We enjoyed four quick days in Toronto, as a waypoint before heading to the ship in Halifax. The boys finally got to spend some time with their cousins from Toronto, up at their cottage on Lake Muskoka. We had a great couple of days on the lake! Monday and the days following saw us venturing…
Category: Pre-trip
And….so it begins!
7AM this morning – here’s what an early departure to Toronto looks like. Not tooooo much stuff for four months of travel! One entire suitcase of kid school books! Now we have 4 days in Toronto before an early flight to Halifax to meet our fellow voyagers and board the ship!
6 days until we fly – 11 days until we sail!
Well, here we are again. Following on our wonderful voyage in the Fall of 2009, we will soon be setting out for our second Semester at Sea experience (third for Christy). This time, instead of circling the globe from Halifax to San Diego, the route will take us around the Atlantic from Halifax to Europe,…
Approaching departure day!!!!
The calm before the storm has descended upon our house. We have renewed our passports, received the critical visas, been punctured multiple times to prevent disease, filled prescriptions for huge quantities of malaria medication, sent boxes ahead to the ship, discussed the boys’ curriculum with their teachers, arranged for house and pet sitting, put most…