Blogs from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, North America

We recently put together a 2 minute video summarizing our experiences this summer. It's a competition and views count so feel free to share it with whoever you think might enjoy it! Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idlgJkHkFVk... read more

My love for traveling all began when I joined this program called Katimavik. The program involves traveling to three different provinces within six months. Everything was paid for, trips, meals, accomodations. Also if we completed the program we recieved $500 at the end. The catch was living with 7-11 other young people, and we had to do fulltime volunteer work. I left for Ontario on March 3rd, so just over a year ago. Im not going to get into too much detail on this now. But i will say it was the best thing I have ever done with my life and I have met some amazing people. I spent 3 months in Terrace Bay, 2 months in Montreal and a little less than a month in Yellowknife. The type of volunteer work varied from working ... read more

Day 80 – August 9, 2011 I’m writing this on the airplane heading to Moncton from Winnipeg. This was an unexpected trip, one that is very unfortunate. Tomorrow is my grandfather’s funeral. Though I’ve always prepared for the approaching passing of my grandfather, Fred Oickle, the feelings can never be simulated or imagined. Despair is inaccurate because my recent true acceptance of the impermanence of life, so I’ll describe it as helplessness. It’s a shocking revelation to consider a man of such stature and of whom I respect so much can simply be gone in a moment. Despair seems to be a word of the past for me. Inner peace has replaced the emptiness one feels in times like this. Fred C. Oickle was born on December 4, 1928. He had humble beginnings which included tireless ... read more

Today we woke up in a sweltering hotel room....ya...we were dolts and had the heat on by accident. This trip has taught us a lot of useful things for future travel like how to work room keys, crazy fast elevators, crazy slow elevators, you can order a cot if they only give you 2 single beds by accident (Ottawa), that not all pubs in Montreal serve food, that restuarants close a bit earlier, that parking isn't always available and isn't always close to where you're staying, that downtown Toronto traffic is insane, that Montreal drivers change lanes without giving you much time to react, that not everyone can speak english in Quebec but just making the effort is what they appreciate even if they are laughing behind your back, that some hotel rooms have faulty hairdryers ... read more

Before we begin we thought we'd share a quote we enjoyed while reading about the Tour Du France: "His body heaved at the pedals, like an automaton, on two wheels. He wasn't going fast but he was at least moving. I trotted alongside him and asked 'Who are you? What's going on? Where are the others?' Bent over his handlebars, his eyes riveted on the road, the man never turned his head nor uttered one sole word. He continued and disappeared round a turn. Steinès had read his number and consulted the riders' list. Steinès was dumfounded. 'The man is François Lafourcade, a nobody. He has caught and passed all the cracks' ... Another quarter-hour passed before the second rider appeared, whom we immediately recognized as Octave Lapize. Unlike Lafourcade, Lapize was walking, half leaning on, ... read more

Hi everyone! After Charlottetown we traveled to Summerside PEI. Again we scored an amazing room. This one had a canopy bed with stairs to get up into it. We had a fireplace and a Jacuzzi tub. The rest of the team are not impressed! We went across the road and bought two fresh cooked lobsters. After the evening celebration we went back to our room put on our robes and enjoyed our lobster dinner. We travelled to Moncton NB the next day. Confederation bridge was amazing. Longest bridge in Canada. We did an evening celebration on the football field at the university. Traveled to Saint John the next day. So far this is my favorite city. Oldest in Canada. Evening celebration right on the harbour. The next morning we got up early and went for a ... read more