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More beach !

by | Mar 16, 2014 | Beauty, Joy, Travel

Here are some photos shot the day before yesterday.  While it certainly doesn’t look like it, these images were taken during Cyclone Lucy, down at Piha beach about an hour’s drive from...

A felucca, four camels and a Wander

by | Jan 4, 2013 | Historical, Joy, Travel

We had been building ourselves up over a few days for what we thought would be a Big Day: taking mum by felucca and then camel to the Monastery of St. Simeon’s, a 7th Century complex just a km or so out in the desert from the Nile. “Pray for us” I...

Tomb of Mohammed Ali – The Citadel

by | Dec 17, 2012 | Historical, Joy, Travel

While its true the Egyptian Museum was first on our list to visit today, we were unable to take cameras into the building as it is forbidden to do so. We toured the museum in..an hour and a half..? We pressed on quickly as the kids became tired. Owen was enthusiastic,...

Paris in two days…

by | Dec 14, 2012 | Beauty, Historical, Joy, love, Travel

Yesterday morning we arrived in Paris after a 6.5 hr flight from Toronto. We had originally thought that an 8am arrival would make for a great opportunity to explore the city that day, spend our first night and then have a second full day before heeding to the airport...