Blogs from Manitoba, Canada, North America - page 9

Monday was an experience at the very least. We rolled into Canada in the afternoon, and the first customs lady greeted us with a “Bonjour.” It was the last friendly thing we heard from her. She asked us a million questions about why we were headed to Winnipeg all the way from Georgia, and why we had so much stuff if we were only staying 2 nights. We explained about traveling cross country and Rob’s visa needing to be reactivated, and at that she had us pull up our car and go inside to deal with customs lady #2. Inside, we waited a while and then we were questioned first as a group and then individually. Dorothy the customs agent wanted to know how the three of us knew each other and for how long. Then, ... read more

Well so far I am falling behind in this blogging diatrate but will attempt to do better. First of all Manitoba roads , although slightly better than Sask. are still (excuse the pun) nothing to write home about. PLP, however, was a very pleasant and interesting place. Weather was beautiful, in fact to warm for me, we even turned the air conditioner on. PLP is known for its strawberries and potatoes. Also it exuberance for its heritage. Did you know Manitoba started out to be the Republic of Manitobah (yes that is the way it was spelled) but alas much like our politicians today they got greedy and were overturned and vola now we have the province of Manitoba, ok enough of the history lesson. We spent a day relaxing and doing not much of anything, ... read more

On est parti du terrain de camping St Jean Baptiste, jusqu’à la frontière. Qui nous a volé quelques fruits et du bois, mais bon. On est arrivé à une plage où on a mangé le déjeuner et où l’on s’est baigné. Nous avons continué jusqu’à Duluth. Signé Liam Antoine... read more

Well only 9days left till i leave for france, i am excited, anxious, and a little bit nervous. I've decided to post some more travel info about my trip, so here is flight and hotel information. Going there Depart Winnipeg 10:30am arrive in Toronto 1:50pm Depart Toronto 5:30pm arrive in Frakfurt 7:00am Depart Frankfurt 8:45am arrive in Nice 10:15am Coming Home Depart Paris 11:00am arrive in Toronto 1:00pm Depart Toronto 4:14pm arrive Winnipeg 5:48pm (please note all times are in designated time zones) Hotels Busby hotel in French Riviera from April 21st to April 23rd www.busbyhotel.com/ Hotel Lou Cigaloun in Provence from April 23rd to April 24th Mercure Lyon in Lyon from April 24th to April 25th http://www.mercure.com/gb/home/index.shtml P&V Loc... read more

Omdat we nu al een tijdje in Churchill zaten kwamen we steeds meer te weten over het leven in het kleine dorpje. Het dorpje lag zo afgelegen van alles dat de dorpelingen hun verveling leken te verjagen door zichzelf elke avond te bedrinken. De kroegen zaten elke avond vol, ook die van ‘ons’ hotel. De wc’s schoonmaken, Judith’s taak, werd hier niet plezieriger op.. Mede omdat wij elke ochtend vroeg moesten beginnen met werken lieten wij het barleven meestal aan ons voorbijgaan. Een keer per week was er echter ‘open mic’, een avond waarin iedereen zijn of haar zangtalenten aan het publiek ten gehore kon brengen. Onze Ierse collega’s (Dave en Elaine) begonnen elke avond met een optreden, om de bar-gangers een beetje op te warmen. Dave was een goede gitaarspeler en als Elaine meezong kregen ... read more