After we left Greenland, we had a mixture of at-sea days and port days. We had two days in Atlantic Canada: St. John’s, Newfoundland and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Between these two ports, we made our way briefly back to France when we visited St. Pierre. It felt surreal to step [...]
Read MoreAfter our early departure from Iceland, we spent a day sailing straight for the fjords of Greenland. We took shelter in the calm waters of the fjords for two days instead of doing the two extra days in Iceland. We saw tons of icebergs, glaciers, mountains, and waterfalls as we [...]
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Hello, we’re Micheka and Jon and we live in London, Ontario where we are pursuing our respective careers in the fields of forensic engineering and transportation engineering.
Since 2009, we’ve travelled to Europe seven times – for backpacking, for lounging, to get married / honeymoon, to cruise, and to have family time! In 2023-2024, we return for our family sabbatical year!
Follow along as we continue our journey!
Read MoreWe wanted to get out of Marrakech to explore the surroundings and get to experience more of the local Moroccan culture. We went out with a guide who lives in the Atlas Mountains for a very long day trip where we got to see, hear, and experience so much about Moroccan culture. It was an exhausting but enriching day for […]
Mint tea is a complete staple here in Morocco. We learned so much about it from Najle during our cooking class, but also from servers at restaurants and our Berber guide when we went out to the Atlas Mountains. It is something that takes a lot of time to prepare and is drunk at least five times a day by […]
We love love love food. Our year away, we have been trying to live like the locals everywhere. And in part, that means eating like the locals. We cook and bake as much as we can, though baking is usually quite limited due to kitchen resources. We have made sure to learn the local cuisine, cooking methods, ingredients, dishes, etc. […]
We have looked forward to Marrakech with excitement, but also a little trepidation. We were excited to see something completely different from what we had experienced in the past including landscape, architecture, lifestyle, culture, food, religion, etc. I kept hearing in our Worldschoolers group on Facebook how amazing Morocco was and how much people loved the country. Also, how completely […]
I love spa days. I basically never do them, because they cost a small fortune that I just cannot afford or justify in my daily life. I can count the number of spa days on one hand. The last time I had a spa day was almost eight years ago on Mother’s Day when my twins were 8.5 months old […]
Cartagena, Spain was a beautiful city. In addition to the amazing and rich Roman history, the city today is just beautiful. It was exceptionally clean, which we noticed immediately and kept noticing. The street cleaners were out at the crack of dawn to sweep and wash all the streets in the city centre. And there were constantly cleaning crews all […]
We knew there was a lot of Roman history in Cartagena, Spain. What we did not realize due to our ignorance before we came was that the original, Roman name was Carthago Nova, or in English New Carthage. I went to see the Carthaginian Ruins in Tunisia almost 20 years ago and can remember that visit well. Between that trip […]
We booked four weeks in Cartagena, Spain, which in hindsight was not nearly enough. This area is unbelievable! Katia summed it up well one day on our way home from a hike when she gave a deep, contented sigh as she stared at the gorgeous landscape around us and randomly said, “I could just live here!” We were right on […]
We are NOT big city people at all. We prefer smaller cities, villages, and rural areas the most. We love to be surrounded by nature as much as possible. None of us feel all that comfortable in big cities where there are tons of crowds and people. But, we have our exceptions. And Barcelona is definitely one of them! There’s […]
Our home in Hohenschwangau is only 10 minutes by car from the Austrian border. So, obviously, we needed to take a couple of trips to Austria and check it out while we were in the area. We made two trips to Austria. One to enjoy nature/scenery and one to enjoy an Austrian city. The first time we went hiking near […]