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Once we got the news that Harpreet, Ligeia’s brother, was coming to town for a Samagam, a Sikh event, we went right to the map to figure out where Caledon is. Turns out it’s just north of Brampton. We didn’t know what to expect since we had never been to any kind of Sikh event. […]

Ligeia and Heart went to High Park on Sunday to scratch another item off the list and to enjoy nature as well as each others’ company. It was so nice to see such rich greenness everywhere like in the picture above.As well, Heart introduced Ligeia to the “Silver Trees”:One of Ligeia’s favorite parts to High […]

Third on our Toronto bucket list was swimming in Lake Ontario, which Ligeia did this morning. We forgot our camera however so you’ll have to use your imagination a bit. The picture above is of the same place we went this morning but in May of 2010. No one was there in May and no […]

Love,Ligeia and Mindy :):)

This weekend Mindy was observed and evaluated on the field and she passed with flying colors! As of now she has been granted LEVEL 3 umpire status. Ligeia is very proud of her and I’m sure you are too. Please join me in congratulating Mindy on her success by posting a comment for her. Hope […]

The last weekend in May, the Memorial Day long weekend in the States, we spent in both New Jersey and New York. Along with many other family members, Mindy and Ligeia arrived in New Jersey on Friday to celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of Michael, one of Mindy’s cousins. This was the first time Ligeia experienced […]

After picking up our friend Heart from her work we headed up to the cottage. Despite the traffic we managed to get up there before the sun went down and enjoyed the beautiful mirror of the lake:The next morning Mindy and Heart went paddling boating a bit:Mindy had planned a wonderful meal plan for the […]

It is with heavy hearts that we said goodbye to our beloved girls, Mosel and Rhein. Due to the fact that we’re planning on moving north to Nunavut at the end of the summer (we asked them and they preferred to stay in a warmer climate), we decided it was best for them to find […]

While Ligeia is enjoying the sunny south in Clearwater, Florida, Mindy took advantage of an event that can only occur in places that endure a cold, snowy winter season. Every spring, the cherry blossoms in High Park open up in a beautiful display of white blooms. Never have we managed to make it there for […]

This morning Erick and Ligeia decided to check out a Thai Buddhist Temple called Wat Mongkolratanaram in Brandon. The building itself was gorgeous both inside… …and out. We ate some food although we didn’t find it memorable to be honest. The location was beautiful right on Palm River. We sat on a dock for a […]

Ever since my parents exposed me to the Peking opera when I was a little girl, I have been intrigued by it and have wanted to see it live. On the last night of my month-long China trip I got that chance. To prepare myself I read a bit on what makes a performance good […]

A few days ago, we arrived back in Beijing to enjoy more sights in and around the city before we fly home. A few things were on our tentative list to do including visiting the Great Wall for a second time. Of the 600km of constructed wall, there are many different sections that can withstand […]

Our initial itinerary included a stop in Chengdu to visit The Giant Panda Research Base. Because of our Tibetan tour being a day longer than expected and the delay in getting the visas, we had to cut something out and Chengdu became the victim. It saddened us as we came to the realization that this […]

When we were informed that there were no sleeper cars available on the train from Yangshuo to Beijing, the prospect of sitting in a regular seat for the 27-hour journey immediately made us price out flights. We ended up booking coach seats with Grand China Air, an airline we knew absolutely nothing about. We arrived […]

It was our last morning in Yangshuo and since our attempt to experience the sunrise on our first day proved unsuccessful, we thought we’d try again. To get out of our hostel which was situated right on the Li River we had to wake the young man sleeping there to unlock the door. As it […]

After breakfast this morning we rented two bikes for 20 yuan each and headed for the Yulong River, which is supposed to be both quieter and even more scenic than the already beautiful Li River. Getting out of town and starting our 10km ride was a challenge. Sharing the road with people, cars, motorcycles, tour […]

Today’s post is more of an account of strange, random and interesting events more than anything else. Perhaps it was a full moon or something found its way into the Li River water because our day on Friday could only be described as “odd”. Really, the strangeness started during the night, when the rain began. […]

Leaving Tibet was more of a chore than expected. We waited in line for the Chinese immigration office to open at which point we endured a bag search. What were they looking for you may ask. Books and maps. The guard looked at our Lonely Planet China book at length and even studied the map […]