Blogs from Ontario, Canada, North America

So yeah, we're home. It’s an interesting concept 'home'. My home in the past 6 years has been where I’ve put my heart, Calgary and New Zealand. Now Guelph, Ontario. We had no idea where we'd come to when we got back, but we knew that it would be in Ontario somewhere. We were ready to be closer to family. So, we threw a dart at the map and it landed on Guelph. But really, we choose this place for a few reasons. Close to Toronto, close to Niagara Peninsula- our mom's, close to Orangeville - my Oma, but mostly because we heard amazing things about this small city. It has a population of 118,000 and it’s rocking. The level of consciousness in this city amazes me. I've asked most people I've met if they like ... read more

Well here goes, my very first blog. Travel has been, and I hope will continue to be a big part of my life, so I figured it was a good idea to keep track of everything going on, so I can remember and draw from my experiences, while sharing them with whoever happens to be interested. I'll be leaving for India in a couple of weeks, for a university exchange in to St. Xavier's College in Mumbai. The program I've been selected to participate in, called the Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa (OMG) Program, organized by the Ontario (a Canadian provice), Maharashtra, and Goa (states of India) governments, with help from involved universities, rather than by individual institutions alone (like the exchange I'll be participating in to Chile right after this one). Ontario and Maharashtra especially are important regions of ... read more

Jaja. Het is alweer een tijdje geleden dat ik iets op mijn blog heb geschreven. Nadat ik vorig jaar mijn Commerciële brevet had gehaald in Canada was het dan toch echt tijd voor mijn eerste baan. Al met al duurde het een winter maar ik ben weer terug in het continent Noord Amerika. In maart dit jaar was het zover ik had weliswaar mijn tijdelijke visum voor Canada in de pocket wat het makkelijker maakte om een baan te vinden hier. Na vele brieven geschreven te hebben waar je weinig van hoort was het de laatste vrijdag van april wel ineens heel plotseling allemaal. Via vrienden in Canada kreeg ik te horen dat ik een bedrijf in Canada met spoed moest contacten omdat ze iemand zo snel mogelijk nodig hebben. Het enige wat ik toen wist ... read more

Here are a few photos of my and alex on our commercial cross country... read more

Day 7 May 16th Another morning in toronto unfortunately for me I had the big settee the first night here and it was my turn on the little one needless to say I woke up with a very bad back but I wasn't going to complain it was nice of them to offer us to stay anyway! We had made a silly bet last night that when rebecca wakes up early to go to work she would flip a coin and slap Micheal if it was tails or me if heads sometimes I wonder if our intellectual age will ever get above 12 as we would risk a slap to ourselves to laugh at the other one getting slapped, anyway Rebecca couldn't bring herself to do it thankfully someone is sensible. So our second day started ... read more

Day 6 - Toronto Due to Rebecca having to work from 4 am it was left to Juliet to entertain us and show us around the city, and she did a good job for the most part. She got us fed, watered and but her combination with rich within the purse and bag shops posed to be less exciting for me as they were both in there element. We proceeded to a large mall which was pretty huge with every type of shop in. Being on a budget and limited baggage space whilst travelling meant we were going to do most shopping towards the end of the holiday. We met up with a very tired Rebecca who still managed to give us a proper tour of the city. (yes, that was a dig at you Juliet ... read more

I cannot wait to leave on my trip. I woke up this morning extremely hung over and I am not looking forward to trying to keep the second dose of dukoral down until my flight at 10 a.m. Thanks to my mom, dad, and everyone else who helped me prepare for the internship in India this summer- I am going to miss you guys. I fly out from Ottawa to Toronto at 10 am and then from Toronto to Delhi at 2:45p.m. See you in India, Brianne... read more