Christmas in Spain 2019 – Day 2-2.5: Vancouver to Madrid
by Now we’re really traveling. This is the real deal. Whenever you’re traveling and somehow, through the magic of time zones you journey for one day …
Author: Kirk
Husband/Father/High school humanities and social sciences teacher/1982 Vanagon owner/Traveller/Photographer/Fisherman/Whisk(e)y drinker/Dog owner (but don't tell him that... he thinks he runs the place...)
Christmas in Spain 2019: Day 1 – Victoria to Vancouver
This was pretty much your standard normal first day of travel… In fact, we can’t even really call it a day of travel… It’s more …
Spain 2019 – We’re getting close now…
It’s Wednesday now and we’re getting closer to our Friday departure and the days seem to be simultaneously crawling by and passing far too quickly. …
The Snake Pit – A Blackadder Tasting
An introduction to the quirky, delicious single cask offerings from independent whisky bottler Blackadder. If you’re not familiar with these guys (I definitely wasn’t), you …
Christmas in Spain… The Plan
So if you’ve read any of my previous trip blogs you’ll know that there’s always a plan. A very detailed plan. There might even be …
Christmas in Spain 2019
So it’s Thanksgiving weekend (the Canadian one in early November) and the stars and planets have finally aligned and Marie and Caitlin’s schedules have come …
Christmas in Canada this year? Nope…
Last year we decided to travel over Christmas for the very first time… So we packed up a few small gifts for each other, loaded …
Travel Tech Tip – USB Charge Hubs
Cute room right? Aside from being the most expensive place we stayed while we were in Mexico (it was on the main drag in Playa …
Indy Showcase #2
The second in a series of Dram Association events showcasing independent bottlers, this tasting featured some pretty darn good whiskies – including the headliner – …
Standouts from the 2019 Victoria Whisky Festival
The Victoria Whisky Festival has come and gone for another year, and thankfully my post-festival cold has finally moved on as well… so now it’s …