Tag: food
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Crabbe Mountain Ski Weekend
Crabbe Mountain Ski Weekend Friday, March 13 All week long it’s been raining and freezing rain, so we were very surprised to wake up and see snow on the ground. It snowed a bunch over night! Which is great news since we’re headed to Crabbe for a family ski weekend! A family ski weekend that…
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Malta & Gozo Island
September 28 – October 9, 2025 Sunday, September 28 We’re headed to Malta for our 25th wedding anniversary! Our flight to Toronto was scheduled to depart Charlottetown at 12:30 in the afternoon and we had Macy drop us off at 11:15 am for our flight. While we were in line for check in we got…
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Banff, Canada
September 20 – 24, 2025 September 20 Stephen and Macy have a work conference in Banff for a few days so of course I had to tag along! We flew out of Charlottetown on the 11:25 am flight to Montreal, had a couple of hours in Montreal and then on to Calgary. Good Bye PEI! …
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Puglia Family Vacation. Part 4C: Valle d’Itria – Ostuni
Wednesday, May 28 We’re headed to Ostuni today and we’re very excited not only to explore “La Città Bianca” but Stephen’s cousin Monique and her partner Mark have flown in from London for a quick visit with us in Ostuni! Ostuni is a beautiful, ancient hilltop town that overlooks the Adriatic Sea and the verdant…
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Puglia Family Vacation. Part 4B: Valle d’Itria – Cisternino, Monopoli, and Polignano A Mare
Saturday May 24 We had a slower start to the day after our extra large day yesterday. We arrived in Cisternino by late morning and happened upon a marching band on our arrival into the historic center. Nice welcome indeed. Cisternino is another hilltop town and known for its strong culinary traditions, in particular its…
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Puglia Family Vacation. Part 4A: Valle d’Itria – Ceglie Messapica, Alberobello, and Locorotondo
Thursday, May 22/2025 We’re packing up the car and leaving Lecce this morning. We have a week-long stay booked in a trullo house in Ceglie Messapica (pronounced Cheh-lyeh Mess-ah-pee-ka) in the heart of the Valle d’Itria. WhereTF is Ceglie Messapica you might be asking. So many many people (even Italians!) would say “Where?!” after I…
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Puglia Family Vacation May 14-31, 2025. Part 3: Lecce, Otranto and Gallipoli
Sunday, May 18 After the quick Madonna de Idris caveoso rock church visit in Matera, we hopped on the shuttle to take us back to our car (at TA&CO garage which is just outside the city of Matera). We then drove to Lecce which is about a 2 hour drive. We had debated about breaking…
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Puglia Family Vacation May 14 – 31, 2025. Part 2: Matera
Matera May 16 & 17 May 16 We all had a great sleep and woke up feeling fresh and ready to get going! The weather was a bit overcast so we decided just to pack up, get the car, and hit the road. We’re spending the next 2 nights in Matera but we’re stopping in…
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Puglia Family Vacation May 14-31, 2025. Part 1 : Bari
May 14 Today we depart for Puglia and we couldn’t be more excited! Our flight out of Charlottetown is at noontime, which is lovely because I hate a crack of dawn flight, it just ruins the vibes. However… it does not mean that there weren’t a few hurdles to jump this morning. An hour before…
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The Fives Beach Hotel Resort, Mexico
November 16 – 23, 2024 We decided a year ago to tack on a wedding anniversary trip to Mexico onto our trip to Toronto to see Taylor Swift. It made sense at the time of booking since we have to fly through Toronto anyways. Two days before our scheduled departure, I was on the verge…
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