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 1 New Delhi History

    To get on India time we decided to keep busy so we’d sleep in the evening. We hired a driver who took us to visit three different historical sites in New Delhi. This also gave me a chance to see the city and experience the traffic. I was pleasantly surprised. The main thoroughfares are lined Read more

  • Old Delhi

    We braved the Metro (built by Bombardier, a Canadian company). Although busy, surprisingly civilized, the occupants were mostly men and women in business dress. We got off in Old Delhi to what I can only describe as chaos. Vendors and rickshaw drivers shouting, tuk tuks and cars honking, lots of people running and yelling. Our Read more