Homeward Bound (8-10 May 2014)

Those of you who fly the Los Angeles-Sydney Qantas flight with any frequency are probably familiar with the late night departure from LAX. Last time we did this trip, Carolyn was working on the day of the departure, so we headed to LA and explored some areas we hadn’t seen before, like Venice Beach. This … Read more

Deserts and dining: Yorba Linda Day 8 (7 May 2014)

We were itching to get into the hinterland, which is one of the things we really enjoyed about living in SoCal, so with Carolyn at work and having done our errands the previous day, we decided to drive out to one of our favourite hinterland places here, Joshua Tree National Park. It’s a two-hour drive, … Read more

A nice day, and thoughts turn to gardens: Yorba Linda Day 6 (5 May 2014)

We woke up to blue sky. Of course it was blue, it was the day we were leaving! However we had the car so we ditched the idea of going to Casa Loma, though believe it has great gardens. We also decided against the Toronto Islands, figuring the weather wasn’t that great. We decided, instead, … Read more

A day in the country: Toronto Day 12 (5 May 2014)

Day two of our hire car dawned so-so, weather-wise, but we decided to stick to our plan of heading out west to Stratford, famous for its Shakespeare Festival. We decided to  check out another site on the way, just in case it proved interesting. It did … Waterloo Region Museum and Doon Heritage VillageThe Waterloo … Read more