Globe and Mail Trip Pt. 2

When I left you in my previous blog , https://wordpress.com/post/suddenly70.ca/11463, I promised to tell you about our trip home with the parcel. As you know, you can’t take liquids on the plane, so we had to figure out how to take the olive oil that Olivier brought us. Charles is always very clever at these […]

Globe and Mail trip 2024 Pt. 1, and getting older

Although this blog is mostly about our wonderful trip to France with the Globe and Mail, https://www.theglobeandmail.com I am going to start by musing about aging. As you know, I turned 80 in February, and one would think that is not so different from 79, but it is. Firstly, you have to go to a […]

On vacation

Heading to France this evening. When I return I will tell you about my adventures there and also about my spring here in Toronto. Cheers! Riki

Trip of a lifetime Part 2

Our London stay was incredible, and we still had some hours left until the evening flight to Johannesburg. The hotel was super, One Aldwych , https://suddenly70.ca/2024/02/25/birthday-trip-of-a-lifetime/, in that they let us keep our suite until almost the time of departure for the airport. If you read my previous blog, Part 1, of this little series, […]

Birthday trip of a lifetime

London: Part one I have been writing this blog for 10 years!! And my very awesome birthday is fast approaching February 20. I am not changing the name, Suddenly70.ca, despite the change in my age to 80. Yikes! This is both exciting and scary. I do not think of myself as elderly, not even close. […]

End of summer and a trip to Iceland

It seems I should forget Christmas. For the last two years I have set my table, invited guests who are not with their families, bought lots of food, decorated the living room, and then disappointment. Last year it was Covid. This year, friends had to cancel because of a medical treatment, and I had a […]

Globe and Mail trip continues

Our stay in Venice passed quickly enough and we were excited to join the rest of the group onboard the Emerald Azzura that was docked in the Giudecca canal, at San Basilio, a port for smaller ships. The folks onboard called the Azzura a luxury yacht, in fact for us it was just a small […]

Venice revisited

We decided to go on another Globe and Mail cruise because we enjoyed the last one so very much. It was slated to start in Venice, a city that we have visited two other times. We booked a tour guide to show us parts we hadn’t seen before, and planned to stay in an old […]

And along comes summer 2023

I love summer. Everything is in bloom. Even on a chilly day you can still feel the warmth of the sun hovering in the air. I love my little garden, which is very private surrounded by cedars and a canopy of large trees. The burbling of our fountain, the music we like played by Alexa […]

Coming soon: So along comes Summer

My finger slipped and hit the ‘publish now’ button and my half finished blog/ no pictures and much more to say went out. I am working on it and it will come out soon. Sorry if I inconvenienced you. Riki