Ruth Mcbride
Trying something new!
Day 5, October 22, 2023. Embarkation day, Seattle, Washington. Today’s the day! We get to try out a new to us, cruise line! And we’re...
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RUTH MCBRIDE & RICHARD HOTTE'S TRAVEL BLOG
We have always believed in the old saying that we must 'live life to the fullest' and we are here to do just that. Our retirement blog: "Check this off our Bucket List" serves as a vessel to share our vast interests, and clue our readers into what inspires us in this ever-changing world.
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GO BIG OR GO HOME!
The 'GO-GO' Years!
We have been told that the 60's are the 'GO-GO' years, the 70's are the 'GO SLOW' years and the 80's are the 'NO GO' years...so while we're in our 60's we are going! Going big, or going home, on a bucket-list, adventures! Having finished our 4.5 month world cruise in May of 2023, we are embarking on new adventures which will take us to many places we have always wanted to visit. Some will be local, others International, but we will be going and knocking things off our bucket list while we’re still young and able!
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NEW CRUISE ADVENTURES!
Alaska and Christmas markets in Europe
After returning from our 2022/2023 World Cruise in May and spending the summer at home in Fort Erie, we now have more fantastic adventures planned before we settle into 'snowbird' life in Plant City, Florida for the winter.
Our first adventure is on the Norwegian Encore for a 7 night Alaskan cruise! Christmas will bring even more adventures in Europe on the Viking Bragi longship from Budapest to Amsterdam enjoying the Christmas markets along the way. We are in the planning stages for more exciting destinations in 2024 so stay tuned to see what we are doing!
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Good Grief!
Day 1-5, October 18-22, 2023…Fort Erie to Spokane; Spokane to Cranbrook; Cranbrook to Spokane; Spokane to Seattle! If you’ve been to...
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t-7 and counting!
11C, 52F...windy and cold, Lake Erie in Fort Erie, Ontario. It is time to get out of here before we have snow, it gets colder and we're...
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How many more September’s?
Day ? Who knows? Our nomadic lifestyle is making us forget what day it is. Let’s just say its September! A wise mentor of mine once...
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Exploring with George
Day 2 of our trip to Ottawa testing out George. Thursday, August 31, 2023. Sodus Bay, New York to Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada We...
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Welcome to the family…
Day 1 road trip to Ottawa (Buckingham, Quebec actually, but who knows where Buckingham is?) This is George…no, its Richard and George!...
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The Knicker Nicker….!!
Day 138/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. On a Virgin Atlantic A330-900 flight home to Tampa, somewhere over the Atlantic...
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Not that dreaded game!
Day 136/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. Dover, England We are quite near the end of this World Cruise, but we still had one...
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So close….but so far…
Day 135/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. Le Havre, France Oh what to do in France when we’re so far away from my favourite...
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Don’t you just love it?
Days 133, 134/138. 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. 2 sea days So what do you do when you’re close to leaving the cruise and want...
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How do we get there???….
Day 132/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. Lisbon (Lisboa), Portugal We arrived in Lisbon early this morning just as we were...
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I think my days are off!
Day? /138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. Cartagena, Spain So I think somewhere along the way I’ve either missed numbering the...
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The mind of a genius….
Day 126/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. Barcelona, Spain. We totally missed our sail in this morning to Barcelona. I think...
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A sharp curve….
Day 124/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. Monte Carlo, Monaco. Day 125/138 At sea. Our sail in to Monte Carlo. There is...
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Oh Look! What’s that?
Day 123/138. 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. Rome, Italy We woke up docked in Civitavecchia, Italy. We were not alone either with...
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Hide and go seek….
Day 122/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. Napoli, Italy. We arrived this morning into the port of Naples or Napoli, Italy. The...
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Not a good day…
Day 120/121/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. A sea day and Messina, Sicily, Italy Day 120 A sea day. I spent a good amount of...
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Its all Greek to me!….
Day 119/120/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. A sea day and Athens, Greece. Day 119 started by Linda and Lyle coming over to...
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The perfect five!
Day 118/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. Istanbul, Turkey. After last night’s visit to the Hammam we sure slept well! I would...
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Immersed!….
Day 117/138 2022/2023 Viking Neptune World Cruise. A sea day and Istanbul, Turkey. We sailed for most of the day today through the...
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