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The country of Morocco is only a 1 hour ferry ride from Costa del Sol, in Spain where we are spending the winter as Canadian Snowbirds. Morocco conjures up images of Aladdin’s genie lamp, and the 1,000 stories of the Arabian Nights, plus the “Marrakesh Express” song (Crosby Stills & Nash). We really enjoy the […]
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We enjoyed exploring the charming white washed town of Mijas (pronounced Mee-haas) that was up the mountain, behind where we are staying in Fuengirola, Spain during our Snowbird escape from Canadian winter. It has a maze of winding streets that are reminiscent of Venice. The lowly donkey is a historical symbol of pride for the […]
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This “one of a kind” zoo has amazing sculpted jungle backdrops of authentic Asian / African settings that are part of the Bioparc zoo-immersion experience in the town of Fuengirola, Spain. It feels like an exciting Indiana Jones style jungle exploration experience with Indonesian temples and ruins throughout. Many of the exotic animals are visible […]
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Our Canadian snowbird escape this year took us to Spain in Europe. We enjoyed the sunny Costa del Sol area in the Mediterranean a few years ago when we visited for a few weeks in the spring season, and realized that they have a mild winter season which is more like our spring or fall […]
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Some reflections on our 1st year of retirement, which began on Jan 1, 2023: Although everything went pretty much as planned, the biggest surprise was the strange psychological feeling that it was too good to be true, and we might get caught – sort of like playing hooky from high school, and the principal would […]
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My DNA ancestry test revealed that many of the people who consider their ancestry to be in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and coastal Spain, actually originated from the Persian Plateau area of the Middle East, about 25,000 years ago! This northward migration happened as the Ice Age was receding and plants and animals were being […]
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One of our YES friends, Murray, decided to sign on to a classic “age of sail” tall ship for three months when he retired a few years ago. The “Picton Castle” is a square rigged Barque ship that provides appropriate training to able bodied people of any age that are looking for a truly unique […]
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A very popular white sandy beach in Nova Scotia is the Summerville Beach. It features very flat beach walking for many kilometers in an area of luxury resort accommodations. Even surfing and paddle boarding. Nearby there is a “free” world class fantasy world attraction in the woods behind the Crosby Greenhouse nursery in Liverpool. It […]
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Nice Instagram interview of our YES friends, Brian and Beth, who have been travelling the world for years using some surprising low cost lifestyles to help make senior life more affordable. They have lived in France, Portugal, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, and many more. They both enjoy hiking in the mountains, and seeing new […]
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We rented a fully equipped motorhome RV camper to drive for 5 days (2000 km / 1200 Miles) from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The medium sized “Class C” motorhome – sort of like the Winnebago of yesteryear, was a perfect fit for the two of us, and could actually accommodate extra people […]
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