Should We Stay or Should We Go - Our Travel Journal

Photo by Amelia Cui on Unsplash This fall, our travels took us from Europe to the Caribbean, beginning in Paris and continuing on a transatlantic cruise aboard the MSC Seaside. If you have followed us for a while, you'll remember that we took a transatlantic cruise at the same time last year, and we weren't eager to try another one.  However, we decided to give it another try - partly because this deal was too good to pass up, and partly because we were going to sail into the Caribbean and we knew that the weather would be much warmer. This is a peak at what our itinerary looked like: October 25 – Arrive in Paris (overnight flight) October 26 - 27 - Enjoy Paris October 28 – Fly Paris → Barcelona October 28 – Board MSC Seaside Oct 29 – Valencia Oct 30 – Sea Day Oct 31 – Casablanca Nov 1–8 – Atlantic crossing (sea days) Nov 9 – Barbados Nov 10 – Grenada Nov 11 – Sea Day Nov 12 – St. Maarten Nov 13 – San Juan Nov 14 – Sea Day Nov 15 – Sea Day Nov 16 – Miami Nov 17 – O...

 After a couple of failed attempts, thanks to a pair of determined snowstorms, we finally made it to Elora to celebrate our 38th anniversary. It’s only about an hour’s drive for us, but winter had other plans the first two times we tried. The delay just made the anticipation grow and served to make the evening feel even more special once we actually arrived. We started our evening with dinner at The Friendly Society , a quaint little restaurant tucked along the edge of the Grand River. The restaurant is on a lower level of  a historic limestone building near the Elora Mill. and is warm, cozy, and inviting - exactly what you want on a cold December night. The food was delicious and the atmosphere unhurried.  The whole experience set the perfect tone for the rest of the night. After dinner, we wandered through the village, taking in the glow of Christmas lights strung across the streets and shop windows. Elora has a charm that’s hard to describe - historic stone buildings,...

Photo by Mariya on Unsplash December is here! It's my favourite time of the year, but also the busiest. I have spent the greater part of the last week scattering Christmas decor over every inch of our home, compiling many lists, and spending way too much time on Amazon. Bring on all the chaos, busyness, and celebrations.  I couldn't be happier! I've been largely absent from this platform - not because I've had nothing to share, but because I've been busy life-ing and at the end of the day I've had no energy to organise my thoughts. Since my last post we took a 27-day trip which saw us flying to Paris, then onto Barcelona where we boarded a 24-day cruise that would take us back across the Atlantic and eventually ending in Miami.  (Yes, if you have followed this blog for a while, you'll know that we took a trans Atlantic last year and weren't eager to do another anytime soon.  Fortunately this crossing was a vastly different experience.  More on this trip ...