Hi!  We haven’t dropped off the face of the Earth; we are just knee deep in theme parks!  We have one more day of Disney and one day of Universal Studios ahead of us; which will mean we have tallied a total of five days of Disney and two days at Universal Studios.  We will need a holiday from our holiday after that!  Will add photos asap. Keep you posted on our next...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I will add the link for my blog in The Chronicle as soon as it is published online.  Here is the link …

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2011/11/25/celebrating-thanksgiving/

Today we celebrated Thanksgiving in America with my first Rotary host family, Gary and Edie and Edie’s 94 year old mother.  We started the day watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving...

Here is my article, for ‘The Chronicle’, all about retiring in Florida at ‘The Villages’, where our friends live.  This is truly one of the most amazing places to retire.  I so want to live here one day!  Check it out.

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2011/11/23/retiring-florida-style-karina-baigrie/

Hi there,

Here is the link to my article in The Chronicle listing my tips for flying.  Take a peek.

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2011/11/21/top-tips-airline-travel-flights-kids/

Happy reading!

Dot and I headed over to the military base to buy discounted Disney tickets.  We got some groceries whilst we were there so we could eat all our own food in the parks today. Our trip to the base and back took about an hour; Steve got the boys ready; I made sandwiches and we raced out the door.

First stop, Animal Kingdom. We had plans to meet up with Dan, my friend...

We arrived on Thursday night and settled ourselves into our house stay with our friend Debbie’s parents and sister, Dot, Ed and Karin.  We had no plans initially on what we were going to do until Sunday so we used Dot’s council.  It was great to have someone go to the trouble of researching ticket options and prices for me since I am usually the one that does all the hard...

Hi all,

Here is the link to the article I wrote for The Chronicle about Remembrance Day in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2011/11/11/karina-baigrie-remembrance-day-canada/

Lest We Forget.

We enjoyed a slow morning of packing and even ate lunch before leaving the condo since we didn’t have to rush out; just as well since we really had a lot of organising to do.  Today we driving to Calgary to our airport hotel and the only major thing on our (my) agenda was to go to the Canadian Tire store so I could spend my vouchers; obviously since the shop is ‘Canadian...

What did we do whilst in Canmore, Alberta, Canada for one week? 

• Stared at the Rocky Mountains from our condo and from every direction! Here are the Three Sisters.

• Hung out in the comfort of our condo and watched movies.
• Had a dinner party with one of Steve’s workmates Nicole and 3 of her friends with the most decadent dessert ever, Brownie Delight. Here is the link to...

My alarm just went off at 5.45am on a Sunday morning in Canmore.  No, I’m not going to an early riser’s church service or to work but I am partaking in a cultural experience of sorts; in fact I have done so for the last 3 mornings.  What am I doing you ask?  It’s called ‘lining up for freebies’ at the opening of the new ‘Canadian Tire’ store in Canmore; the first 100...