Travel Addict

I confess. I'm addicted to travel.  Because I've made it a priority all my life, I've seen a lot of this fascinating world of ours -- and I intend to see a lot more of it before I go! Have you got a travel bug too?!

I’m a Western Canadian who’s traveled Canada from sea to sea to sea and driven all over America as well. My work has taken me to some amazing places in Central America and Europe, and I've taken some fantastic personal trips to England, France, Spain, Austria, Czech Republic, Malta, Morocco and Costa Rica. I like telling stories from my travels and, even more, I love to hear other people's travel tales. I'm writing this blog to meet others with wanderlust. Like you.

I hope my stories inspire you to take a trip or maybe remind you of a great travel adventure of your own.

I’ve got a big trip to London coming up in a few weeks and I’m going to start this blog by writing first about preparations and then about what promises to be yet another great UK experience. I’ll also be writing about my summer in central Europe (Austria and Czech Republic), a recent holiday in Malta, and an eye-opening trip to Marrakech. Since I live in a major tourist destination, I’ll sometimes write about Vancouver experiences as well.

So ya… I’m going to London January 24 and will be there for three weeks. My business is focused there so I’m lucky – I get to go to London a few times a year, usually for a month at a time. London is very familiar, in many ways, but I discover something different every time I go. I’ll tell you more later but for now I’m excited to say that I’ll be staying in Notting Hill this time. I was thinking of staying in Shoreditch since I don’t know East London very well. And I’ve stayed in Notting Hill before. But I found such a great place I decided, hey, I can just go out lots in Shoreditch if I want a little East End experience! Actually, lots of the business I’ll be doing this trip will be in East London too so I should have lots of Cockney stories for you in February!

Finding a place to stay for 3 or 4 weeks – someplace that’s not too expensive and not too hard to get home to from central London – can be quite a challenge sometimes. In my next blog entry I’ll tell you about a new service I found and why I’ll never bother with Gumtree again. Thanks for checking out my new blog. Please come back next week.