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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  • Octoberfest

    We needed to stay overnight in Munich for an early flight to Athens so decided to experience Octoberfest. Our first ‘taste’ of it was on the train from Salzburg to Munich. We were accompanied by young people in dirndls and lederhosen drinking beer before noon! When we arrived in Munich the train station was full Read more

  • Greek and roman antiquity

    Greece is my favourite country in the world! I fell in love with it on my first visit 44 years ago. At that time you could freely walk around the Greek and Roman ruins in Athens. Now you buy tickets to the different sites and crowds are tightly controlled with clearly marked paths. A good Read more