Just 3 days after the accident, we had a follow-up appointment, with an orthopaedic surgeon at Fraser Orthopaedic Institute, as referred to by the ER doctor. This time, I was with her and my brother-in-law kindly dropped us off and came back early to pick […]
With an unusually cold and snowy Christmas in BC this year, the kids had a couple of opportunities to play outside in the snow. This morning, my sister and brother-in-law took the kids tobogganing with my brother and two others while j.w and I opted […]
On our way back home, we had a 11 hour layover in KEF (Reykjavík–Keflavík), Iceland. With deplaning/reboarding/customs/security/car rental, that meant there was effectively 8 hours to do everything. What could we do with that short time? Most recommended a stop at the Blue Lagoon for […]
Oslo was another surprising highlight, despite it being drizzling and grey (and at times full-on rain). We wandered into town with a Canadian couple that we met on a previous paid tour. Thankfully, we had decided to take public transportation to Vigeland Park in the […]
Our shipped docked in Warnemunde next after a day at sea. Warnemunde is about 3 hours from Berlin, and normally, I’d opt to stick around locally to check out the small towns, but because of its historic significance with where we live today, I wanted […]
