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]

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This is it kids... I'm just getting ready, then waiting for my dad to come home so he can drive me to the airport!!! =) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (for extra emphasis) My room is SOMEWHAT clean, see mom, I sorta cleaned my room. I'm packed, almost ready to go. Still gotta weigh my luggage (must be less than 50lbs/23 kgs each otherwise anything over I am charged 100 bucks.. what the? Yesterday, my coworkers were all excited for me.. "Have fun in England!", "Say Hi to Prince William for me!", "See you in a couple of weeks..." A new adventure awaits folks. I [View Full Entry]

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I've got to get the picture application working because you won't believe Venice. Wow. I'm not going back there because it's where the rudest and most ignorant people in the world live but it is so beautiful it blows you away. We sailed into the Grand Canal about 11:00 a.m., the Emerald Princess dwarfing all the buildings and people stopping on the sidewalks and in their boats to look up ----- wayyyy up. As we travelled more into the central part of Venice and as it was our last day all the speakers on the ship began playing Puccini's goodbye Aria [View Full Entry]

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We had two huge KOA campgrounds in a row. In Port Huron we ate dinner at the Angry Bill and then rented a 4 person bike to cruise around in. Brendan drove like he was in Mario Kart. Then it was across the border where we were searched and had to go through immigration (not like the last time). Went to Niagara falls after dinner and Brendan and I went into the haunted house. Very dark and scary. [View Full Entry]

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So the car is almost packed and we are listening to the rain dropping heavily outside, from the comfort of our apartment. Maybe the next time it rains like this we will have little more than a thin layer of nylon above our heads...can't wait!!! [View Full Entry]

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Well thats us in canada! we were sad to leave new york, especially the bagel place across the street!! in the end the hostel was quite good. The common area had big screen tv's and comfy chairs so when it was a bit warn for us we chilled out watching Hannibal!!! Paul got chatting to a guy from edinburgh who was in new york for another day and a half with only $13 to last him and he needed ten of those for transport to the airport! We went to the top of the empire state building, all the way to [View Full Entry]

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20th July 2008 Had a leisurely start this morning as the children slept in until 9am. It was a very wet day however and had been raining most of the night. The good news was that it was less humid and cooler at about 20C. Entertaining the children in the house was getting a bit difficult and as soon as there was a break in the rain we took off to the park for a game of football and a go on the swings and slides. We had to make a retreat from the park when it started to rain again. [View Full Entry]

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What do a couple of city-folk need for a 6-week adventure into the Canadian wilderness...we have little to no idea...but we have a spare room full of crap that we intend on cramming into our 2005 toyota Corolla in the hopes that we will be prepared for whatever this crazy country throws at us.... We have one day to do this packing thing, and then will head off to the great yonder...we'll keep you updated as we go. Let the roadtrip begin. [View Full Entry]

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I went to the currency exchange place near my work today - and bought 200 GBP. I almost fainted. Three more nights til I go to England. I still have to pack, I still have to buy a bloody kettle, and a voltage converter. Thank goodness for $0.32 cent cup-a-soup =) [View Full Entry]

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17th July 2008 We arrived back in Guelph about 6-30am having driven all night in shifts from Detrioit airport. Managed to get up again about 9-30am and try to get ourselves sorted out for the next stage of our trip. Richard and Amy had lots to sort out including washing and packing for their trip to Halifax. We could also catch up with the blogs we had not yet posted. The late night early morning had resulted in our photographer (Dinah) getting a migraine so we are short of pictures to use on our blog today. Went to the red brick [View Full Entry]

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