Canada
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Note 25 – Summary of Iconic Iceland, Greenland, and Canada 2023
We’ve been home a week, laundry is done and pretty much everything is put up until the next trip. I’ve caught up on mail and bills and the crazy amount of dust that settled in the house while we were gone (thanks to help from Dave, too!). I got Mom caught up with updates on…
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Note 10 – not L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland – but Sea Day 2
Expected weather: Hi 61F, Partly Cloudy Seas: Calm to Moderate Population: 0 (historic site supported 30-160) Total Population of Newfoundland & Labrador: 533,710 Yesterday was supposed to be a sea day with us arriving today for the excursion to the UNESCO World Heritage Site L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site. However, as previously mentioned, the…
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Note 9 – Not a Sea Day, Not Australia – Sydney, Nova Scotia
Expected weather: Hi 76F, Sunny to partly cloudy Population: 30,960 / 969,383 As I reported yesterday, our itinerary has changed. Today was supposed to be a sea day before arriving at L’Anse aux Meadows to visit what’s believed to be the first Norse (Viking) settlement in North America. However, a storm damaged the floating dock…
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Note 8 – A Perfect Day – Halifax to Lunenburg
Expected weather: Hi 68F, Sunny Population: 439,819 / 969,383 Our first official port stop is Halifax, the capital city of Nova Scotia. Today, we have booked a private excursion through Tours By Locals with local guide Garry. The plan is to visit Old Town Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage site, about 100km from Halifax. From…
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Note 1 – Getting Started & Where to Next
In my working years, I had a technical blog which I intended to convert to more personal entries upon retirement. Somehow, I never got around to doing more than one post announcing my intentions. Fast forward six years and here we are – we have traveled, we each experienced the loss of a parent, we…
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