Destination: Canada

Toronto will the sun ever shine

Sat, 3 May 2008 | By clarrieno1 | Views [364]

Yet more rain today, in fact torrential rain but being the single minded fool that I am I still decided to go out and do loads of walking.  Went to Casa Loma which was half an hours walk away and is a pseudo castle which was built by some financier in ... Read more >

Torontastic

Fri, 2 May 2008 | By clarrieno1 | Views [339]

So Arrived in Toronto and after a mammoth walk ( shoudl have checked the scale on that map) found the hostel which is lovely. Toronto down town kind of reminded me of London with lots of people not looking where they are going and cyclists going through ... Read more >

Madrid

Thu, 1 May 2008 | By ljmahoney | Views [309] | Comments [2]

AHHH!!! I am in Madrid! this i insane. met all sorts of cool ppl, who hav been very helpful. We have moseyed around old madrid quite a bit and are now fairly familiar w/ the streets. Madrid is insanely green! THere are trees  and little green spaces ... Read more >

Fur lined gloves would be good...........

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 | By clarrieno1 | Views [696] | Comments [1]

Hoorah - it stopped raining :o) Boo - it`s started to snow.  To be fair there was a little bit of sunshine in there for about 15 mins this morning but the start to the day was just freezing.  So in true stalwart stiff upper lipped British style I decided ... Read more >

Gallery: Bear

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 | By shrummer16 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Niagara Falls 30/04

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 | By natha | Photo Gallery

Should have brought a tool kit....

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 | By clarrieno1 | Views [379] | Comments [1]

Drip, drip, drip little April showers......actually that`s more like "should we start building that Ark yet" it`s been raining a lot here and there is - apparently- a lot of flooding in Eastern Canada at the moment.  Really hard to motivate ... Read more >

Gallery: Saltspring Island

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 | By rob_berman82 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Philly 29/04

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 | By natha | Photo Gallery

Gallery: NYC 24/04-28/04

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By natha | Photo Gallery

Waiting for the 'Go'

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By shrummer16 | Views [941]

Consider this my first 'real time' post. I'm wrapping things up here in SW Ontario, visiting family and friends, sorting out the obligatory travel prep, and waiting for it to sink in that I'm actually done my undergrad degree ('finally'/'where did those ... Read more >

Quality in Quebec

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By clarrieno1 | Views [274]

So the train was fine, I was in a carriage with a school group from somewhere called Hamilton (near Niagara Falls I think) who were quite good fun, I chatted with one of the teachers for a while - feel sorry for the kids though, sounds like they have ... Read more >

New Life Retreat Centre, near Lanark,

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 | By francesanddavid | Views [1840]

Sunday, April 27, 2008     We arrived in Ottawa Monday evening, after travelling up from Phoenicia New York. Doug, Manager at Menla, gave us a ride from Menla to the bus stop in Phoenicia, and just as we were parting, I said, “Doug, I’d ... Read more >

Day 2 Montreal

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | By clarrieno1 | Views [288]

So here we are, second day in Montreal and hoping for an improvement on yesterday. On the plus side the weather today is lovely so I can look forward to a day wandering around in sandals and t-shirt - hoorah.  So, went off to see the Old Town today and ... Read more >

Mon Dieu Montreal

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | By clarrieno1 | Views [296]

OK, sorry about the language here but the outside of my hotel in Montreal looks like  shithole! just wen tin and dropped my bag off as it`s only 8.30 am and I can`t check into the room until 2pm so I`m off to see the sights of the down town area (which ... Read more >