Lesley Keyter

I don’t like to complain…. but

Sometimes you just gotta do it! Thomas Cook in the UK have a whole list of the most ridiculous complaints. Some real corkers such as …. “The beach was too sandy.” “Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other… Continue reading I don’t like to complain…. but

No coffee – no walkie or talkie

Call me an addict if you like but I really need my morning cup of coffee to get me going. The stronger the better. My coffee of choice is a short Americano (got nothing against tall ones…. Americans that is) because I like the maximum punch for my money – lots of caffeine and not… Continue reading No coffee – no walkie or talkie

Middle Earth – Alberta

So who needs to go to New Zealand? We have middle earth right here in Northern Alberta – at least according to my niece who has just moved up there “on site” for a year. What a weird world with ravens as big as her torso and a family of lynx right out the front… Continue reading Middle Earth – Alberta

Get your elbow out of here…

It’s called Airline Etiquette – **Window seat gets the window and the wall and one armrest **Middle seat gets two armrests **Aisle seat gets one armrest and a little bit extra leg room. Seems sensible to me. So why is it that grown men will get into an argument over that teeny little skinny armrest? … Continue reading Get your elbow out of here…

Peeping Tom Mexico Style

It seems that maintenance work at the all-inclusive Mexican resort – the Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya resort near Playa del Carmen, involves more than painting and patching. It also seems to have involved the creation of a peep hole into the adjoining guest bathroom. This was discovered recently by an Ontario couple as reported on Huffington Post. “Traccitto… Continue reading Peeping Tom Mexico Style

Cross the Blarney Stone off your list

… and Stonehenge, the pyramids, the Hollywood Walk of Fame… and what the hell – might as well throw in the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen while we’re at it. So says Caroline Morse in her blog published in USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2013/01/09/10-most-overrated-tourist-traps-and-what-to-see-instead/1820829/ She does give some excellent alternatives and the article makes for a fun read… Continue reading Cross the Blarney Stone off your list

Bums in seats

It’s the airline mantra – just get bums in those seats and at least we are not flying at a loss. But how do the bums feel about this? Are they comfortable, squashed, numb, fidgety? It’s all about the seats and that thing they call “pitch”. (Distance between the back end of a seat and the front end of the seat… Continue reading Bums in seats

CHRISTMAS LIES

It’s supposed to be the season of good will. The season when we do the right thing – tell the truth, remember to say thank you, think of others. It doesn’t always work that way. Take the Christmas letter – you know – that annual letter that is typed out and popped into the Christmas cards. What is it… Continue reading CHRISTMAS LIES

Snakes on planes – monkeys in pants

Yes they made a movie about this – pretty bad one actually – but fantasy becomes reality on an Egypt Air flight recently. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/egyptair-snake-on-plane-emergency-landing-passenger-bitten_n_2238602.html So you can imagine the reaction when there really is a snake on a flight. Images abound when you google “snakes on a plane” – some of them from the film… Continue reading Snakes on planes – monkeys in pants

Egypt through my eyes

Back now in Calgary and you know there is never anywhere as nice as home. Calgary looked so beautiful when we landed – sparkling crystalised trees, crunchy snow and snowflakes falling. Suddenly it felt like Christmas. It’s always fun looking through photos when you get back home and I hope you will enjoy my memories… Continue reading Egypt through my eyes