Blogs from Burlington, Ontario, Canada, North America

Started hiking early again to avoid the worst of the days heat. I drove to 2130 Derry Rd but some recent road work had eliminated the shoulders so there was no where to park. Thankfully I remembered from my last hike there was a school about 1 km back on the trail. So I drove down Mcniven st and than Kilbride St to Kilbride Public school which has public parking. Today's hike was tricky because it was supposed to rain today. I started early and hoped to avoid the worse of the rain. Unfortunately less than 1 hour into my hike it started to rain heavily. Thankfully I had just purchased a Dollarama rain poncho that kept me dry. The first 5 km of the hike was easy flat terrain and I was making good time ... read more

Day 10 of my hike. Today would be a hot day but thankfully it was a short hike at 15KM. I drove down to Snake Rd in Burlington. That road is named not because of the snakes that are prevalent but because the road is shaped kinda like of a snake. There is a shoulder area next to the road that you can park your car. As I prepared for my hike I saw a group of mountain bikers heading down the trail. I was impressed they were trying that route because it was not only hot and humid but the trail is quite tricky even on foot. It is hard walking through hot and humid weather. I was sweating a lot even early on. The first 5km of the hike is a series of up ... read more

Thank you Air Canada... So, after a thoroughly messed up day running around like a chicken with no head (organizing the house, taking care of loose ends, etc, i inform Jason that the toilet is plugged - shitter was full - and the basement drain isn't working.) After sorting out those things, we're off to drop the pointy ear'd mennace (Mimby) off to the cat hotel for a month, so the rest of the gang can be in peace at home. Half way there we get a call from someone at Air Canada who Jason was talking to for the last 2 hours about our flights...She says we have good news and bad news, basically EVA gave away 2 of our first class tickets from JFK to Taiwan by mistake and there was no way we ... read more

These countries were hand picked by the both of us. We started off listing places we've always imaged ourselves travelling to...we ended up with a list of over 20 cities (those were only the top picks!). After many parental suggestions, blog creeping and internet surfing it came down to these 9 cities, all of which are going to be conquered in only 1 month. London, Barcelona, Valencia, Ibiza, Cinque-Terre, Rome, Santorini, Berlin and Amsterdam. It took us days to finally set in stone the 9 carefully selected cities, now we had to plan. We had to be realistic, there was no way we were going to be free spirits and hop on a plane, a train or a bus whenever the time felt right, we had 9 cities to get to, explore, and enjoy, there had ... read more

Well it's the day before my big trip and I've been busy packing and making sure it all fits and hopefully I don't go over the 50lb limit. Fortunately we are allowed to take 2 checked bags but since some of the team that already left lost their bags enroute I'm thinking to just check 1 bag and take the 2 carry ons. I've received many well wishes and prayers from many different people about this trip and so thankful for it! This truly is an amazing opportunity and one I thank God for. I'm excited to keep this blog of my travels and trip and hope that I will be able to update it each day with mostly pictures but I will have to see how the technology works over there. Today I'm using my ... read more