Tema’s Travels
In the fall of 2017 my husband (DH, in the blog) and I began implementing a plan we’d long dreamed of. We sold our house, got rid of most of our possessions, and started living in small (but comfortable) rental apartments.
In May of 2018 we began a year of travels, I started a blog called Tema’s Travels to keep track of it. Eventually I plan to move that content over to this blog, but for now you can still read about those travels at temastravels.com. From now on, though, I’ll be posting here at temafrank.com.
I grew up in an academic family, so I was used to the notion of uprooting your life every few years to live somewhere else. Here’s where I’ve lived for at least five weeks at a time so far:
- Winnipeg, Canada (birth)
- Sweden (age 3)
- Edmonton, Canada (mostly, from ages 5 – 21 & 41+)
- Switzerland (age 10)
- Montreal (age 21)
- Ottawa (age 22)
- Toronto (mostly, ages 23 – 41)
- The Netherlands (age 31)
- Paris region, France (with 2 kids, aged 2 & 5)
- Guadalajara, Mexico (with kids aged 7 & 10)
- Pau, SW France (with kids, aged 15 & 18)
- Vancouver, Canada (May – June 2018 & March – May 2019)
- London, UK (summer of 2018)
- Lima, Peru (Nov 2018 – Feb 2019)
- Costa Rica (Feb – March 2019)
- Malaga, Spain (Dec 2019 – Jan 2019 & March 2019)
- Cape Verde (Jan-Feb, 2019)
Shorter visits have included …
- Argentina,
- Austria,
- Belgium,
- Canada (other regions),
- Chile (just the airport)
- Denmark,
- Equador,
- France (other regions) ,
- Germany,
- Greece,
- Hungary,
- Iceland,
- Ireland,
- Israel,
- Italy,
- Kuwait,
- Liechenstein,
- Luxembourg,
- Mexico (other regions) ,
- Monaco,
- Netherlands (other regions),
- Norway,
- Peru (other regions) ,
- Portugal,
- South Africa,
- Spain (other regions),
- Sweden (other regions) ,
- Switzerland (other regions),
- Turkey
- United Kingdom (other regions) ,
- USA
Read about my current travels here (on the blog page)
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Edmonton, Canada
My Home Base
In October of 2017 we sold our nearly 4,000 square foot house, got rid of most of our possessions, and have been renting and travelling ever since. We recently moved back to Edmonton after our year of travels in Europe and South America. (See temastravels.com for details.) Now we are renting a small condo. It has fantastic views over Edmonton’s river valley, and, best of all, we no longer have to worry about things like snow shoveling and home maintenance. Freedom!!! |
Vancouver, Canada
Beautiful
We lived in Vancouver twice: from March – May of 2019, and May-June of 2018. It is a gorgeous city, and one of the warmest in Canada. (They rarely get snow.) A coastal city, they do get a lot of rain, with the result that get lush gardens are bursting with colour. On sunny days, it is hard to think of a better place to live. Which helps explain why it is sooooo expensive! |
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