Blogs from Canada, North America - page 1450

Well it is the day before I leave and I'm really happy! It has been a long awaited journey and I'm really excited to meet up with Stephan and the unknown Rene. I'm doing this entry on my own, but as of Friday March 3rd it will include the 3 of us. The boys have already been on their own journey for over 60 days. They have been mainly working on the harvest trail picking fruit. Until next time... Much Love, Rhea... read more

Als Abschluss meiner Snowboarderei in Kanada habe ich mir am Mittwoch einen Guide mit Namen Kirk geleistet und ein Splitboard (das aber nur ausgeliehen). Wir sind auf den Whistler Mountain raufgefahren und dann in das dahinterliegende backcountry gelaufen. Ein Splitboard zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass man es in der Mitte auseinandernehmen kann und so zwei Schi erhaelt, auf die man dann Felle aufziehen kann und damit dann in der Spur vom guide laufen kann. Es ist erstaunlich, dass es nach kurzer Zeit unglaublich still und einsam werden kann und dass da ueberall noch feinster Pulverschnee herumlag, obwohl es seit zwei Wochen nicht mehr geschneit hatte. Das Bloede ist, dass mir Kirk von seinen Plaenen erzaehlt hat, naechsten Fruehling ein camp irgendwo weitab von allem zu machen, wo man mit dem Flugzeug eingeflogen wird und dann dort ... read more

We are back in Toronto (pronounced Ta-Ron-O)....today we went to the CN tower which was built for some sort of telecommunications interchange and is the worlds tallest free-standing building...its very tall!...on the observation deck they have a glass floor so you can see right down to the ground...its a very cool thing to do but very very disconcerting. we loved our time in Montreal....what a great place :) as i have said before it was so so cold...our last night there it was -18 degrees celcius...thats cold right? yeah damn right its cold....and thats before you take into account the wind chill. So its testamanet to the town that its still so good despite the debilatating weather. We drove back in our bronze pontiac to toronto...it took 12 hours...and it shouldnt have. We took a worng ... read more

Soo.. After a week of temperatures above zero it was time for some snow again.. Skiing!! The skiclub organized a trip to Fernie, which was a really great offer, only 55 dollars for the bus ride, lift ticket, a ten-dollar lunch voucher and a voucher for two beers. The only downside was, we had to be at the bus at 4.30.. Add a huge sleep deficit I still had from the Vancouver trip to that, and you might be able to imagine my state that morning :S. And of course the bus was late, so we had to wait like half an hour in the freezing cold.. The only thing I could think of was: I could have stayed in my nice and warm bed for an extra half hour.. Grr.. Finally, a freezing-cold school bus ... read more

Finally John is letting me write an e-mail entry. Unfortunatly he has said everything we have done thus far so there is not much more i can say really. So far iim having a fantastic time. Every town i go to i have to remind myself where i am. Its going to be hard getting home and back to work when at the moment my day consists mainly of waking up, eating breakfast, walking to we find a pub, and staying there till it closes or we get kicked out. So far my favorite places have been San Diego, Memphis, and driving through america. We put up 1600 km in 3 days, all the while listening to johns i-pod. Was really cool. ATM im writing from Montreal, Canada. It's a really cool little town. That works ... read more