“Dreary and rainy day here, one of the few on the trip. We wandered around through the Old Town area, found a archeological excavation site, some historic buildings and monuments that could use a little love, commercial street and port, though it was late in the day and many …
” We all rushed into town to find the wonderful treat of a yarn shop that is Retrosaria. Rosa Pomar gave us a quick lesson in the Portuguese knitting style and we all had a great time shopping from her small but excellent selection of international and local yarns. Rosa …
“We were greeted at this port by Angela and Santiago of La Maison Bisoux online knitting shop. They graciously escorted us from the port to their shop office and allowed us to shop a nice little selection of yarns. Santiago offered up lots of suggestions of places to visit …
“A small, sunny port…a bike race greeted us at the port, and many of us wandered through town to try to find the one possible yarn opportunity. Unfortunately, the building at the address for the yarn shop was gone! We found a wonderful little bakery to enjoy some pastries, …
Paula and I walked around a fair bit on day two of our visit in Rome. Paula was given a list of suggested shops to visits by Melissa Gower-Pence. Our first stop would be a small yarn shop located a few streets west of our hotel. We then followed the …
Rome at night While in Rome I set out for a late night hike from our hotel Visconti Palace (relatively close to Vatican City) along the Tiber river and across town to the National Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II and then down to the The Colosseum “Flavian Amphitheatre”. I was …
Paula & I have flown through the Schiphol airport (AMS) serval time in the past few years. I have traveled through AMS on my way to trade shows in Germany; while Paula and I have used AMS as a jump point for several cruises; such as our 2012 trip from …
I love my Digial SLR camera gear. I find that the weight is not always an issue for me as long as I use the right camera and lenses with the right camera strap and the right camera bag. This blog post is not focused on what a professional photographer …
What is “Off The Trail”? What does it mean? First we need to talk about being on the trail. Hiking and Camping is something that Michael and I often do in the warmer months. We live in Southern Ontario near Toronto. We love being outside, walking the trails, sitting …
“Off The Trail” Happy New Year! Camper Ken and Hiker Mike are please to announce that we have officially launched our website www.OffTheTrail.ca. Over the next few weeks we will be authoring a few posts and getting the web site ready to be our official BLOG. If all goes well …