We spent a weekend visiting Gianni's sister Nadja and family in Bülach a small town in the municipality of Zürich, Switzerland. Well six...

Our daughter Crystal and her fiancé Chris live in Arona which sits on the southern end of Lago Maggiore. Like Stresa, the lake and...

Having been in Stresa, Italy the past four weeks we have been literally forced to slow down because life is so much different than Canada....

Whenever Gianni and I walk the promenade we go by the some of the most amazing hotels which in the future I will have a blog capturing...

Pretty much every town has a market that rolls into town the same day in the week. This means shutting down roads to cars and you are...

Ever wanted to see what it is like driving through little towns of Lago Maggiore? Yes there is amazing scenery to see but taking in the...

This morning we got up at 7 am and went for an hour walk around town to start to get acclimatized. Even though it is a small town of...

Exhausted from our travel day we had a great sleep at the hotel and got up at 7am and went for a 40 minute walk around the little town of...

Tomorrow Gianni and I get to spend a couple of months in a small lakeside town we fell in love with when we scoped the region for the...

Today I reflect on the words of a song that was first recorded in 1977 but re-recorded by Whitney Houston in February of 1985. It truly...

It was a wonderful Valentine's Day as Gianni and I got to spend a few hours with our grandson Brody who was off from school. We started...

It was such a beautiful day in Ridge that I went for a long walk in the neighbourhood. The sun followed me and the warmth did my body...

Finally after what seems like forever I finally got to go for a hike with Gianni. We went to Edge Farm Trail in Langley which is located...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I rang in the New Year three times at the cabin with my hubby Gianni, son Steven, daughter-in-law Sarah and my grandsons...

I took Remembrance Day off as well as Friday and made it an extra-long weekend at the cabin. The place we named “Casa Serena” (House of...

This loop trail is a short 2.4 km easy trail in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. It is used as a biking, hiking, and horse riding trail. ...

What a wonderful weekend as I was able to get two easy hikes in. This one is a moderately trafficked 4.3 km loop trail located in...

It's been since May 2nd that I've completed an actual hike because my back has been giving me trouble. Inclines are very hard therefore...

I've always loved to look at pink. I don't wear a lot of it unless I really like the style that it is but to have it around me just makes...

When Gianni asked what I wanted for my anniversary I knew exactly what I wanted. But of course it would mean he would have to put some...