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By bedouin
August 20th 2008

T-minus...

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T-minus a few hours and a couple of days. 5 days to be precise. My math isnt that great anymore.. so we'll have to make do with me rounding up to the nearest day. I'm almost ready. SOO close. I need to get a new cell phone for france.. which SHOULD be a good idea. Cancel my existing cell phone. Make copies of my picture. Get a haircut. and oh yea, PACK! I dont know why im not packing. Packing makes it seem real. TOO real. We found a house that we are gonna go see on tues. Hope it works [View Full Entry]

By bedouin
July 24th 2008

So close..

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So close... ... T minus a few weeks So, let's see.. i have my visa, my paperwork done, applied for summer courses.. and somewhat of an apartment. I'm totally still freaked out. Somebody brought up something today that makes a good point.. my marks! I would like to run off to grad school at some point in my life.. i just dont know HOW. Would this year count... or no? bah! My marks are by no means crap, but i just havent gotten there yet. Taking my mind of this as well as other things is the fact that i somehow.. [View Full Entry]

By bedouin
July 10th 2008

Almost there

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I'm almost there.. Can't wait till I leave home!! I love the family.. but once you move out.. you are out.. i dont enjoy being home and im never coming home for this long of a period ever again! my parents have now moved to another city..i like it.. although it's like suburban hell..im having issues with walking to places.. which is soo not like me! I'm so excited for Paris and the travelling.. my first time i'll be travelling by myself this far! I have my visa.. and on my way to getting a place to live... but hopefully everything [View Full Entry]

By pnltravels
January 26th 2008

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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Niagra Falls

We've done the Planes and the Automobiles, and tomorrow we embark on the Train part. We leave Toronto for New York onboard Amtrak for 12-ish hours. We are looking forward to this next leg of the journey, but are also sad to leave behind Diane, Tanya, Claudia, Jasmine and Claude (who we didn't see, but did eat his yummy food!). We were spoiled rotten by Diane and her family. We've eaten enough food to see us through a lean month if necessary! Thank you to Diane, Claude, Tanya and Claudia! On Thursday we visited Niagra Falls - first time for me [View Full Entry]

By pnltravels
January 23rd 2008

In Toronto at Diane's Bed & Breakfast

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We left Calgary with a few tears and a lot of hugs. (... and more luggage than we need!) Thank you to Mum and Dad for taking us to the airport and to Mark for coming to see us off too. The flight was uneventful and we arrived in Toronto safely. Peter's cousin Diane met us at the airport and graciously opened her home up to us. Her hospitality is second to none - thank you Diane!! We are due to leave on Saturday morning, but if Diane keeps treating us so well, we may never leave! This is the first [View Full Entry]

By digital_explorer
January 1st 2008

The Whiteness of Toronto

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A glimpse of Mississauga Toronto Ontario Canada on the last day of 2007 and first day of 2008. I woke up early in the morning just to find out that outside of the house is already covered with snow! It was an amazing experience to touch the smoothness and whiteness of fresh snow - a white mantle in all over the place of Mississauga. While writing this journal in my other travel journal's site, Im still blowing my nose after taking the photos posted below. At first, I can bear the coldness, but later on sneezing followed with running nose. This [View Full Entry]

By robjame
September 14th 2007

Bob & Sandy in France

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Bob & Sandy at Bill & Carolyn's
What a great time we had at Bill and Carolyn's on our way to Tupper Lake.

Prologue We aren't packed yet but, what the heck, we have a day left... and Sandy's out shopping. Here is our itinerary (all times are local to the area): 15 Sep 07 - BA 098 - LV 2001 - Toronto to Heathrow - Arr 0805 16 Sep (I promise to put a loonie in the Mutual of Omaha machine) 16 Sep 07 - BA 308 - Lv 1045 - Heathrow to Paris Arr 1300 22 Sep 2007 - Drive from Paris to the Dordogne area (Carlux) 20 Oct 2007 - Drive to Clermont-Ferrand from Carlux 21 Oct 2007 - Drive to [View Full Entry]

By Cdn Fiegs
March 17th 2007

Cant stay away.....

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Hello all, well since i have been back in Canada I have not been doing the blog thing.... but heres the thing, I am heading back To Australia at the end of the month so i though i would re visit the blog and look over the year i spent there and blow the dust off to make a few fresh entries.... So March 31 i fly out agian for a 7 weeks stint down under.....cant wait....i couldnt even stay home for even a year before i got the urge to come back....so a warning for all my Ozzy friends....be [View Full Entry]

By bchu
November 3rd 2006

Birth of the Blog

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I had no intentions of doing a travel blog. I actually tried not to. But I sold out, much like getting a cel phone last year. It's just more efficient than sending out mass emails, 95% to people who don't care. And it'll be easier to answer the proverbial "What did you do / Where did you go / How was it" questions when I get home. Plus someone said I'll appreciate it later on. I just looked at my current photo sites and finally conceded. I'll try and update this once a week. That sounds fair. Daily updates = way [View Full Entry]

By bchu
November 3rd 2006

See you soon

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Got a couple days left. It's about freaking time. Didn't intend to wait this long to leave but plans change quickly, as I'm sure they will along my travels. That's why I've got a plane ticket with an open return date and one night's accomodation booked. Other than that, just a loose plan and general direction in my head that I'm secretly hoping won't come to reality. Spontaneity's the key this time round. Ok, for those who didn't really know that I was leaving, here's the abbreviated overview. I'm just taking a few months off to travel and ideally volunteer/work in [View Full Entry]

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