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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  • Day 18 – Agra

    On our way to the penultimate site of our tour, The Taj Mahal, we stopped at Fatehpur Sikri, the fourth Mughal’s palace. Built in 1580 it is a large fort with many buildings. Each of the King’s wives had their own house. When we arrived in Agra, a city of 3 million people, we had Read more

  • Food In India

    We’ve had mouth watering food on the trip! A buffet breakfast is pretty standard and usually includes mango juice, Masala Chai, potato parantha – a fried flat bread stuffed with potato that you dip in yoghurt – and a masala omelet made with vegetables and spices and fruit including banana and papaya. All very tasty! Read more