Nancy
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Note 49 – Seeing Toronto from the HOHO Bus
Following our long day to Niagara Falls, we decided on an easier sightseeing day in Toronto. We elected to do the Hop-on Hop-off (HOHO) bus to get an overview of Toronto’s various districts and use it as our transportation to Casa Loma (Toronto’s castle-like mansion) and back. So, I went online and pre-purchased our tickets…
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Note 48 – Independence Day at Niagara Falls
For the Fourth of July, we took a small group tour with a 7am pickup from our hotel to Niagara Falls that I found via Viator. The company, Trip Shepherd, runs a lot of tours in/to Niagara Falls (as well as many other cities in the US and Canada), all with good reviews. We saw…
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Note 47 – Ontario, Canada for our 20th Anniversary
For our 20th anniversary, Dave wanted to go somewhere with lower temperatures than Texas – I readily agreed of course! We settled on Toronto for several reasons, among them – Dave had never been there, I was here once – 44 years ago, our honeymoon 20 years ago was to Canada, it’s a non-stop flight…
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Note 46 – Post-Hurricane Beryl Update
So, this should have been the first post about our 20th anniversary trip to Ontario, Canada, but those posts are on hold. We arrived back in Houston on Tuesday evening after Hurricane Beryl barreled through on Monday. Today is Friday. Thankfully, there was no damage to our house or the houses of family in Beryl’s…
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Note 45 – June 2024 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 1468 Longest: 315 Shortest: 252 Genres: 4 (Biography – 1, Fiction – 1, Mystery – 2, Thriller – 1) I started the month of June off reading another “you gotta read this! It’s so funny!” book recommendation from my sister. Then, she told me the title and I wondered if…
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Note 44 – Reviewing Our Travel Experiences in Portugal
Sadly, our time in Portugal came to an end. We used Welcome Pickups (they operate in many cities world-wide we learned) again for our transportation to the airport and were pleased with their service. Communication with the driver was easy through their app as our original driver was caught in traffic, so he sent another…
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