Earlier this year when we headed off on our Mediterranean cruise, I made a choice. I could stay home. Tend to the bees. All in the hope of improving my 2019 honey harvest. Or I could visit six countries of the world – five of which I had never experienced. I opted for world travel. As expected my 2019 honey harvest suffered. Even so, the bees worked diligently while I explored the “old world,” sharing enough honey with me to support friends and family gifts with enough left over to cover our household honey needs.
With this September trip we are combining travel and beekeeping. Apimondia is a biennial international beekeeping conference. This year Montréal has been chosen as the host city. The 2021 Apimondia conference will be in Ufa, Russia (not on my A list of sites to visit). Apimondia 2023 will be in Cape Town, South Africa. Tempting (and on my A list) but I’m holding out hope for Apimondia – New Zealand.
In my sales pitch to Betty, I argued that Montréal was a reasonable distance from NC and a great place to visit. She bought it! So we are off to Montréal for 10 days even as Hurricane Dorian makes his inexorable northward crawl toward the NC coast. We will begin our trip touring the less traveled corners of Quebec and then settle in Montréal for the duration of the conference. Stay tuned.
We all get to go on another trip with you? Exciting indeed! I’ll enjoy living vicariously through your visit to Canada, but let me know when you make plans for 2023, because Cape Town, South Africa is on my list too.
I’ve solved the power issue that was being caused by my printer being out of paper (go figure), and I’ll do my best to keep this site up and running while you’re away!