for 5 years. [...]

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Antarctica: Denied

Posted on April 11th, 2012

I have always wanted to visit Antarctica, but never thought I’d get there.  How would I, right?  Only researchers and military types get to go there.  Well, I’ve since learned of tourist cruises that visit the continent and also job opportunities open to us ‘normal’ people. So… for the past year and a half, I’ve been looking [...]

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The Countdown is On!

Posted on March 12th, 2012

Tonight I just booked my first flight in like, two years, or something.  It’s been so long since I’ve been anywhere, I forget when and where it was!  Anyway, I booked a flight to see my best friend Stacey, who lives in the States.  We talk pretty much every day but we’ve never met!  This [...]

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Wanderings: The Forks, Winnipeg

Posted on March 2nd, 2011

I lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba for about two and a half years  around the end of High School.  It was not my favourite place on the planet, for sure.  Despite this, there were parts of the city that I loved.  Assiniboine Park, the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature (as it was called then) and [...]

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Wanderings: Wieskirche

Posted on February 2nd, 2011

The beautiful rococo church “Wieskirch” (White Church) is nestled in the Bavarian Alps of Germany.  I visited the church while on a weekend tour of the area back in the summer of 2000.  It was a semi-unplanned stop, if I recall; one of those ‘we’re ahead of schedule, why don’t we go visit this nice [...]

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Christmas Monopoly

Posted on December 29th, 2010

Christmas isn’t exactly my favourite holiday (I don’t really have one) but I don’t hate it, either.  I really love buying gifts for people.  I’m not one of those people who buy gifts for everyone they see everyday – all their neighbours and coworkers –  nor do I send cards to everyone I’ve ever met. [...]

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Wanderings: Weinachtsmarkts

Posted on December 1st, 2010

While living in Germany, we did a lot of travelling, both near and far.  Some weekend, we would just visit local markets.  Those were always a blast in their own right, but nothing could beat the weinachtsmarkts – Christmas markets - of November and December.  As these were specifically Christmas markets, there was even more to see than at [...]

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Wanderings: Thanksgiving Chapel, Dallas

Posted on October 6th, 2010

It’s almost exactly a year since I went to Dallas, Texas for Fan Days III.  I booked a couple of extra days to explore the city and really enjoyed the tour of the city that I created for myself. One of my favourite stops on this tour was the Thanksgiving Chapel - and not only because I [...]

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Twitterpated: Hashtags for Conventions

Posted on September 29th, 2010

If you do a lot of travelling, conventions, events – anything involving a lot of people – Twitter can be a valuable tool, both for planning and ‘on the scene’. To use these tags, you can perform a search on the Twitter website, or your favourite Twitter client.  Including the # means that, in many [...]

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I Was an Escort – Star Wars Celebration V

Posted on September 22nd, 2010

If you’ve been reading this site, or following me on Twitter the last few months, you know that I was prepping for a trip to Orlando for Star Wars Celebration V.  Finally, the time for my trip arrived.  I left from work and slept at the airport.  I’d planned to do a lot of writing [...]

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