South Africa Part 5 – Addo Elephant Park

The started at 3:15am when my alarm went off. We had a quick bite of food and some tea, and jumped in our Uber at 4am. Got to the airport before 4:30, checked into our flights, went through security, found our gate, and had some breakfast. Other than setting off the metal detector and getting […]

South Africa Part 4 – Penguins!

What a day this was. We started by taking an Uber out to a place called Simon’s Town. We visited an amazing beach there called Boulders Beach with a breeding colony of African Penguins. It was an unforgettable experience! We had done our homework, and got there shortly after opening at 8am. It was an […]

Solar Eclipse 2024

On Monday April 8, Sarah and I drove to our neighbouring province of New Brunswick to see a solar eclipse. And what a sight it was! We drove about 4 hours to Shediac, New Brunswick to stay in an Airbnb. We drove up on Sunday evening, but I played in the church band that morning, […]

South Africa Part 3 – Kirstenbosch and Table Mountain

Today we started early, and went to a beautiful botanical garden area called Kirstenbosch. It was a very large green area near the side of the Table Mountain Range which pushes into Cape Town. The views of the various mountain peaks were stunning, the plants were really cool, and as usual, we found lots of […]

South Africa Part 2 – Intaka Island and Undersea Cables

On day 2, our plan was to go to Intaka Island. And then if we had time and energy afterward we would do something else (turns out we didn’t 🙂). Here we go! Intaka Island Intaka Island is in a part of Cape Town called Century City. It’s an inland, human-made island with a canal […]

South Africa Part 1 – Flights and the First Travel Glitches

This year, Sarah and I went to South Africa! Sarah’s cousin was getting married close to Cape Town, and we decided to go to the wedding and also take a couple weeks of vacation to see some of the country. It was a great trip, and in this series of posts I’ll be sharing what […]

Roma – Giorno Cinque

Journal entry from Rome Trip – Nov. 8, 2017 What a day! Today was the day that we were thinking of going down to the Mediterranian and Ostia Antica. We decided a couple of days ago not to do that. The main reason was that we had been doing all-day outings pretty much every day, […]

Roma – Giorno Quattro

Journal entry from Rome Trip – Nov. 7, 2017 Today was Vatican day! And that pretty much did take the entire day. We left after breakfast (left the apartment around 9:25) and by the time we got back home, it was dark. We decided to take the metro to Vatican City. It’s the underground train […]

Roma – Giorno Tre

Journal entry from Rome Trip – Nov. 6, 2017 Today was “Ancient Rome” day. It was also “lots of walking day”… Today we visited the Roman Forum, and the ever-famous Colosseum! We also ventured up to Palatine Hill, which was very cool. The Roman Forum was incredibly rich and amazing. We had a small guidebook […]

Roma – Giorno Due

Journal entry from Rome Trip – Nov. 5, 2017 Whew! Big day today! First of all, I gotta say that I had a reeeeally good sleep last night! I was nodding off while I was writing my update email, and once it was done, I was pretty much asleep before my head hit the pillow! […]