I was thrilled to spend my first Mother’s Day in a real-live CASTLE. Despite having lived in Europe for a decade, as a Canadian at heart this was an unforgettably special experience for me. I have been sleeping in a variety of accommodations in 112 countries, anywhere from train station […]
Travel is all about enhancing the senses. In its basic form travel is about going on a wild ride to discover textures of the world. Watch the waves crash and foam on sandy shores as you journey coast to coast, marvel at the jagged peaks of barren ridges […]
Setting out on the road at 6 a.m., we left husband, Kees, and Anita’s husband, Rene, shaking their heads in our wake, completely convinced we were insane to willingly volunteer to spend an entire week “sitting in the car”. “I can’t imagine anything worse. I really think you […]
For the past 13 years I have spent my birthday (June 14th) in a different country (except once) and it has become a birthday tradition. I have celebrated in China, Turkmenistan, Egypt, Canada, Holland, Namibia, Mauritius, Cape Verde, France, Peru and last year I did a “Birthday Blitz Road Trip” driving […]
Last week on #TRLT Twitter chat we discussed COLOR! Due to it’s visual nature, I felt the best way to capture this topic was with a bright and captivating photo essay from around the world. Let me take you through the emerald, horse fields of Mongolia, past the […]
It’s our wedding day!!! Our final hours as bachelor and bachelorette, I wanted to share his bachelor party and my second bachelorette party with you. My fiancé was kidnapped just two days before our departure by the bachelor fairies!!! They did a brilliant job of surprising him and […]
Today we celebrate our 3 year anniversary on “The Road Less Travelled” (#TRLT) Twitter chat! I can not believe that three years ago Shane Dallas and I founded this amazing chat and have not missed a single week in all that time! I don’t think either of us ever […]
As you all know from my recent and exciting ANNOUNCEMENT, Kees and I are finally going to tie the knot but before anything else could be discussed, my amazing friends and family JUMPED on the opportunity to throw me the most AMAZING engagement party EVER! On Saturday October 1st […]
Being an avid traveller, living in The Netherlands is a land of opportunity and the perfect base for road trips. In the 7+ years that I’ve been living here, we (“we” includes various family members) have done road trips to Spain, Italy, Norway, France, Portugal , Austria, and a […]
Big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the love of my life! Since Kees and I share the same birthday week, for the past few years we’ve done a traditional birthday holiday. This year Kees decided to go with his African drumming band “Tranzulu” to Terschelling, a northern Dutch Island, to […]
Sometimes being an expat overseas leaves you feeling lonely or even outcasted, but one of the biggest highlights is the constant excitement. No matter how long I live here, I don’t think I’ll ever stop taking pictures of the beauty around me. I am a forever tourist in […]
You may be wondering why I’m writing a post about football (soccer) when I’m a travel writer and not a sports fanatic. When compared to the general Dutch public, I realize how little I actually know about it. Despite my lack of knowledge and childhood experience with the […]
Hover like a SUPERHERO! We returned to Holland after 6 weeks of adventures in South America, but the fun hasn’t ended! With summer still going strong the excitement hasn’t stopped. In just the first week home we’ve enjoyed the Pride Parade in Amsterdam, a drumming festival in Ruigoord, […]
We’ve BOOKED! Every year Kees and I go on an adventure for our birthdays which we share in the same week of June. In 2008 we were in Namibia, 2009 and 2010 home (Canada & Holland) 2011 we drove down to Paris, 2012 we ventured into the […]
Last weekend Jess, Shane, Mom and I went down to Utrecht for the day for a small #TRLT tweetmeet. We met two of our Dutch members from The Road Less Travelled Twitter chat, Antonette and Martijn who participate under the account @we12travel. It was certainly the most beautiful […]
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