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Trip to LA and 10 day Cruise around the French Polynesian Islands

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September 23/17 to October 12/17 Sunday, September 23/17   Lakefield to Beamsville –  Sunny 28 degrees - Left Lakefield at 9:30 Am. Had a lovely lunch with Grampa Ken Marsden at Canterbury Place in Toronto, tea with Larry and Annette Marsden in Mississauga, supper with Katie, Davis and Dave Whitehead in Winona and stayed the night with Dorothy and Ed Holdenmeyer at their “Comfort Inn” in Beamsville. Monday, September 24/17 Beamsville to Buffalo - Sunny 28 degrees -  Crossed over the border into the USA and checked into the Days Inn Buffalo Airport. Spent time shopping at the Walden Galleria Mall – finding deals at JC Penney and looking for Sip’s Luzianne Southern Iced Tea. Roast chicken and salad from Kroger for picnic dinner at the hotel. Tuesday, September 25/17 Buffalo – Chicago- Los Angeles, California – Sunny 28 degrees – Shuttle to Buffalo Airport after breakfast –our  van to stay at hotel till we return Oct 12. Southwest Flight Buffalo to Chicag...

Regent Seven Seas Cruise around the British Isles and Ireland

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June 5 to June 16 2016 – Regent Seven Seas Cruise around the British Isles and Ireland Sunday June 5/16 – Lakefield – Toronto – Air Canada 856 to Heathrow – London, England Left Lakefield at 9 AM for Lunch with Gramma and Grampa Marsden in Toronto and Katie and Davis Whitehead joined us. Davis is almost 18 months and has just started to walk on his own – adorable. Left for the Toronto airport at 2 PM and parked the van in the Economy Park n Fly lot. On the 6:35 PM flight for England with 7 hour flying time. No sleep. Arrived on time at 6:30 AM. Monday June 6/16 –  Heathrow Airport London, England to Southampton, England to board Regent’s Seven Seas 700 passenger Voyager ship. (Don doesn’t like the overnight flight east so he is tired today.) Through Customs and no Uber ride available so we took the bus. So we find the Bus Terminal at Heathrow and purchase our tickets to get to Southampton port which is over an hour south of London. The tickets cost 54 pounds = $100 Canadian....