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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  • The trek To Shimla

    Today we headed out of Delhi to begin our tour in the Himalayan Mountains. At 6:15 am we headed to the Delhi train station which moves about 500,000 people per day! The drive was about 30 minutes, a 10 minute drive to the station and 20 minutes to get through the traffic jam in front Read more

  • Toy trains, Cheeky Monkeys and a traditional meal

    Our hotel in Shimla hugs the side of the mountain like most buildings in this town. We lingered over breakfast (I’ll write a blog about the food soon) by a window overlooking the hills, with the sun streaming in! Our day started with a short train ride on the 2 ft 6 narrow-gauge (known as “toy train”) Kalka–Shimla Read more