Author: Oliver

  • Lights, Camera, Action!

    Lights, Camera, Action!

    Think of a place where dreams can come true, where anything you can possibly imagine can come alive.  Where else but Hollywood! We had an enjoyable time visiting the home of some of our favourite movies. We spent a day walking first through North Hollywood and then through the downtown where we saw the sights…

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  • Vivacious Victoria!

    Vivacious Victoria!

    We loved our time on British Columbia’s mainland, but more adventures awaited us as we headed to Vancouver Island and BC’s capital city of Victoria. We had rented a car while in Vancouver and now we had a challenge – how do we drive our car across the water? Our vehicle was not amphibious (though…

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  • Vancouver – Canada’s most livable city

    Vancouver – Canada’s most livable city

    Vancouver is ranked as the most livable city in Canada, and is rated number 5 in the world! I’m sure that being exposed to beautiful scenery each day – mountains and water – certainly helps to make the city an easy place to live. We think that Toronto could learn some lessons from Vancouver to…

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  • Alaska Ahoy!

    Alaska Ahoy!

    Our time in Hawaii was very relaxing, but eventually it was time to move on. What better way to transition out of “resort mode” than to take an Alaskan Cruise? After a short, 5 hour flight from Hawaii we landed on the western shores of Canada in Vancouver. We had a very quick turn around…

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  • Aloha Hawaii!!

    Aloha Hawaii!!

    Stepping off of the plane in Honolulu, we were greeted by sunny, cloudless skies, a light breeze and beautiful, warm temperatures around 30C! Hawaii was a welcome change to the harsh Australian winter with temperatures dipping to 15C! J Do you know what Aloha means? Here comes the “My Big Fat Greet Wedding” explanation of the…

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