After just getting home from work yesterday I had a very early morning flight booked out of Yellowknife, taking advantage of my full two weeks off to travel. I have friends who are living in Leipzig, Germany for a few months so I am off to visit them as well as visit Berlin and Prague. My flight left Yellowknife at 0555hrs! I was suppose to fly direct to Calgary then direct to Frankfurt , however with the Lufthansa strike I ended up with a milk run. Yellowknife, ...

Our flight was to depart from Lima at 2am, however due to being lucky passengers of Air Canada Rouges first flight from from Lima to Toronto. We were delayed due to handing out of cupcakes and pictures of flight crew and ribbon cutting. Needless to say we were not impressed with this hoopla at 2am and all we wanted was to get on the plane and sleep! We eventually boarded and took off. I was able to get some sleep on the plane, flight was pretty uneventful. Cust...

Welcome to my next adventure! I have dreamt about visiting Machu Picchu in Peru for a long time and it feels quite surreal right now that I am on my way! The thing about living in the north is it usually adds an extra day of travel to your adventure. Trying to get to a major city in time for connections leaves you flying in the day or night before. As I am doing this trip on my two weeks off I booked a flight out on my Tuesday home day and was lucky enough to fly...

And so the journey home begins. Ferg took the train with me to Kyoto. We had time for coffee as we arrived at the station a little early. I had booked a seat on the left side of the train in hopes in of seeing Mt Fuji. I had a great weekend with Ferg, he was so generous and we had a great time! I headed out to find my train. I rode the bullet train which took about 2.5 hrs. I was worried about seeing Mt Fuji as it was getting pretty cloudy. I had a great view of ...

Made it home safe and sound to the very snowy north....home sweet home! Had a great nights sleep and hope I will kick the jet lag pretty quick..... Fly in to work tomorrow! I hope you enjoyed my adventure and am glad I was able to share it with you.....I know it was comforting to some to be able to wake up and read about my day and know I was safe....and for some to be able to experience a place that they my not be able to experience for different reasons.....I h...