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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 Carolyn Dave
May 20th 2008

North Dakota to Battleford, Saskatchewan

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Fort Battleford

After packing up and taking our morning walk, we headed for the Canadian border. We have traveled just over 2000 miles since we started our trip. We crossed in Portage, Saskatchewan. We had no difficulties crossing the border and registering our shot gun. We learned that with the exchange fee, our US Dollar is worth 97 cents. We also learned we are in Mountain Time and we gained another hour. ( I wonder where the mountains are?) Crossing the border did not change the landscape, we are still in the prairies. We are really need to start seeing something different then [View Full Entry]

By Kiwehowin
May 1st 2008

Day 0

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Regina

5 hours to go. Am sufficiently pre-tired. "Pre-tired" is sort of like "pre-drinking", except that it doesn't involve booze. No wait,... "pre-tired" is nothing like "pre-drinking". So, my plan has been to get up 2 or 3 hours earlier than usual, which makes the time difference only +6 rather than +8. Next, on the 8 hour flight to Amsterdam, is to stay awake for the first hour, but then to sleep for at least 6 (17:00 to 23:00 here, 01:00 to 07:00 there). Unless my math is wrong, or the time zones don't work as I planned, I will have completely [View Full Entry]

By Kiwehowin
April 29th 2008

The last 48 hours

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Regina

Okay,... so all that remains is to pack. I think. Routes are planned, bookings are made, passports are valid,... all that good stuff. I'm going to try to figure out if it's possible to show our first excursion in Vienna on a map. Until we get to Europe, there will likely be more posting at the Broads Abroad site. [View Full Entry]

By Prairie Gypsy
April 29th 2008

3 more sleeps!!!

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Hello everyone! Only 3 sleeps until my folks and I depart for Europe - specifically Portugal and Spain. I'm vibrating with excitement!!! I haven't done the blogging thing since my last trip - to SouthEast Asia last January and thought it might be nice to do it again to share my travels with you, my family and friends. We are spending the first week or so travelling around Portugal and then will head off to Spain. We are overseas 3 weeks in total. I sure am looking forward to the sun! That is about it. I look forward to sharing the [View Full Entry]

By Graham Richardson
April 23rd 2008

The Time Has Come

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Regina

Getting ready for the trip at hand.

The Time Has Come The day has finally arrived and tomorrow I will be setting off to South America for my first real trip. The general route that is planned is to fly into Bogota, Colmbia. From there, travel will take us north to the coast to see the beaches, then back down the western side of Colombia until we reach Ecuador. Some time will be spent in Ecuador before travelling down the coastline of Peru until we reach Lima. After spending several days in Lima, our plane will be boarded and we will return home. When it is squished into [View Full Entry]

By DuaneAndCharlotte
April 21st 2008

Home Sweet Home

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Saskatoon

Bye to New Zealand

As I look out the window at the snow-covered streets, New Zealand and Asia seem very far away... We are very glad to be home though. The flight home was decent, as good as it gets with two 10+ hour flights back to back! We had an overnight in Vancouver and were fortunate to crash with Duane's cousin Emily and catch up with her. We also met Lisa for lunch in Calgary airport, which was sweet. And then we arrived in Saskatoon to a welcome committee. It seemed so chilly out, but it wasn't really. We have to get our weather [View Full Entry]

Duane throws his first snowball of the season

By Kiwehowin
April 20th 2008

The Countdown starts now!

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TEN days to go. Crap. I have a lot to do in the meantime. [View Full Entry]

By patanderin
April 13th 2008

Getting impatient

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Just 16 days to departure. First Germany, then Turkey and Syria. I have planned all I am going to plan, my fear at this point is to plan this thing to death. We have a pretty good itinerary set up, with some built in flexibility. Ali, who I "met" online after emailing a Turkish motorcycle club has been just unbelievable. He has set up a few places for us to stay with local police and a dinner with the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Osmaniye Police! He is also making arrangements for us to have a working cell phone while [View Full Entry]

By Crannster
April 8th 2008

Saskatchewan

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Border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Now you can see the VW Van with the canoe and bikes on it. Isn't she pretty?

Well hello! I've just discovered your comments on the blog site! Looks like comments get posted here and messages go to our emails directly. These modern day technologies! Sorry to the 4 people that left comments and they were unanswered. Now we know to check there! We are currently in Regina, Saskatchewan staying at Karen's. Thanks a bunch, Karen! The temps are much higher in this neck of the woods, so to speak (woods?). We had a lovely plus 12-ish Celcius today. We have had a very relaxing day walking around the parks in the area and watching the prairie dogs. [View Full Entry]

By Kiwehowin
April 8th 2008

Pre-departure notes for Europe 08

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Regina

Stack o' books....
One must always prepare well prior to traveling. For me, this means reading lots of travel books, and making templates in Moleskine notebooks.

I've set up a communal blog site( Broads Abroad ) for most of our Europe trip, but thought I'd keep this one for this, and future trips. I already have far too many blogs, but that's primarily because I haven't found one that's perfect for me yet. Perhaps the only solution to this problem is for me to learn HTML. I'm not ready for that, however. I added some people as subscribers because they aren't on Facebook (but also, just to be confusing, added others who are on Facebook). So, anyway,... we've now booked and paid for everything [View Full Entry]

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