At our last trip to Israel, we picked up a massive coffee table book at Ben Gurion airport about archaeological sites in Israel. Everyone needs a hobby, and ours happens to be an interest in Roman history/the Roman Empire. We rented a car in Tel Aviv and drove to a couple of archaeological sites about 2 hours…

We arrived in gorgeous Tel Aviv on Wed June 7 to sunny, 30C weather which was a bit of a shock after the last couple of weeks of cold, wet conditions in Ottawa. We were too early to be allowed to check in at the hotel, so we left our bags and went to the beach…

Off to the Pacific Northwest (Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington) we went last week for about six days. Last year at the same time, I recall wearing a light spring jacket, a pair of Hunters, and a big umbrella for all the mild temps and rain, rain, rain. This year, I had a winter jacket…

Here I am, breaking my own rules about writing as I go, because that way, my memories won’t lie to me. It’s safe to say that now I might be fictionalizing some of this post, but oh well. We left Rome on November 15th and headed for Paris for 10 days or so. The city seemed…

We are in Rome, in the last few days of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Despite having visited this glorious city several times, everything feels new again, and the experience is as exciting as it was the very first time we visited. We brought along our eldest nephew, Sean, this time, and I think he is enjoying…