Days 1 and 2 (June 30 and July 1, 2025): School’s out and we’re off!
Yay! The 2024-25 school year ended at lunchtime today. The afternoon evaporated in last minute tasks and, before we knew it, our ride to Halifax Airport was in the driveway. We have been on a quest to conquer Central Asia these past few years, so Kazakhstan and a brief stop in Kyrgyzstan were planned to fill our summer vacation 2025 itinerary. We live in turbulent times, and both of us have demanding work lives. So we have been very excited about this trip overseas. Thanks for joining us on our journey. We hope you will enjoy the pics and explanations of the cities and places we will see in the next 16 days. Welcome aboard! Standing on our front steps at 9PM on June 30, as Mel and Juliet arrived to drive us to the airport. July 1 marks 30 years since the morning we moved in to our home, on July 1, 1995! A not-so-great photo of the WestJet 737 Max 8 that took us across the pond. It was one packed 737! The Halifax-Gatwick route is one of six transatlan...