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By AlexundGeorg
November 12th 2008

last but not least...

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Mont Tremblant ohne Schnee I

halloele!!! so, nun ist es so weit: wir verfassen unseren letzten bericht fuer euch! wir sind schon seit ein paar tagen wieder in halifax und haben heute morgen unseren wagen zum hafen gebracht! oh, mal ganz nebenbei an alle, die es noch nicht wissen: wir kommen schon am 15. november nach hause! eigentlich wollten wir ja insgesamt noch 11 tage in halifax bleiben, aber das waere zum einen viel zu langweilig gewesen (gerade ohne auto), und zum anderen haetten wir viel zu viel geld fuer unterkunft und verpflegung ausgegeben. also, wir haengen euch bald wieder auf der pelle!! aber selbstever [View Full Entry]

By swillett
October 13th 2008

Fighting Fires in Halifax

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Jumpers
Steph, Me, Nicole, and Victor (Mexico) in our jumpers

In order to work for NCL, it is a requirement to complete a basic safety course. Included in the course is first aid, firefighting, lifeboat/liferaft training, emergency procedures, etc. We started our training last week, have more this week, and then we finish with us having to flip a liferaft over in the water once we get to warmer waters (Bermuda). Lucky for us, having Halifax as a port meant that we got the opportunity to go to some special training facility to FIGHT FIRES! When Lisa and Katelyn did their safety training, they simply got to crawl through the crew [View Full Entry]

By coppertop1204
September 15th 2008

Clean clothes and beyond

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Lighthouse at Peggy's Cove

We are heading for Halifax this morning. Ordinarially we've avoided big cities but there were a couple of things that I found in the guide books that sounded interesting and since it is on our way to Peggy's Cove (supposedly another must see place) it seemed like a good idea. First we did our laundry. There was a laundromat in downtown Truro. It took us about an hour to get it all washed and dried. It was nice to have clean clothes again. We got in to Halifax at about 10:30 or so. Both of the places we wanted to visit [View Full Entry]

By 1phydeau
September 1st 2008

Trip to Halifax

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Papa and the boys

We arrived in Halifax late Tuesday night. This time the weather has not cooperated and it has rained every day so we have not been able to do a lot of outside things. Thursday we took the boys to an indoor glow in the dark mini golf. On Saturday we went to a friend of Jeremy's farm and picked blueberries. On the way home we stopped at Murphy's in Truro for some fish. YUM! Rich preach on Sunday AM and we visited with friends at night. Today it is still raining and it doesn't look like it will let up until [View Full Entry]

By TeresaTraveler
August 29th 2008

Leave Behind

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Beyond the trees
In the middle of the picture, past the clump of trees, that is where I live.

Less than a week to go and my mind turns to what I leave behind. I spent the summer in this quiet part of the world. I am lucky to live here, I know. Now the birds are gathering on the telephone wires, getting ready to fly south. People are energetic with the cooler air. Neighbours are chopping wood for winter. Schools will soon open. Everything around me begins the autumn dance yet I pack and clean house and empty my life as much as I can so I am free to travel. A turtle, that is what I am mimicking, [View Full Entry]

By TeresaTraveler
August 24th 2008

Fever

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Hen and Flowers
Everybody is enjoying the sunshine today.

Today is the day that I should have a reaction to the Yellow Fever needle I got ten days ago. Hmmmmm, do I feel different? or am I thinking myself into some body aches? Not sure... I wonder if some infected mosquito will bite me in Peru and die because I have this serum in my body? I hope so. ha ha ha I like this site; good tip about travel insurance. I get lost reading other blogs and looking at the photos. Pressure is off, to get that perfect shot at all the places that I want to see, [View Full Entry]

By TeresaTraveler
August 23rd 2008

First Entry

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Home
Where I eat in peace.

O.K. This looks like a great place for a travel journal. I fly out on the 4th of September, with a one way ticket to London. In less than two weeks, the adventure begins. [View Full Entry]

By chinacanuck
August 11th 2008

The wet Northeast,,,

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Beach house on Cavendish Beach, PEI

It certainly has been a wet one for this part of the country. Driving north through New Brunswick and into Quebec after our stay in Halifax, it was hard to miss the lush green pastures and lawns. Woods and fields were bursting at the seams with new growth and freshly baled hay was rotting everywhere we looked. Everything was waterlogged, including the spirits of the people we ran into who have spent the last couple of weeks vacationing anywhere in Ontario or east. Some areas have had the wettest summer in over one hundred years. Yesterday, as we traveled through western [View Full Entry]

Crazy guy with a toque tries to go for a swim

By kirsterellie
August 1st 2008

Halifax

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Dramas on bus - Got off at Montreal to find the BIGGEST, most unorganised line ever. People everywhere. I lined up, but it looked like the bus was going to overfill, and me and a couple of guys I was talking to in the line were hoping it would, so that we could all get seats to ourselves and stretch out. I get to the front of the line, and am told that I have to go back to the information booth, because my pass isn’t good for this busline, I need an actual ticket. Frickety. So I go and line [View Full Entry]

By AngelaB
July 22nd 2008

Test

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I've finally set up my travel blog for when I go to South Korea. I'm still trying to figure all of this out. Since I don't leave for another month, there won't be much posted for now :) [View Full Entry]

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