http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , British Columbia , Burnaby en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 05:23:03 +0000 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:23:03 +0000 und scho isch wider Dunnstig hei wie die Ziit raast han ja am Mntig wider mal es Jhrli lter drfe wrde und es isch eifach mega cool gsi. Nach de Schuel simmer mitenand es Bierli go trinke und den hets dihei en mega feine Znacht geh mit eme no bessere Dessert Apple Crumble mit frozen Joghurt es isch soooo guet gsi.Am Ziistig hets den gheisse aatrtte zum Test Exam und das isch zimli http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-737638.html http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-724828.html So I39ve decided to go to Greece after all.It39s more expensive to get to.. but when you get there it39s cheaper. And I really am looking forward to some fun in the sun so I think it39s going to be the perfect place to go. Who knows when I will be able to get back to Greece anywayNow there are a few things that I love about Greece.Firstly I love the food. Greece has the traditiona http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-696560.html After 12 days of sitting and being driven around I was started to go haywire...I was starting to behave like lorraine from mad tv. reference youtube So if I didn39t have enough of three coffee39s I decided I needed a fourth. So we went to Pikes place...the original Starbucks...the first day of creation How exciting. We got in line to order coffee. We were looking at their Pike place http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-631795.html My trip to India is exactly 4 months from today. No better way to celebrate than to start a Travel blog As many of you already know this is my dream trip. And no I am not embarking upon a 18 hour flight to find a husband or just to buy Bollywood dvds although I a pretty sure I will buy some of the latter. This is also going to be my first trip outside North America. In fact it will also be the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-615889.html Well folks this is it. I'm officially leaving on Sunday. This will likely be my last blog before I go.HOLY I leave Sunday That sort of hit me yesterday when I was saying good bye to my family. So today was spent madly packing and making sure I had everything I needed. I'd love to include my packing list but the hardcore backpackers out there will probably all tell me I'm taking too much. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-556986.html Well the official countdown has started for a journey that will be pretty incredible. I've been looking forward to making this trip since I was about 19 and met a coworker who just came back from Bolivia. The wild stories and pictures piqued my interest then and have held me in an iron fist ever since.My longtime friend Amy and I are travelling together for 2 months through Peru and Bolivia. I'v http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-543424.html Currently researching some of the many places I could stay in Australia. As I know little about the country it might prove to be a challenge choosing where to start. I have to take into consideration several things including where I want to work What exactly I want to do How do I get access to the job listings etc etc http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-536912.html Well the blackberry festival wasnt quite as exciting as we hoped. Possibly something to do with the fact that no matter how hard we looked and boy did we look hard we could not find the promised blackberry wine stall. We have now come to the conclusion that saying there would be alcohol was just a ruse by the organisers to get people to attend. But rest assured that we consoled ourselves http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-527805.html Well after four months of travelling 10583 miles 2 Canadian Provinces 1 Territory and 3 US states oh and 6771 photographs yes really I have to hand the van back in less than 48 hrs time. So I have come back to the RV park Burnaby where I started my camping adventures on 1 May.Since I last created a blog entry I spent a very pleasant couple of days on the Sunshine Coast. The weather http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-527542.html a hrefhttpwww.colombiantravels.comTours ColombiaaTours Colombia http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-512157.html After years of hard studying long and sleepless nights and innumerable essays...I'm done http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-496134.html Well we survived our first night in a camper van. It actually wasn't too bad at all. It was a little on the chilly side when we woke up this morning but allinall everything seems ok for now...Had another wet old day again today. We decided to have a wander round Burnaby Lake Park. For those of you that know Weymouth Burnaby Lake is somewhat similar to Radipole Lake only bigger. And wi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-494797.html Well I picked up the camper van this morning and drove all the way to Burnaby it must be all of 10 miles from downtown Vancouver. Staying at a relatively plush RV site it's got a pool AND a gym so it must be posh. Feels like a tank to drive. Not quite got used to just how wide it is 8.5ft but the cab itself is probably only just over 7ft wide which makes it quite tricky. Backing int http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-494619.html Today is day 1 of the Olympics for us in Vancouver. I missed the torch relay which was disappointing I got the times confused it came by our place when I was at work yesterday. Scott however working downtown in the middle of it all got to see the torch for the second time in his life first time it went right by his house in Norway Lilli hammer 1994. Lucky guy gets to see it twice. So becau http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-475231.html The first of many inexpensive and awesome gigs that we are going to over the next few months and hopefully the entire duration we are living in North America. Gigs are sooo insanely cheap here Aimee Mann was only 35 incl fees and taxes and most of the others are 25 or under. It feels great to go to music gigs again to enjoy music with great crowds and atmospheres in pretty decent venues too. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-445874.html We celebrated our first Canadian holiday this weekend by giving thanks...for good food and good company None of the locals can give me a reason for why the holiday is celebrated a month before the American Thanksgiving and many of the locals thought it was a worldwide tradition Clearly there are many misunderstandings about the holiday...So looking up trusty Wikipedia this is the reason we a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-445864.html So we've officially been a temporary resident of Canada for 2 months now and I think this is an apt time to write about what we think of Vancouver. We've settled in quite well both are working full time making a bit of money and generally living each day as it comes. It's not a fancy life we didn't land awesome jobs in architecture and film as we fantasized we would but we're beyond that now http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-439803.html a short film about our travels over the last 6 months http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-426922.html Jambo rafiki langu Hello my friendsJust to preface this... I HATE the word blog. In fact it might be my least favoraite word in the english language. It sounds like something that I blew out of my nose this morning but I concede that this would qualify as a blog. Gross.Tonight I'm leaving beautiful British Columbia and long summer nights street festivals mountains and beaches for the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Burnaby/blog-409188.html