Category: RTW Posts
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Wonderful Whistler!
Read more: Wonderful Whistler!After a great time touring Vancouver, we were ready to move to the resort town of Whistler. Here, we learned many interesting things about the previous Olympics and the history of the town at the Whistler Museum. One of the first settlers, Myrtle and Alex Phillips, arrived in 1911. They built the Rainbow Lodge which became…
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Eagles, Salmon, and Whales, Oh My!
Read more: Eagles, Salmon, and Whales, Oh My!“If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys.” – Chief Dan George Chief Dan George was a Native actor, poet,…
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Pineapples, Pineapples, and More Pineapples!
Read more: Pineapples, Pineapples, and More Pineapples!Welcome to Dole, the biggest company to sell the second most popular fruit in the world (bananas are number one), which also comes in a delicious ice cream form known as Dole Whip. You know what I’m talking about…. pineapples of course! James Drummond Dole came to Hawaii in 1899 with a Harvard degree in…
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We’re Reef Experts Now!
Read more: We’re Reef Experts Now!After learning about Ned Kelly and baking with our family, we left Melbourne and flew up North to sunny Cairns! It was warm with beautiful beaches and lots of activities happening all over the place. It is a really great place for relaxing and working on your tan. 🙂 But the main thing to see in…
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A Slice of Heaven
Read more: A Slice of HeavenWhile in Melbourne, we had a chance to have a cooking class with chef extraordinaire Teta Maria Damchev. We baked Apple Slice which is a Hungarian dish, but since Melbourne is a cosmopolitan city, we are counting this as one of our Australian recipes. 🙂 Apple/apricot filling 5-6 sliced apricots 5-6 Granny Smith apples, grated…