Thursday 11th May: Walking Tour & Bainbridge Island I’m not sure who is smiling down on us but we woke to glorious sunshine, a clear blue sky and a forecast maximum for the day of 22oC. In fact, we had a bit of a chuckle when we noted the weather app on our phone had… More
Wednesday 10th May: Seattle Day 1 If there was any part of the trip that I was a bit concerned about, it was today as we had an early train to catch from Vancouver down to Seattle. The main concern was getting a taxi at 5 am that would be large enough to take us… More
Monday May 8th: Lonsdale Markets It was a beautiful sunny morning making ideal conditions for Mark’s early morning bike ride and my harbour front walk. It was also great weather for our trip to Lonsdale Quayside and markets. I found a great post about things to do when visiting Lonsdale Markets and have linked it… More
Saturday 6th May: Indian Arm Harbour Cruise Day It seemed we were in for a bit of good fortune today. The forecast had been for continuous rain over the remainder of our time in Vancouver but we woke to fine, albeit cool and cloudy, weather. This meant we were able to get out for an… More
Thursday 4th May: Stanley Park Day. It was another crisp and sunny morning but, if the weather forecast is to be believed, this might be our last non-rainy day for our time in Vancouver. So, with that in mind, Mark set off early for a ride to Stanley Park and I braved a walk along… More
Tuesday 2nd May: Walking tour day It was a crisp and clear morning so Mark set out early for a bike ride to Stanley Park. I settled for just doing some yoga because we had a big day of walking ahead of us. It was forecast to be sunny and 23° which was pleasing… More
May 1st We have finally embarked on our 5 month Round The World trip. You can check out the summary of the full itinerary via this link. Our flight landed in Vancouver at 7 am and our first stop was to a hotel for a few hours until we could check in at 3 pm… More
This thread of our blog covers a period of 5 months of consecutive travel, from 1 May – 30 Sept 2023, where Mark and Mary embark on a round-the-world journey to tick a lot of travel boxes: all but 2 of the 50 destinations (yes! you read that correctly: 50!) are places we have not… More