Hi Stampers Today is our last day in Fes. We are up early this morning and are heading to the market to purchase everything we need for our cooking class today. When I say everything… we even picked out 5 fresh chickens. It was an early start and a lot of the… Read More »
Hi Stampers Today was another early start. We are heading to Meknes, one of Morocco’s four imperial cities, lunch at Palais Didi, visiting Volubilis, a Roman settlement dating from the 3rd Century BC then dinner at Maison Bleue and being entertained by a Malhoune singer (he was amazing!) We started off at Volubilis,… Read More »
Hi Stampers It is amazing how quickly your mind forgets details when you travel. It seems like one day melds into the next. The longer I put off capturing this marvellous journey to Morocco, the harder it is to journal. I am thankful for the date / place stamp on pictures… Read More »
Hi Stampers I have finally started to go through my pictures from Morocco. Now I know I am a paper crafter / scrapbooker but will admit that journalling is not my favourite thing to do. Before I forget details I really need to document the trip. Luckily a lot of my fellow travellers… Read More »
Hi Stampers I have been AWOL the last few weeks – but for a very good reason…… Vacation Time. No matter how much planning I did, when it came down to the last few days before leaving there was a flurry of things that needed to be done. Unfortunately the timed blog posts weren’t one of them.… Read More »
Hi Stampers I have been working on some projects and haven’t had a chance to update the blog in a while…. so now it is catch-up time. If you follow me on Facebook – I try to keep that updated on a regular basis – it is easy to post a quick update there. Back… Read More »
Hi Stampers Time for my annual mini get-away… time to destress, shake the winter blues and get the depression in check. Time to get pampered at the Ste. Anne Spa. Yes this will go into my Gratitude Jar as I am truly fortunate to be able to do this. Before anything though… Read More »
Hello Stampers Back to travels in France for this post and it is now July 1st – Happy Canada Day. As we gathered for breakfast today, Debbie gave us all “Canada” pins to wear – even though we were in France – we could still celebrate the fact that we are Canadian (plus one adopted… Read More »
Hi Stampers Suitcases packed and we are en route to Avignon – with a stop in Aix en Provence for a quick tour and lunch. Christine, our French Guide will be with us until Avignon. Stopping in Aix we took a quick walk through the city as Christine pointed out some of the… Read More »
Hi Stampers We got to sleep in a little today. After a leisurely breakfast we met in the lobby of the hotel at 9:30am to meeting our guide Christine for a trip to Grasse – the capital of French Perfume making. Destination – Parfumerie Fragonard to learn the techniques involved in creating… Read More »