We started the day in our wharf hood, Steveston, by visiting the fishing canary museum. The tour took us along the entire process from boat to can. The fish production in the early 1900s sounded gross and intense. These hard-working laborers worked to get the fish into cans before it spoiled. They were paid horribly ...
The Fourth Walsh
Theatre with a side of life
Category Adventure Travel Gal
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Day 3 Vancouver: Sidetrip to Whistler
Our plan was to zipline today in Whistler. It's home to Whistler Blackcomb, one of the largest ski resorts in North America. Also, it is was a venue for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Between a late start and a five hour-ish round-trip, we didn't get to zipline. That bummer was balanced out by the incredible ...
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Day 2 Vancouver: Going to Extremes
Today, we went to the extreme for Abby's birthday. First, we went to the Capilano Suspension Bridge. It's this 460 foot bridge that is 230 feet above the Capilano River. The bridge sways back and forth as people come and go. I white knuckled it the entire way... both times. On the other side of ...
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Day 1 Vancouver: Cool, Clean, Lovely
After a direct 4 hour and 12 minute flight from Chicago to Vancouver, we (sister Jenny, niece Abby, and Abby's boyfriend Lucas) landed in a country where the place and the people are cool, clean and lovely. We are staying in a 5 bedroom house in Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver. Our landlord met us ...
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Germany Day 5: The Royal Send-off
Our last day in Germany was a day to feel like royalty. We booked the VIP castle tour with Grayline Bus Tour. The VIP tour included a luxury coach, free wi-fi and snacks. We splurged! We ended up being in a nicer bus than anticipated. Munich’s professional soccer team, FC Bayern, was in Athens ...
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Germany Day 4: Getting Our Glockenspiel On!
Technically, we started Day 4 in refugee recovery at Luisi Tambosi. We got off the train and tried to make it to Hard Rock Munich before midnight. We popped out of the subway at 11:45pm with an uncertain walk of ten to fifteen minutes ahead of us. Meanwhile, we could see people on the patio ...
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Germany-Austria Day 3: During a side trip to Salzburg, we got von Trapped!
We had decided to visit another new country. Salzburg, Austria is an hour and half by train from Munich. We booked our train tickets and tour tickets online. Early Monday morning, we even felt sassy enough to take the subway to the train. The language barrier is a challenge for ordering off the menu or ...
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Germany Day 2: Bitte Hier Warten
Sunday morning, I woke up at 10am. The sister went even longer. We are slowly but surely accumulating to the new time zone. I woke to church bells ringing which continued to happen all day and with no particular regularity. There was a heated bell off between 5:37pm to 6pm in the city centre. We ...
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Germany Day 1: I’m Two Pretzels In
Greetings from Munich, Germany! Friday night, my sister Jenny and I hopped on a plane for a little adventure. The direct flight from Chicago to Munich left forty-five minutes late and arrived twenty minutes early. With the 9 hour flight and a 7 hour time difference, we arrived foggy to a beautiful, sunny day in Germany. ...
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Palmer House Shares Its Treasures
The Palmer House presents HISTORY IS HOTT. Full disclosure... I love Chicago history. And I've always loved the Palmer House! I've had the pleasure to visit it as both a hotel guest and event guest. And I even had a membership to the fitness center two decades back. The grandeur is breathtaking. The attention to detail ...