Travel Blog

We are living in a new age – one where our days, hours and, yes, minutes, are run by our watches.

I have just spent a long weekend on Vancouver Island and it makes me realize how much I miss the sea.

Did you watch the match on Sunday for the world cup between Canada and South Africa?  I did – what a stressful nail biter that was.

Solo travel is exploding. Booming. Just look around on your next trip and notice how many solo travellers there are – and also how happy they appear.

One thing you get in an airport is a lot of time to think and to observe. Sometimes it’s extra time that you didn’t expect like when your plane doesn’t turn up at the gate and now you’re all standing around there just waiting.

Oh no – it’s back – I just read this report –

Sargassum seaweed is arriving in record quantities across much of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, with researchers warning 2026 could become the worst season on record.

Boy have I seen a few!  Having just returned from Europe I was able to see for myself how the new EES system is not really working at all.

There are trips… and then there are journeys that quietly change how you see the world.

If you come to Iceland you have to make time to visit the Blue Lagoon.  We had the perfect weather – it was overcast and drizzling which made the hot steamy water even more attractive.

Oh how we hate thee! This creature that stuffs us between two other passengers.

Who knew I would be so glad to see a British passport with my name on it? Now I can at least go and visit Britain again. What a crazy situation – not sure what the Brits are up to with this move, but it certainly had me going through old paperwork to find the documents they wanted.

Every year, Daylight Saving Time arrives as if we all agreed to it, and every year it reminds me that one hour can throw off absolutely everything.