Ok, for my dedicated readers back in the Nolalu/Kakabeka/Thunder Bay region who have not stopped checking my blog since I stopped writing... here's a long awaited update. R and I are sufficiently settled into our new home and are loving it. The location is ideal, there is ample room, and we no longer have to trek our dirty laundry to the laundromat. We have a kitchen table and an office, and a huge bathroom... You could fit about four of our Ireland apartments in here. Anyway, check out the photos for a look at our sweet digs. In other news I [View Full Entry]

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Hello readers! After 8 months of travelling I am finally home in Kakabeka. I was planning a final series of pictures, but got too busy packing and moving and finishing up work. I got a large selection of photos printed yesterday however and have arranged them all in albums which I am in the process of labelling. Sooo... if you want to see more of my trip you are welcome to come over for a visit and check them out. I'm now relaxing, enjoying the Canadian sunshine, and looking for a job in Ottawa for the fall. Next Friday I'll be [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone... I just logged on to travelblog to find that they had some server problems and lost a bunch of blog entries. Hopefully they can restore them, but if not, I hope you've read them all already. Anyway, I was unusually busy last month and the days have just flown by. I will try to condense my July travels into one blog entry. July started off with Canada Day of course. We had tickets to a Hurling match at the famous Croke Park that day so we went to see the match and learn the rules of hurling. Afterward we [View Full Entry]

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Quick pics from our trip to Belfast and the Giant's Causeway. It was a whirlwind tour accomplished in one very quick weekend. Our tour bus driver was from Northern Ireland and I am now officially adept at telling the difference between Northern Irish and Irish accents. From near the Causeway you can see across the water to Scotland very faintly in the distance and we are now feeling the tug to head that way for our next trip. Dublin so far has been rainy rainy rainy. Of the 40 days I've been here only 3 have been without rain. I'm [View Full Entry]

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Well hello hello. Finally catching up with these blogs and hopefully this one will get me right up to speed. I arrived in Ireland laden with bags and walked directly into the welcoming door of my own home. It was such a relief that Richard had gotten everything arranged for our new place and had it all ready for my arrival. We have a tiny little 'bedsit' apartment about a half hour walk from work and downtown. Despite it's small size we are happy to have a clean warm place which is very conveniently located and are still laughing every [View Full Entry]

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Arrived abruptly in Oslo at 6:30am one morning from Stockholm and got the first train out toward Bergen. I was sick of cities and ready to do some real sightseeing in the Fjords of Norway. I got off about an hour east of Bergen in a little town called Voss which I had picked out semi-randomly from a list of train stops. It turned out to be a very good choice as the other town I was debating stopping in was in the middle of a full-fledged snowstorm when our train arrived and I had already sent my boots and [View Full Entry]

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Short on time at this internet cafe so here's a synopsis... Took the ferry across the sea from Turku to Stockholm right after the exhibition opening. I had a bunk to myself right next to the engine room under the car decks, but it only cost me 10 euro! Taking the ferry was a great move and I arrived in Stockholm just in time for a 7am breakfast! I spent three days in Sweden before moving on to Norway... highlights included the amazing Woodland Cemetery with chapel by Gunnar Asplund. I stayed two nights in a smaller town called Uppsala [View Full Entry]

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Turku Triumph Europe » Finland » Turku By jessie_elicia May 24th 2007 Jessie Smith Hey everyone! Sorry for the long delay in writing. I have been busy finishing the pavilion, moving it to Turku, attending the gallery opening, travelling across Scandinavia, moving to Ireland, and starting a new job. Whew. So here's the first bit, the finish [View Full Entry]

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Veni, Vidi, Vici Europe » Finland » Helsinki By jessie_elicia May 23rd 2007 Jessie Smith Last night in Finland! It went by so fast, I feel like I just got here yesterday but really I've been here almost 5 months now. My new plan is to take the train tomorrow morning to Turku for a press conference at 1 and gallery opening at 6. After th [View Full Entry]

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Two full weeks of construction and we are now done! I am physically and mentally exhausted and ready for a weekend off but I'm also really happy about how the project turned out. The space feels the same as I had imagined it but the lighting is more spectacular. We packed the two pieces onto two trucks on Tuesday morning and drove them to Turku asap. We worked from about 12 - 9 and were almost done when we went home for dinner. We had a great italian meal at an amazing restaurant and then went out dancing to celebrate. [View Full Entry]

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