Mega Vacation
Tom and I flew off from Melbourne, FL on October 4, 2012 and didn't get back home till after the new year. We stopped in Los Angeles and Las Vegas on the west coast before flying into Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We both dreaded the 25-hour flight over to Singapore in the Far East which was the final leg of our mega vacation.
Our trip started off with a bang - We went out with Edie to Granada Pavilion in Granada Hills, CA the night after our arrival and had a fantastic time dancing with a professional dance host. We also went to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library where Tom and I posed as the First Couple boarding Air Force One. Tom also took the opportunity to make his inaugural address to the nation! | I had seen snow on mountain tops and even been on glaciers but had never seen fresh falling snow before until Oct 18, 2012 - the day after flying into Edmonton, Alberta. I was so very excited that I just had to start a snowball fight with Tom! The most stunning tourist spot we visited while in Alberta was the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller. The location is quite remote and we doubt if too many folks had visited this spectacular museum which houses the world's largest collection of dinosaur skeletons.people at a time!!! We also went to the Hoodoos which is the sandstone badlands of Alberta - it was really freezing cold even in our winter | The problem with visiting Singapore is the flight over - over 25 hours in the air and forking over about $2,000 each for the airfares!! We decided to stick around for a while to justify the trip over. We arrived on Nov 7 and stayed through Xmas 2011 and welcomed in the New Year 2012 before flying home on January 15. Underground multi-storey shopping mall Christmas in Singapore is celebrated big-time due largely to the tourist trade. Population of Singapore is 5.5 million people but about 15.5 million tourists visit a year. |