by eandl | Jan 6, 2018 | International Travel, Travel
Wednesday For the middle of our trip we decided to visit one of the nearby cities, Hangzhou, which is famous for its leafy West Lake. To get there we took the metro about 45 minutes to the cavernous Shanghai Hongqiao train station where we planned to catch the high...
by eandl | Jan 3, 2018 | International Travel, Travel
Beijing was our first trip to mainland China two years ago, and it left us with a bad taste in our mouths. Literally – the air quality was so bad when we visited that it hurt our throats. But China is a big place, so we knew we had to give it another chance when...
by eandl | Nov 24, 2017 | Food & Drink, Travel, USA Travel
Stopped in at the Sweet Oregon Berry Co again for another round of raspberry and pumpkin hand pies, then headed to our old favorite Arborbrook Vineyards. Per usual, the tasting here was good, it’s really too bad the shipping is so expensive (why we chose to...
by eandl | Oct 24, 2017 | International Travel, Travel
On Wednesday morning we still hadn’t heard any good news from our house-sitter, but once again, I figured someone had found Riesling and would bring her into a local vet’s office or the shelter. She is chipped and I had already contacted the rescue we got...
by eandl | Oct 23, 2017 | International Travel, Travel
We had a later start on Tuesday, as I was starting to get stuffed up. Fun fact: You don’t need to speak to a pharmacist to purchase pseudoephedrine in Alberta! We drove back to Kootenay NP to hike to Stanley Glacier. It was a long hike through alpine forest and...