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Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995.

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By Caroline Joren
September 30th 2008

72 hour countdown to liftoff...

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Hanging out ;)

With the fencing tournament behind us we went out with Leland for some adventuring. Caroline and I are now masters of downtown Montreal, expertly navigating the Metro and side streets with one final destination in mind : the famous Montreal smoked meat restaurant Schwartz's open since 1928. Leland Caroline and I have heard good things, we mentioned to my coach we were going and she quickly asked us to bring one back for her. On the way we encountered a park with a large arch which became an instant photo op. I wanted to climb to the top of it [View Full Entry]

By generalkernel
September 29th 2008

Subconsciously Turning Mistakes Into Victories

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HKW With a Flower
Girls love flowers cuz they open her eyes to prettiness. Guys love flowers cuz they open her legs to prettiness.

I still had a dinner date with HKW, and though I don't usually look forward to dating girls who aren’t available, I don't go back on my word. But then D-German, who is always a constant black vortex of dry sarcasm, saw me in the dumps and gave me an uncharacteristic ray of light, “Maybe she just put ‘in a relationship’ to fuck around with you.” Considering I haven’t heard of a new relationship through the Asian grapevine, it seemed plausible. Considering she was still down for dinner, it seemed plausible. Considering I’m a huge optimist when it [View Full Entry]

HKW Thinks We Sat At the "Beginner" Table

By Caroline Joren
September 28th 2008

Montreal - Embracing our Tourist

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Ilona's
This is the place we are staying downtown Montreal

So we arrived in Montreal without much trouble at all. We had arranged to stay at Ilona's, a good friend of the Blom familiy's. Ilona was out of town and offered us her place. Her brother, Joren's good friend, Liam, picked us up from the airport at the expense of missing his detestable Christian Ethics class. Thanks again Liam. We then enjoyed a classic Montreal evening. This included lots of walking, up and down the busy streets, getting a few blocks lost and eating a very large poutine, at one of the restaurants that specializes in poutine. Caroline was super hungry [View Full Entry]

Our first Bread and Cheese away from home

By tacos
September 25th 2008

Montreal

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flight to Montreal. then get friends sisters house . on the way to there, I was very close to accident in the bus. well, just visit 1night in Montreal city . it was nice city . I like it. I eat smork meat and Begles ,walk to Mt Royal. [View Full Entry]

By hayley and mick
September 24th 2008

Back in Maple Leaf Country

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Wow, what a day of travelling! Many modes of transport were taken. After a local train we boarded a regional train to get to Newark Airport via monorail. We flew to Toronto and had no problems with immigration etc. Then it took an age to find and get on a local bus to get to our hotel which Michael booked though apparently it was not as close to the airport in reality as it seemed to be on the map! Thus there was a little more walking from the bus to the hotel than expected. After an early meal we fell [View Full Entry]

By generalkernel
September 24th 2008

BookFace: The Bane of My Existence

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Me and the Princess

I “talked” to HKW a few days later, playfully bantering with her via the sky blue interface of Facebook in order to grease up the wheels of our slowly evolving relationship. It was nice and easy chitchat over a few days using Facebook’s ingenious “Message” system. When I felt the small talk was all but exhausted, I let my intentions (well camouflaged among other nonsensical shit) shine through. “i just remembered...i owe you dinner!! where to, mon ami?” Which is probably the worst way to phrase my intentions considering (1) it sounds like I [View Full Entry]

By Travel Guy
September 22nd 2008

Switch to Facebook

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It is true. I have finally caved and joined Facebook. While I will try and keep this blog going, chances are my adventures will now be posted there. Please add me as a friend and read along there. Thanks for reading, Seth (Cornelius) [View Full Entry]

By Aneurin
September 19th 2008

The last weekend in the UK, then off to Eastern Canada

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Trafalgar square with paraolympics big screne

My last entry was in Switzerland, and a lot has happened since then. My last two days in Switzerland I spent down by Lake Geneva, first in Evian (yes, the same town where the water is from, which is over the french border), then in Lausanne. They were both interesting lakeside towns, and I wandered around and had lunch etc. I drove back to the airport in Geneva last Friday, then flew back to East Midlands Airport. The travel day was long, with the flight being delayed, and it was after 8pm by the time I got a taxi to the [View Full Entry]

By Nicholai
September 19th 2008

Montréal

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So I finally got myself to Montréal last night at around 6:00pm. Eve (the Auberge owners girlfriend) gave me a ride to Chicoutimi since she needed to do some work which was a huge relief and a huge savings (time/money). Nothing like hitchhiking in rural Québec with a 50 pound back pack. I made sure to buy them a nice bottle of wine before I left along with some chocolate and some really nice Québec cheese for our final breakfast. I took the bus from Chicoutimi to Montréal and I made sure to call a few of my friends to let [View Full Entry]

By generalkernel
September 15th 2008

A Tour of Asian Girls

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The Infamous Depth Chart
Color represents distance. Black=close (Montreal), Red=Far (Japan)

Since I’ve arrived in Montreal, there has been nothing. Nothing. I’m not interested in anyone. No one is interested in me. My depth chart (more on this later) has no prospects. Nothing. My love life is dropping like mobsters in the Godfather christening scene. I guess the only girl I have even a remote interest and chance in is J-ZN…but having been rejected once, there is almost nothing down that avenue worth pursuing. In essence, just like every other time I get dumped back into another location (Japan, Texas, NYC, etc.) after tearing through the past one, I fee [View Full Entry]

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