Vancouver BC: Bridging The Gap

My visit to Vancouver took place two years after I emigrated to the USA to get married. I was still adjusting to these major changes in my life and, although I had no doubt that my life decisions were sound, I had vastly underestimated the strength, depth and length of the period of adjustment I […]

Ten Must-See Places in Cardiff, Wales

Cardiff Castle – much more than ‘just another castle’ Cardiff Castle is not one single castle but a mixture of several spanning two thousand years of history and combining the remains of a Roman fort, a Norman Keep and the more modern construction undertaken by the Bute family (who actually lived in the Castle until […]

Grand Prismatic Spring

If you had asked me prior to my visiting of the first thing that came to mind when I thought of Yellowstone National Park, my answer (after biting my lip to not say Yogi Bear) would likely have been Old Faithful. I’m not even sure that I had heard of the Grand Prismatic Spring, […]

A life by design

Hi there! Thanks so much for joining me at this point in my journey. For those of you who don’t already know me, you can find out about an earlier stage in my journey if you choose to read about my adventures in Latin America here. It was written a long time ago, and a LOT […]