Planning
Day 6-7: The Train to Ulaanbaatar
Friday (day 6), after 5 full days in Beijing, we had to get up bright and early to board the first leg of our Trans-Siberian journey. It was actually so surreal to be heading off on this epic cross-continent train journey that we kind of had to keep pinching ourselves to realize that it was […]
The dirty Hungarian phrasebook
I will not buy this record, it is scratched. When in on this trip, if I only say something this inoffensive I will be happy. For those of you wondering about the non-sequitur, enjoy a good skit. When at home communication is key. You need it in your job, with your friends, and to explain […]
The Great Wall
Given the timing of this post I want to clarify something. And that is – no – this is not a post about the Ice Wall in Game of Thrones. Now with that out of the way… When we started planning and knew we had a few days in Beijing the obvious question came up – do we […]
Essential when abroad
So interesting news coming out of Ottawa this week. Hopefully Derek and I will not face any complications from it, but nonetheless, my eyebrows went up and an “oh dear” passed through my lips. ” OTTAWA – Canada’s foreign service officers began job action this week after their 1,350-member union declared it was in a […]
Leg stretching and gear testing
A friend of our’s has chased winter for years – bouncing between the northern and southern hemispheres to live in a near permenant of sub-sero temperatures for the better portion of a decade. [She’s a snowboard instructor, so if you are thinking this last sentence is a statement of insanity, it is actually grounded in reason.] […]
Testing… testing… 1, 2 3?
A blatant use of the except tags in an email. I am hoping all of our vehicles this trip are in better shape than this one!
So many things crossed off the list!
Awesome week!!! We got a lot checked off the prep list: Mongolian visas acquired! Whoot Derek! Hotel in Beijing booked (Soluxe Sunshine Courtyard Hotel) Hotel in Vilnius booked (Dvaras Hotel) Invite to China asked for and received Research on booking for train from St Petersburg to Vilnius started On the issue of the last item, […]
Shopping Success
We went to Mountain Equipment Co-op to start kitting out. It was a very successful shop! Derek got long underware, I mean, a base-layer (new fancy word!) Look at his spiffy self (editted for public viewing) 😉 Derek is modeling a matching set of Patagonia Carilene 2 Crew and matching bottoms. When trying them on […]
Count down!
In exactly 8 weeks’ time Derek and I will be somewhere high in the air, above the north pacific. Hopefully sleeping, because we’ll be landing in Beijing in just under 5 hours (landing 4:05am EST). In 8 weeks’, we will make our way to Pearson International Airport in Toronto and leave this fair continent for a month long […]
Modern-Day Travelling
I don’t think there is any denying it, travelling has become overall much better when you compare it to “the good ‘ol days”. That’s not implying that things used to be bad, but I think it is more a statement how much better things have become over time. When my parents took me travelling growing […]
Rails Across the Curtain 