Hitting the Road...YAY!

We're off to snowy Ireland tomorrow and I can't wait. It's Tom's family's turn to enjoy our company over the holiday season, but the timing is a bit shorter than usual due to my new work schedule.

We're also heading over to France for a quick wedding planning session. I am sure after a few days there we'll have a better idea of what we'll be experiencing in May.

2011 is shapping up to be a busy year for us...with a few trips already planned and the possibility of a new blog on its way!

Back to it

A year and a half really does fly by. My return to Canada happened in September of 2009. I yet again chose September 11th to I departed.

After a year in Ottawa, and a few more trips together to Florida (Miami to Key West) in April 2010 and Malta in Summer 2010, and of course a number out west (one with Tom at Christmas), we (I) moved to Toronto.

Since the adventures of 2008/09, Tom has been back in Iraq trying to make up monetarily for our travels, and I have been busily working away as well (though never contributing like he can). So after another year on the Hill, it was time, I figured, to try something new, hence the move to Toronto. Despite the fact that many remember me saying that I would never live in Toronto, here I am, with Tom soon to join me at the beginning of December.

Other news is that we are planning a wedding. We will most likely have a civil service in Toronto as soon as Tom arrives back. Our ceremony, of course, has to be an adventure; it is after all us. So, despite the difficulties we knew we'd encounter, Tom and I will be getting married in the south-western region of France on May 21st, 2011.

We took many regions into consideration, including our own two countries and many in the Carribean, but settled on the French wine region, and a town called Sainte-Emilion. I thought this the perfect time, therefore, to start writing about our travels again. As Tom will shortly return, and therefore our planning will really commence, as will our return to short trips (one is being considered currently for New York City in January, as Tom didn't get to join me when I headed there this past May) and perhaps a few comments about our new city, including it's food, events, etc. Really, it's time for me to start writing again, and now off the Hill, I have more time to do just that.