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We Hope You Like the New Look!
It has been an arduous start to the new year since I decided to change the name and look of Grownup Travels and redesign the entire website from scratch...a task that I freely admit humbled this poor luddite (I won't deny it, there were days that I literally sat...
Want a more memorable trip? Go on a horse riding adventure!
Horseback riding in Cocora Valley, Colombia Like most little girls, I fell in love with horses when I was a child. Whether it was because they came the closest to a real live unicorn, or because they were just beautiful in their own right, I read about them, wrote...
7 Tips to Help Plan a ‘Bucket List Trip’
It's been a little while since Henk and I have planned a 'Grownup Trip', as we like to call them – you know, the kind that takes you somewhere super-special, and will probably cost you that bit extra since you figure you'll 'only do it once' (think safari in Africa,...
Following the Apple Pie Trail in Collingwood Ontario
If you think the Apple Pie Trail in and around Collingwood, Ontario, is all about apple-picking with the kiddies, you're in for a surprise. As G-rated as the name of this culinary multi-stop tour might sound, there are definitely some grownup stops along the way for...




