Category Archives: travel

Dream trippin’

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

When we bought our house (four years ago today!), one of the best things that Mr E Man and I did was to invest in a really good bed. We’d been sleeping on a queen-size futon, and although it was … Continue reading →

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Scottish tree hybridisers

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My parents are here! They arrived on Saturday, on the same flight as my boss’s inlaws1 and the woman who Gordon Brown called a bigot2. And now I have five weeks of chatting to my Dad about football  before work! … Continue reading →

Posted in current affairs, family, furry friends, music, photos, politics, silliness, travel, Vancouver | 10 Comments

We have a winner!

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Congratulations to Massimo for winning the First Annual VWXYNot? Readers’ Choice Comment of the Year Award! Here’s your virtual trophy that you may display on your blog if you choose: and please let me know what you want from Amazon … Continue reading →

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Cuba: Chan Chan and other songs

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This is the song “Chan Chan”, from the Buena Vista Social Club album. It’s good, eh? This is just as well, because we heard it an average of twice a day on our two week trip. The music was one … Continue reading →

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Cuba: Trinidad

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Trinidad is a town on the South coast of Cuba, a couple of hours by bus from Cienfuegos. Our new German and Israeli buddies from the El Nicho trip were on the same bus, which made it even more fun … Continue reading →

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Day tripper: El Nicho

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

When we first started planning our trip, Mr E Man did a lot of online research, and picked Baracoa as his first choice destination. However, its location on the far Eastern tip of the island meant that we would have … Continue reading →

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Cuba: Cienfuegos

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

After checking out of our resort, we headed South to the city of Cienfuegos, on the Caribbean coast. We took the Viazul bus, which turned out to be clean, comfortable, and reasonably cheap. It was a pleasant drive, taking us … Continue reading →

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Daytripper: La Habana

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

We’d already decided to head South after our week in the resort, making the compulsory visit to Habana / Havana easiest to accomplish as a day trip West from Varadero. A couple of friends who’d been to Varadero before had … Continue reading →

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Cuba: beach days

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve never done the all-inclusive thing before, and when we first began to plan this trip, I wasn’t planning to start. But it turned out that a package of one week’s 5-star* all-inclusive accommodation plus direct charter flight from Vancouver … Continue reading →

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Home is where the kettle is

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Cuba was awesome. I highly recommend it to those of you who are able to visit (sorry, American blog buddies!) I’m sure I’ll bore you all to tears with my planned series of upcoming posts and photos*, but I’ll try to intersperse … Continue reading →

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