Wardrobes and weddings

In a recent conversation about travel packing, M asked me if I took my bathing suit to South America. “Yes,” I replied, “since we went snorkeling, but I could have gotten away without it by unzipping the legs of my jungle pants, and I wore a shirt anyway to avoid sunburn on my back.” “Oh,…

Taking the train across Canada

The romantic and spectacularly scenic train trip across Canada (well at least from Vancouver to Toronto) has not been as impressive as I expected. Mom has always raved about her train trips, and we were trying to re-create something on this trip. I did it as a child and of course it was a huge…