Blogs from Canada, North America - page 1233

Hi all, After making our way from lake louise to Jasper on the coach we only stayed 1 night as the Hostel was a shit hole and we were 3 km at least from everywhere and had no car. So it was gonna be a nightmare to get food and drink so we headed the next day for Vancouver. 25 mins outside Jasper and the clock went back an hour. (its completely crazy) After a coach journey which felt like a lifetime lol we finally arrived in Vancouver, We got up the next day and headed for stanley park to go to the aqarium. The park itself has a 5 1/2 mile radius its massive and the aquarium was good. Later that night we went out for a few drinks, we were sitting outside the bar ... read more

Well today was our first field day on the Mackenzie delta and the weather apparently did not know this, or maybe it did.... Sue is studying the landscape-level variation of dissolved organic carbon amoung the delta lakes, particularly the effects on food web structure and implications of the future (ie global warming). We roared down the silt filled channel in our 16 foot motor boat. Sue says that the river is low this year, meaing that there was not as much of a flood this year. The banks of the river looked like perfectly aligned vertical stacks of mud with trees leaning directly at us as we passed by. The trees lean in toward the centre of the channel because the permafrost beneath them is melting in the summer sun (24 hours/day of it!). Our ... read more

I am here in Quebec City and was planning to leave today for some camping, but was talked into hanging out with Thomas and sharing Laurances apartment while shes in Montreal for the weekend. It rained tonite so Im glad I did. This point in the trip though, Im no longer really driven to a goal. Im going to NYC next for my friend Adams birthday, but I have no couches planned and very little in the way of planning going on. Frankly Im tired of that and also of sightseeing. There is so much to see in these new places, but spending at least 5 hours a day walking around is a lot of work and I have the t-shirt tan to prove it. I think for a while I will avoid doing tourist things ... read more

Canada TravelsMy alarm went off at four a.m. this morning. Yes, that's one a.m. California time. Needless to say the flight into Ontario, Ottawa, the capital of Canada was lovely. I slept the whole time. After making it into the Hotel Indigo (which is very cute and is full of free Aveda products!) we headed down to Michael's house for drinks and appetizers. Michael is the director of Canada Fulbright and his wife is the superintendent of schools in Ottawa. The night was a completely new experience for me. I met Canadian teachers and trainers that were really excited about what they were doing. I spent a long time talking to another Christine, who is a trainer in writing. She trains her teachers on how to use the six traits of writing and has been very ... read more

Ottawa, CanadaI have finally arrived in Canada this morning. I am in Ottawa, the capitol city of Canada. The flight from Washington, D.C. was only one hour and thirty minutes, but we left for the airport in D.C. at 5:00 AM. Let's just say, I was not completely aware of where I was until I was about to land in Ottawa. It's interesting to note that all of the anouncements on the plane, as well as all of the signs are in both French and English, Canada's two official languages. This city is beautiful, and much of it reminds me of Europe. The city is in the province of Ontario, and during the winter has the longest ice skating rink in the world. After arriving to our hotel, we went on a guided walk of the ... read more