Palm Springs Trip Report - Nov. 16 - 24, 2015

Three of us rented a house in Palm Springs to get away and relax.  Shortly before leaving, one cancelled leaving me and my usual travel friend on our own.  The place we rented was called "The Largo Ranch".  It had its own backyard pool and hot tub which was our selling point.  We paid extra to have the pool heated to 85 F/ 29 C daily.

Las Vegas Trip Report - Nov. 8 - 14, 2015

I was very excited for this trip.  Two reasons.  First one being that I got to go with my favorite person in this world, my son (25).  He hasn't been able to vacation for two years now, and I was happy it was me that was going to have the pleasure of going with him.  He chose Vegas and I, of course, had no complaints.

Downtown Las Vegas Trip Report - Aug. 30 - Sept. 4, 2015

I wasn't planning to go to Vegas now as I'm going in November this year.  The travel plans I was hoping for with friends didn't turn out so I ended up booking solo and decided on downtown.  This week was just meant to be pure R&R away from work.  I decided staying at the Downtown Grand.  With air, hotel, taxes including 5 nights my total came to $550 CAD which I thought was pretty good.  Our dollar is really sucking right now in the U.S.A. One of my dollars at the time of this writing is worth about 70 cents US so saving pennies helps...

Mykonos, Greece Trip Report - May 13 - 19, 2015

Mykonos was the second part of my trip to Greece.  Six days in Santorini and six in Mykonos.  My gait here was much slower and lazier than in Santorini.  I was in relax mode and just taking things at a leisurely pace rather than trying to see everything I possibly could.  It felt more sedate and laid back here too, but of course, I wasn't out partying late at night either so I can't comment to that.  Because I spent so much time writing the Santorini report, I really didn't feel like writing this one at all while I was there, so I finished most of it when I got home.

Santorini, Greece Trip Report - May 6 - 13, 2015

This year I decided to do something totally different from my usual thoughts of travel.  Our dollar was sucking in the U.S.A. anyway, and I wanted to go somewhere that I have never been.  However, the Euro equally sucked for me.  It started out at $1.50 CAD for me to buy ONE Euro and then it got a bit better and was about $1.38 when I bought just before I left for my trip.