Blogs from Canada, North America - page 1257

Only three days till I leave Calgary. Everything has snuck up on me so fast. I'm so excited to see what the future holds. My Dad arrives in Calgary tomorrow afternoon and he's here till Sunday morning. Dad and I will pack up his truck with the rest of my stuff and we will be off to Summerland B.C. I'm in Summerland for a few days then I hop on the plane in Kelowna and fly to Victoria. I get to kick it with my cousin Kelly& Alex, and my good friends Chrystal and Brent. Then the Friday that I'm there Shane flys in to spend our last weekend together before I head out on my adventure. I'm going to head to Whistler to see my friends Krista, Chantal, and Jeff till June 14. I ... read more

Bonjour, cava? We arrived safely in Toronto late last Saturday evening, after a particularly horrible domestic flight from San Francisco (who would have thought USA to Canada was domestic?), and after being collected by our friendly host, settled in for the night in our lovely new hostel, ready for an exploration of Toronto, and then Niagara Falls in a day's time. Canada is our last country before we head home, and although the neighbours next door looked slightly like they were running a drug's den and were nasty bits of work (it turned out they were and they are), we were excited about being here for a fresh adventure. Unfortunately overnight James was struck down with a nasty flu-like virus which manifested itself in aches, pains, a headache and a raging fever, leaving him bed ... read more

Well lets see if this works. We leave for Europe in exactly 2 weeks... wonderful timing seeing as we just graduated. I will post a grad photo or two to see how it all works... talk to you all soon!... read more

OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN! Hmm, that sounds like the name of some song from ‘way back - sung by some ditzy blonde babe - sorry Britney fans. But the idea is the same: For those not following hockey, our team, the Senators, did beat Buffalo to advance to the Stanley Cup Championship round - woohoo!!! They’re playing the Anaheim Ducks, a team we’ve not played since one time the previous season. Alas, we lost the first game, in Anaheim, after a long layoff, but there are seven games, so we hope to do better - maybe win the next four games! As a result, our departure date has now been changed a third time - now it will be June 12, which is the day after the final game of the Finals, should they go ... read more

The moment we approached the US-Canadian border, we knew we were in for something special. We had been anticipating a fair amount of difficulty getting into Niagara Falls, what with our car laden down with everything but the kitchen sink, but instead we were greeted by what had to be the friendliest border guard in the planet. “Where you headed, eh?” “Niagara Falls, Toronto and then camping in Bruce Peninsula, sir” “Oh, Bruce Peninsula. Is that up by Tobermory? Great little place. Have a cabin up there…” Turns out it is up by Tobermory and he had quite the story to tell about. “You all do a lot of biking?” “Not yet but we hope to.” “I took a bike trip recently….” And indeed he had, all around the Great Lakes. In the end, several stories ... read more