Two Weeks in Barbados With Only an Underseat Carry-On Bag

Well, I’m still feeling tough with this cold. A full week after coming back to Canada and about 10 days in since I started feeling symptoms. Enough already! I am becoming so weak from inactivity that I am forcing myself now to log more steps and do more things, no matter how tired I get. …

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George Washington House – Barbados 2019

George Washington came to Barbados in 1751 while he was still a relative nobody – hoping for a career as a land surveyor and farmer – in the company of his older brother Lawrence. Lawrence was suffering from tuberculosis, and they hoped the climate in Barbados would cure him. It didn’t – Lawrence died the …

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Almost Wordless Wednesday – Barbados 2017 Edition

I was up with the sun every morning, walking the beach and boardwalk. We did an island tour one day – to see the wild, eastern coast of Barbados. Sunsets were also a good time to be strolling on the beach. Usually on the way to dinner at one of the many great restaurants near …

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Winter Vacation 2024 – A Series of Unfortunate Events

Warning: Picture- and Whine-heavy post ahead. January 12 – I boarded the plane in Nanaimo at shortly after 5 am…anticipating the next 3 weeks of fun and relaxation with friends. Winter had finally arrived on the island, and our pilot announced he wanted the plane to go through a second bout of de-icing before we …

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A Badass Big (Fun, Exhausting, Perplexing) Trip

Some of you may have surmised from Bowser’s complaining recent posts on ye olde blogge that I have been away on a holiday. Yes! For the first time since the pandemic started in 2020, I left Canada once again for Barbados. But first I spent a lovely bunch of days with my friend Joanne in …

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What’s On Your Plate Blog Challenge – Ed’s Soup Shack

By the time most of you will be accessing this blog post on Feb 1st, I will be on a plane to Barbados after being kicked out by spending some quality time with Joanne in Ontario, first. I have been looking forward to this trip since my last one, in February 2020 – just before …

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