Owlmother's adventures
Picking up where I left off… kinda
I started a blog called Stepping off the Edge when I left my comfortable middle class and middle age life in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and headed to Adelaide, Australia to return to school in 2012.
For 8 years I blogged about events in my life…family weddings, birth of grandkids, travel. I no longer own the email address associated with that blog so couldn’t continue, hence starting over in this space.
So I picked up where I left off with our trip in fall 2024 to Europe and will continue with India and the Maldives .
We booked into the same hotel as last time, Playa Azul. It’s off the beaten track, relatively small and with friendly and helpful staff who have worked here a long time. It used to be a golf hotel. When you stayed here golf games were included so it was pricey. The golf course closed 5…
It’s been a wet and dark winter in Victoria. The wettest in our 13 years living here. Fortunately, we booked a beach vacation to Cozumel, Mexico. We were pleased to find that WestJet flies direct from Calgary to Cozumel. No more flying through Houston or Toronto or Cancún! Unfortunately, we got frost the morning of…
Most of you know that I frequently visit my daughter Stefanie and her family who live in the Portland area. Keith and I travel here every Christmas. I often sit outside on the hour and a half ferry ride, looking for whales, but this year it’s too cold. We always stop for lunch in Port…
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