A 74-Year-Old Woman with a Yen to See the World, a Supportive Husband, and a Couple of Backpacks…
All my life, I’ve loved to travel. My dream has been to visit all the countries that interest me on every continent. Until July 2021, however, I’d never left North America.
In Spring of 2021, we could see the world beginning to reopen. Dempsey said, “This year is yours. It’s time to make your travel dream come true.” And so we did!
We’re spending fifteen weeks exploring the world, and you’re invited along.
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West Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay
Late this afternoon we ate at the Tomahawk Cafe (recommended by Charles Davis), then we drove through West Vancouver over to the village of Horseshoe Bay. It’s the ferry terminal for Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, and some of the smaller islands. The day has been hazy, but we did get a shot of the view from West Van. Now it’s back to bed for me. Somewhat hazy view of West Van (on the North Shore), Vancouver across the bay (with Stanley Park in the foreground), and I think that is New Westminister behind on the left.
Houses in Horseshoe Bay village.
In the village of Horseshoe Bay.
Sweet little blue house in Horseshoe Bay, B.C.
BC Ferry. Cars and pedestrians are loading.
Something that hasn’t changed since I was a kid. “Slow down. Bears in area.”
Yummy Reuben for me, and for Dempsey Wheeler, a Skookum Chief Burger!
Tomahawk Cafe is famous for its pie, seen here in the case. I had a piece of blueberry.
Venice
All my life I’ve dreamed of Venice. It exceeded my imagination. In recent years friends who’ve been have cautioned me it’s been degraded by too many tourists and cruise ships, but we found it nearly perfect. The streets and the water were clean, and it smelled like a...
An Unexpected Trip to the Pronto Succorso
Venice is everything I dreamed it would be, but ironically, it was the site of the low point of our grand adventure, set in a hospital emergency room… Every few years I get bronchitis, the legacy of pneumonia I had when I was 29. When I do, I have to act quickly to...
More of Florence
The English Cemetery, where mostly Protestants from England and other countries are interred. Elizabeth Barrett Browning is buried here. The amazing Cathedral of St. Mary of the Flower, the Duomo, was completed in the 1400s. Different shades of marble give the...