Category: Life Musings
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Day Five aboard the Holland America Amsterdam
Day five aboard the Holland America Amsterdam was actually spent off the Amsterdam. We were docked in Juneau Alaska and I spent the day wandering the streets. One of the places that wandered into was B’s Bakery and Bistro. To give you a taste of what the place is like, I was welcomed inside and…
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Day Four aboard the Holland America Amsterdam
Today I decided to see what the food options would be like for vegetarian traveling aboard the Amsterdam. For first breakfast I had the garden veggie omelette with two vegi-links. Both more than satisfactory Honestly, it was good. Really good. But there were no super flavour stand-outs. Lunch on board, although we were in Skagway…
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Day Three am aboard the Holland America Amsterdam
Another peaceful morning aboard. I only did a one mile walk this morning but I am sticking to my stair-taking pledge. I am feeling great. We have been at sea since leaving Vancouver and are now approaching Glacier Bay where we will spend some time watching the glacier calving. Similar to whale watching, there is…
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Day Two am aboard the Holland America Amsterdam
Just as I did last year on my cruise adventure I woke up early this morning and headed to deck three to get some exercise. A sign informed me that 3.5 laps of deck three equaled one mile. As it turns out I got into a bit of a grove and did 10 laps before…
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Day One aboard the Holland America Amsterdam
As some of you know, I have headed north to Alaska aboard a tramp steamer (the Holland America Amsterdam) with a travel companion. I will post updates as I am able. Today I am in Skagway Alaska and I am posting updates that I have written from the first three days of traveling and EATING.…
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New Online Traffic Map for Metro Vancouver
Drivers in Metro Vancouver have a new, real-time traffic map to plan smarter and more efficient journeys. The traffic map is free to use and accessible online. The map colour-codes major highways and roads in the Metro Vancouver region according to traffic speeds. Green means traffic is moving well, orange means traffic is slow and…
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Vacation Dreaming – Kani in the Maldives
Planning a family vacation is strikingly similar to planning a wedding – you have to begin the planning and even book things months and months in advance. Who knew? Thinking way back to before we had our kids, Sweetheart and I would simply load a couple of bags up with our essentials and then hit…
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Evergreen Line Construction Taking Shape
The Evergreen Line project is beginning to take shape, with the first guideway column for the upcoming Metro Vancouver rapid transit line now in place. The elevated guideway column stands near the south tunnel portal at the corner of Como Lake Avenue and Clarke Road in Coquitlam. Although it is great to know that the…
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City Life, Suburban Life Part III
Lately I have been blogging about the differences between my former uber-urban life and my new life in the burbs. Today, instead of a difference, I have a bog post about a similarity between the urban life and my life in the burbs. As my dedicated readers know, I am a gardener. Not a flowers…
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Traffic Chaos or Traffic…What…
Want to see what serious traffic looks like? Enjoy this video of a Ho Chi Minh City street scene;