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Niagara Falls, Ontario to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario What a great time in Niagara Falls. I love the…

Sherkston Shores, Fort Erie, Ontario to Niagara Falls, Ontario We stayed up quite late last night…

Port Colborne, Ontario to Skerston Shores! What a great time in Port Colborne. It was sad…

Thorold, Ontario to Port Colborne, Ontario It is so nice to be cycling on trails. When…

NOTL to Thorold, Ontario What a great time we had at Pillittieri Winery yesterday. We ended…

Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL) The 6 of us – Janet, Margaret, Betty, Irene, Debbie and I (Sonya) met…

Since my cycle trip in Netherlands 2 years ago with two sisters , I am constantly…

Our last day on vacation. When I was researching places to stop on the way home…

We left Freeport Maine around 10 a.m. heading towards Schenectady, New York State. Dang – I…

Travel day. We are taking the ferry from Digby to St. John New Brunswick. We reserved…

We spent the day touring around the Digby and surrounding area. This is a part of…

Wow what a great day this was. Sunny (a bit hot but I am not complaining!)…

Rain was coming and so we decided to pack up early. We packed up wet but…

The night before at the campfire, we decided we would not stop in Peggy’s Cove on…

What a fabulous day in Nova Scotia. We did a road trip around the area and…

What better way to spend our 38th Anniversary than in the Unesco town of Lunenburg in…

We had one last visit in the morning with John and then off we went heading…

Wow – what a great last day we had on the island. We went to Greenwich…

So as I said in my last blog…..don’t judge a book by it’s cover. John has…

We left Julie and Jeff’s by 9 a.m. and we have a 5 hour drive today.…

We woke up to rain and apparently it is going to rain all day, and as…

We got out of Hamilton June 21st by 3 p.m. Yay 2 weeks of vacation. East…

So even though Italy wins…..as our next big big trip (in Spring 2026!), we look forward…

When I finish a big trip…..I like to think about where next? I feel blessed as…

Friday morning! For some of us (Steve and Andrea) this is the end of the holiday.…

April 27th! Happy Kings Day!! We first went to the Oude (Old) and Niew (new) church…

Happy Birthday Bob!! Bye bye Amsterdam and hello Delft! We took the bus to the Amsterdam…

What a great day we had in the tulips. We went to Keukenhof Gardens, the largest…

We had a 20 minute walk to the train station from our boat. And then we…

What a fabulous day in Amsterdam! The rained stopped. It was a bit cool but all…

We had a day cruising on the water. We started to see a lot more boats…

We arrived to Cologne around 9 am and got a nice view of the cathedral while…

Even though it was rainy and chilly we sat outside at the front of the boat…

Our boat let us off in Speyer where we had a walking tour. All the guides…

We had an even earlier start today. 8:15 am. But the 6 of us all made…

This morning we were back on the bus for 8:30 am and off to the Black…

We all had a great sleep last night, from 8 1/2 to over 10 hours. We…

Door to door from Hamilton to our accommodation in Basel was 18 hours. One limo to…

Our last day of our trip we will spend with family. It will be so great…

Where will we be on King’s Day?! With the King and his family in Rotterdam!I always…

Our last 3 vacation days we will be spending it further south in the Netherlands, in…

Wow time has flown! I last bogged in November that we were planning a Spring trip,…

I now know what is next. We booked a trip for next April!! Yay!We are travelling…

I was thinking this morning – I miss writing in my blog! and then I thought,…

We had 10 great days in the Netherlands just recently! One of the highlights was that…

I took my son’s GoPro with. I probably should have practiced with it before I went…

We had an awesome breakfast from our hosts Henk and Henrietta. What a fabulous stay we…

We had an early breakfast at 8 am as we wanted to start cycling early due…

Hierden is a farming village in the centre-east of Netherlands. It is in the province of…

Lemmer was a great village. I can imagine it gets very busy in the summer months.…

Hindeloopen is a beautiful village on the sea! So many restaurants and little shops, and beautiful…

What a beautiful place Enkhuizen. We stayed at the mist prominent house in the town. It…

We set our alarm for 7 am as we have plans to go the Henri Willig…

We had picked up our panniers at the bike shop on Sunday evening so we could…

We slept until 9 am. We needed that after being up for over 36 hours. We…

May 28th at Noon we arrived. Debbie and I flew from Toronto and Janet flew from…

Only 4 more sleeps and we are heading to the Netherlands for our cycle trip! Sister…

My cousin Vonnetje gave us some information to think about. Do we take the bike bus…

I have been chatting lots with my riding buddies, Janet and Debbie as we finalize the…

When we were planning this trip 3 years ago, I started this blog as part of…

It was so disappointing when we had to cancel all of our AirBnBs, our flights, our…

We have been busy finalizing our route and confirming our accommodations, and since we have ALL…

I decided that I needed to start training. So I bought a RAD (Ride all Day!)…

It has been awhile since I last blogged. Our trip is now only 6 months away…

So why did I choose to plan the 500 km cycle trip in the Netherlands? because…

Day 4 we plan to cycle from Hoorn to Medemblik which will be a 43 km…

It is important to know the traffic rules when you are cycling in another country. If…

In May 2020, our cycle trip in the Netherlands will take us 450 km around Isjelmeer…

Apparently the Netherlands is the world’s largest exporter of beer. Hmmm…I did not know that. When…

My sisters and I were just on a trip to British Columbia in western Canada last…

Monnickendam This picture is an aerial view of the city of Monnickendam which will be one…

I received an email this past week from Ome (Uncle) Hans from the Netherlands. Oh oh…the…

Zuiderzeeroute – LF Route I had my Building Social Media Relationships class tonight. This blog is…

The Old Post Bakery – “We Have Good Taste!” I had to blog again today as…

All this talk about good dutch stuff in my blog had someone say “hey where can…

THANK YOU to all those in the Netherlands that responded to my blog on Facebook. I…

Day 3 of our trip will be leaving Amsterdam and travelling north towards the Afsluitdijk which…

If you haven’t been to Amsterdam you should for sure put it on your bucket list!…

This video is a great capture of Amsterdam!! Watch it!! and then read my blog. I…

Here we are – Margaret, Janet, That’s So Sonya and Debbie! This picture was taken on…

Over the Christmas holidays I researched bike rentals in the Netherlands, and since they are the…

We have finalized our cycle trip route around the Isjelmeer in the Netherlands. Not to say…

There are so many questions or things we need to think about when we are planning…

Thanks for joining me! In May 2020, I will be going to the Netherlands for a…