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By mashedpossumschnitzel
October 21st 2005

Bauhaus

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver

So far the highlight of my visit in Vancouver has been the unexpected reunion tour of the very early Eighties dark rock band "Bauhaus". Yes, it beats the highlight of maybe being shot as an extra in a new Al Pacino Movie that's being shot outside my hostel!! And it even beats (hands down) the thrill of plane take-offs and landings!! If you want more info about Bauhaus before continuing then read this. Be sure to come back though! "Near The Atmosphere" is the name of the tour, and it was marketed as "A night with Bauhaus". Both [View Full Entry]

By Bon Bon on the Go Go
October 21st 2005

Lots of crisp fresh air

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal

View from atop Mont Royal

Walk up Mont Royal Sun shines and the air is crisp Lovely views up there. I saw the sun peeking through the windows and was excited to see that the nice weather is still with us. It's a perfect day to go for a nice uphill trek to Mont Royal. I believe it is one of the must see places when in Montreal. My Korean roommate kept pushing bagels on me. She bought a dozen and then realized she bought too many and didn't want to lug them all the way to Ottawa with her the next few days. So it [View Full Entry]

By emily
October 20th 2005

edmonton invasion 2005

North America » Canada » Ontario » Waterloo

the best looking group ever

ok so its been a while....back at school. its a bitch. i have very little free time, yet the free time i have i try to have a little fun... so about 2 weeks ago, my friends coogan and gordo came from edmonton to visit, as well as my friends corey and mike from banff. i welcomed them with 4 kegs on ice. the entire week was ridiculous, as we finished those kegs in 6 days. one off those days started with a glass of wine to take the hangover off, which turned into a bottle.... which turned into tapping another [View Full Entry]

By Bon Bon on the Go Go
October 20th 2005

Bonjour from Montreal!

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal

As seen from the train.

Off to Montréal The weather has cleared up some Excellent! Allons! I'm not sure if I just wrote down the right word in French for "let's go" but oh well...it fits in with the haiku. haha Just a quick hello from me. I can't believe that I've made it to Montréal already...in fact I arrived only a few hours ago! I happened across this internet place that seemed quite reasonable especially in comparison to the $6/hour I've been encountering. This isn't free but it sure does seem "bargainous" in comparison. Anyhoo, I plan on spending the weekend here in Montréal before [View Full Entry]

By atm2005
October 20th 2005

Toronto

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto

Toronto is a nice city, its a fairly slow paced city compared to many others and theres no shortage of things to do there. Whats weird about it though is the fact that people from all over the world go there in order to see (wait for it) a TV aerial, yes thats right. The CN Tower ("the worlds tallest free standing structure" in the world as every advertisement for it says, though i already knew that - thanks Len) is the main tourist attraction and it was great to go up it, the highlight being the glass floor which i [View Full Entry]

By Hanneke
October 20th 2005

Malawi, Nairobi & Dubai!

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal

It's actually February as I'm writing this.... Since I just discovered this site I will be re-posting info and pictures from my recent trips to the countries listed above... plus will be using this Travelblog site to keep in touch during my upcoming trip to Cameroun! I managed to resolve some simple statistics programming problem today so I'm feeling particularly computer savvy... we'll see how long that lasts... k it's a GO.... [View Full Entry]

By Ben K
October 19th 2005

Next update will be Montreal pics............

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal

Almost to Montreal
At the border of Ontario and Quebec

I'll update everyone soon, it's just that I have been a little busy lately. In brief: Beautiful city + good times = Montreal Keep in touch everyone! Ben [View Full Entry]

By Bon Bon on the Go Go
October 19th 2005

Life outside the walls

North America » Canada » Quebec » Québec City

Trip to the "Musee" I escaped outside the walls! Beautiful City! The day started out with some gray weather that surprisingly turned sunny for a little bit. So I decided to take a little walk around the streets outside of the Old Walled City of Québec towards the Musee du Québec in the Western part of the City near the infamous battlefields where Wolfe and Montcalm died in I think the 1700's sometime. There are so many funky and trendy shops and cafes along rue St. Jean. I couldn't help but pop into a few along the way and did a [View Full Entry]

By Bon Bon on the Go Go
October 18th 2005

The Old City...c'est beau!

North America » Canada » Quebec » Québec City

Look at the dance floor in my room!

The train journey continues... 00:26 Lights have come back on. French speaking New Brunswick woman that I starting chatting with earlier won't shut up now! She's singing! It's past midnight lady! 02:00 Rolling! Hey is the old guy across fro me sleeping on the floor? 03:57 I have no idea where we just stopped. Riviere-du-loop. Kilometre 907 is my guess. 02:32...that's the time we were supposed to have arrived here. 06:48 Charnay in 15! Kilometre 1099! 07:03 Train is backing up to change tracks. 07:15 Leave the train. I walk towards the station to find my bag. I meet two Swiss [View Full Entry]

By atm2005
October 18th 2005

The greatest hostel in town.

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto

I guess that wherever you go in the world staying in hostels is a bit of a lottery, you'll have good and bad and standards will vary greatly. Well i have found that, the New York one was diabolical in every way. The one at Niagara was great, more like a B&B than a hostel and something we really needed after the nightmare joint in New York. However the best hostel we've stayed in, and maybe the best in the world, i don't know, was the Canadiana Backpackers Lodge in Toronto. It was easy to meet people there and form friendships [View Full Entry]

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