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By The Maple moon
May 20th 2007

Bandits ahoy

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Halifax

You are going to have to bear with me on this one - this computer has been hijacked and replaced its apostrophe with an Ã¨!! We waved au revoir to Niagara and headed off to Halifax with the words of a taxi driver ringing in our ears: there is not much crime here because last year a man snatched a purse and got sent to Federal Prison for 12 years. Not so in Halifax, we spotted the remnants of a smashed car window which indicated to me that we were indeed in Banditville. If only Mr. Taxi Driver knew; he would [View Full Entry]

By amneris
May 16th 2007

Day 1 - Halifax to London

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Halifax

Day 1The big day :) When I woke up this morning I felt strangely apathetic about the whole idea of the trip, but as the hours ticked by the butterflies in my stomach grew decidedly more agitated. My family drove me out to the airport and sat with me for a few minutes before I made my way through security without hassle, and went upstairs to wait to board the flight. Now, I don't mind flying, but I was slightly annoyed at the fact that my nice direct flight had been cancelled and I had to fly all the way [View Full Entry]

By rubenrtv
February 26th 2007

The OC, New Years, and 18!

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Annapolis Valley

Heey, wel ja waar jullie in dat echt niet zo koude kikkerlandje een kerstvakantie hebben, hebben wij hier in het Trotse Noorden (lees: ijskoude Canada) een X-mas break :) Eerst kerstmis; leuk met mn gastgezin en familie hier thuis, lekker eten en gezellig. Dit 2 dagen lang :) Erg veel cadeautjes van ze gehad, onder andere zelfs een mobieltje en een mand vol Nederlands eten :D Een paar dagen daarvoor ook een Formal Xmas Party gehad - een grade 12, invite only feestje waar iedereen in galajurken / pak moest komen. Was gezellig, maar ook wel errug The OC-achtig (mooi huis [View Full Entry]

By rubenrtv
February 1st 2007

Toronto, Sinterklaas, en dat motivatie probleem ... ;)

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Annapolis Valley

Hey allemaal, iedereen die me een beetje kent weet het wel: m'n concentratie en discipline is niet echt heel erg hoog ;) Het gevolg was dus dat ik ipv het geinteresseerde thuisfront op de hoogte te houden tv keek of op de ps2 tegen m'n host brother Matt aan het spelen was ... Sorry, maar nu ga ik het beter doen :) Okey, waar ik was gebleven was mn reis naar Toronto: Donderdag ochtend vroeg (16 nov) met West Jet naar Toronto gevlogen met 50 andere exchange students uit Nova Scotia, waaronder 2 van de 3 Nederlandse meisjes. De vlucht was [View Full Entry]

By Kon Bros
January 14th 2007

Alma Mater

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Halifax

Kon Reunion
Currie's back!

We pushed thru hard from Toronto into the east. We had a quick visit with Zac and Lindsay in Ottawa for a game of scrabble and some lunch. Can't help but to mention that dub. came our on top (better luck next time, guys). We drove the night thru Quebec and New Brunswick to make Nova Scotia around breakfast on the 11th. We headed almost straight to the Nish where we spent the duration at Ev's: 77 Pleasant. Special thanks to the crew for putting up with us, and to Barrie for the extended use of her bed. We ran with [View Full Entry]

By Hutcho
December 27th 2006

Destination Christmas

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Halifax

Christmas Tree

As the semester wound down and people began to relax after the stress of exams it soon became clear as reality set in that most of us would be saying goodbye to each other. So for a few days we all did our best to ignore the inevitable and have fun (read drinking) before having to say our farewells. I was definitely lucky to have had such an amazing group of friends over the first semester here at Mcgill University in Montreal. It was with a certain amount of relief then that Jacqui and I were on our own and getting [View Full Entry]

By rubenrtv
November 20th 2006

Commercieel, corn maze & campione :D

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Annapolis Valley

Hey allemaal, ook deze update is een beetje laat doordat ik een tijdje geen internet had en daarna naar Toronto was. Sinds de laatste update weer heel wat gedaan: Halloween gehad; een erg commerciele feestdag waarbij 's avonds de jeugd verkleed de straat op gaat om te 'trick or treaten', oftewel snoep verzamelen. Vergelijkbaar met Sint Maarten, maar dan gaan ook de middelbare scholieren en krijg je meer snoep (en wordt de jeugd dus nog dikker ... :P). Die vrijdagmorgen geen school, maar kwalificatiewedstrijden voor de provinciale voetbalkampioenschappen. 's Avonds in de kou op e [View Full Entry]

By rubenrtv
October 22nd 2006

Verhuizen, voetballen, vreten ;)

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Annapolis Valley

Hey allemaal, na enkele weken stilte hier dan weer een update. Ik beloof dat de volgende sneller komt :) De afgelopen paar weken waren aardig hectisch: na problemen met mn oude gastgezin - communicatie was slecht, gastvader en gastbroer (autistisch) waren beide vrij gek en konden alleen hun eigen inzichten begrijpen (luisterden niet naar anderen), gastvader heeft zelfs geschreeuwd tegen een vrouw van de exchange organisatie ... - besloten dat ik daar niet meer wilde wonen. Ben toen eerst naar een vriends huis gegaan, moest alleen de volgende dag weer terug naar mn gastgezin omdat ik [View Full Entry]

By Mike and Charlotte
October 12th 2006

Nova Scotia

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Halifax

Atlantic view
Another view at Peggy's Cove looking out towards the Atlantic.

We've gone from Old Scotland to New Scotland in our last few blogs. This trip was to Nova Scotia or New Scotland, on the East Coast of Canada. The last time we both came here was nearly 2 years ago before we left on our trip. This time no trip sadly but good to visit. Before we flew to Halifax we made a quick pit-stop in Toronto. Our good friend Sudha's (whose family we visited in India last year) brother was marrying his lovely fiance Sherrie. We were lucky enough to be invited. We arrived in Toronto early Saturday morning after [View Full Entry]

By desktraveler
October 2nd 2006

Exploring Cape Breton East

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton

The drive from Halifax to the link to Cape Breton is not hugely exciting so we added our own excitement by first getting lost on our way out of Halifax and then by missing the exit for Truro, where we intended to have breakfast. After Truro, the highway meets the Trans-Canada at a "T" and we exited at the first town after that. The town really only had a convenience store, so they recommended going 5 minutes down the road... to Truro! We ended up with a really yummy breakfast at a diner attached to a motel - and it was [View Full Entry]

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