Tag: Throwback Thursdays

Biking and Sloths in Panama

ByTravelling Minion January 25, 2021 1 Comment
Punta Culebra Nature Centre Today our first stop is the Amador Causeway. One of the things that really appealed to the Sister about Panama are the sloth encounter possibilities. These cute creatures are a favorite and one of today's goals is to spot one in the wild. With this in mind, there is a Smithsonian Nature Reserve called the Punta Culebra Nature Centre. After doing some reading, the...

Panama’s Casco Viejo (Old Town)

ByTravelling Minion January 15, 2021 2 Comments
Panama City's Casco Viejo For our first full day in Panama, we decided to spend it in Panama's Old Town, or Casco Viejo. This is the older settlement portion of the town but is wonderfully preserved. It boasts these beautifully colourful Spanish colonial buildings. And walking through the small streets, every corner you turn transports you back to a different time. All of us really enjoyed the...

Heading to Panama

ByTravelling Minion January 11, 2021 1 Comment
Catching up on some blogging. In 2019, a few of us spent a week in Panama. This will be the first blog for that Panama trip. First Stop: Mexico (On the way to Panama) The Sister's husband picked dropped us all off at the airport. Being December, YVR set up some interesting back drops in anticipation of Christmas so figured, why not partake! After passing through security we had a little time to...

#TBT – Whistler

ByMinion-Chris May 10, 2018 1 Comment
Quick throwback to a family trip to Whistler last year! 2017 Family Whistler Trip In the summer of 2017, our family took a short trip to Whistler, BC for the Canada Day weekend. My parents have a timeshare there and so our accommodations were already taken care of.  After work and dinner, we all hopped in my car and made the scenic drive up the Sea to Sky highway towards Whistler. We arrived,...

#TBT Europe 2012 Wrapup

ByMinion-Chris September 28, 2017 0 Comments
Throwback to Europe 2012. We spent our last few days in Rome before heading home to Canada. Here is my Europe 2012 Wrapup Europe Wrap Up Looking back, this European trip in 2012 was the last major family trip we've taken. Since then as we've grown older and schedules have become more packed, it's harder to find time to travel together. So looking back on this trip has been a huge blessing...

Last day in Rome!

ByMinion-Chris September 21, 2017 1 Comment
After returning to Rome from Bologna, we spent the entire day exploring some of the major Rome tourist attractions. Today we took it a bit easy for our last full day in Rome. Walking around town We didn't have much of a plan today.  We'd seen most of what we wanted to see in Rome already. After sleeping in a little, we set out separately to explore, shop or sightsee. I took this as an...