Stepping off the edge

Owlmother's adventures

Picking up where I left off… kinda

I started a blog called Stepping off the Edge when I left my comfortable middle class and middle age life in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and headed to Adelaide, Australia to return to school in 2012.

For 8 years I blogged about events in my life…family weddings, birth of grandkids, travel. I no longer own the email address associated with that blog so couldn’t continue, hence starting over in this space.

So I picked up where I left off with our trip in fall 2024 to Europe and will continue with India and the Maldives .

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  • Europe 2024

    Keith and I are taking a bit of a whirlwind tour of Europe. Starting in the North, Scotland, where we both have ancestry, and Norway where Keith’s mother Yukola’s ancestors lived, we will gradually make our way to my favourite place in the world, Greece. Although I’ve been to Europe several times and lived in Read more

  • Flying

    The first step of most journeys is getting off the ground. With a possible strike by pilots on our airline we were worried whether we’d continue to each of the 3 legs of our flight to Scotland. So far it’s been a smooth process with good service and flights leaving on time. One more leg Read more