Travel Archives - Almontage

Joining the 21st Century

Economics , Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology , Travel

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019

Well, Rogers Mobile has some special sales on now to introduce their Ignite Unlimited wireless. Although we have been a customer for decades, up till now we have had only one wireless phone. We...

Lazy, Hazy, Crazy

Family , Life Experience , Travel

July 8, 2019

It’s funny how our focus on the month of July has changed over the years. As we celebrate our 14th anniversary of moving to Almonte, I look back to the 1990s when we were...

Royal Boomers

Economics , Family , Life Experience , Technology , Travel

June 22, 2019

There seem to be plenty of stories in the media these days about how the Boomers have all the economic clout while the Millennial generation suffers under the weight of student debt, low wages,...

The Trail

Economics , Life Experience , Travel

June 11, 2019

The CPR railway line through Almonte was picturesque, historic, tragic and eventually redundant. Begun as the Brockville and Ottawa Railway, it reached Almonte by 1859 and was used by the Prince and Princess of...

A Piece of the Rock

Family , Life Experience , Travel

May 2, 2019

As we sailed into Gibraltar’s harbor, we were struck by the fact that there were a lot of ships anchored there. We found out later that Gibraltar has the lowest diesel fuel prices in...

A Day In Ponta Delgada

Family , Life Experience , Travel

April 24, 2019

Ponta Delgada, on the island of San Miguel (Azores) is a favorite stopping point for Transatlantic cruises. We tried to visit it in 2010 on the Equinox, but bad weather prevented our ship from...

Days at Sea

Family , Life Experience , Travel

April 23, 2019June 4, 2019

No doubt about it. To like a Transatlantic cruise, you gotta love sea days. You’ll have plenty of them between Miami and the Azores. Of course, when the weather is as good as it...

The Jewel

Family , Life Experience , Technology , Travel

April 22, 2019

Royal Caribbean International is the big sister brand to our cruise line of choice all these years – Celebrity Cruises. RCI has always had the reputation for big ships, big features, big family fun....

Hark! Hark! It’s Time to Embark

Family , Life Experience , Travel

April 21, 2019

Teddy was up at 5 AM on the morning of the 29th. Grandpa was slightly less enthusiastic. Once the sun came up we were able to see our cruise ship across the way. After...

Miami Nice

Family , Life Experience , Travel

April 19, 2019

We’ve cruised enough from Miami that we know the score – where to stay before the cruise, how to get to the hotel from the airport, how to get to the port itself. So...

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Joining the 21st Century

Lazy, Hazy, Crazy

Royal Boomers

The Trail

A Piece of the Rock

A Day In Ponta Delgada

Days at Sea

The Jewel

Hark! Hark! It’s Time to Embark

Miami Nice

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