Destination: Canada

WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 | By tazza | Views [390]

SO HAVE BEEN HERE NOW 6 WEEKS AND I'M SLOWLY GETTING USED TO TO WEATHER BUT CANT WAIT TILL THE HOTTER STUFF GET HERE, WHICH THEY SAY IS NOT LONG OFF..FINGERS X SPENT A MONTH IN VANCOUVER AND SAW ALL THE SIGHTS AND AM NOW HERE ON VANCOUVER ISLAND. PLANING ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Origin of the Journal Name

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 | By segue | Views [516]

The name originates from a 1996 inner voyage with a former partner from a previous life. We evolved an elaborate metasystem to describe a phenomena in the evolution of humans by which, in the process of developing our brains while increasingly abstracting ... Read more >

Tags: Background

Before the storm

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 | By cape_bound | Views [864] | Comments [3]

As I sit here and write this, a cloud of inevitability hangs over our household. In less then 24 hours we will all be on a plane headed for a completely different continent. In less then 24 hours our family will be free of the confines of Canadian life, ... Read more >

Tags: Packing & gadgets

Gallery: Vancouver

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 | By jen_and_the_boys | Photo Gallery

The way to Vancouver

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 | By jen_and_the_boys | Views [597]

We had an amazing journey getting to Vancouver.  It started with a 5am wakeup call in Steamboat and we were all in the lobby at 5.30am for our pickup to the airport. The Arctic freeze had hit Steamboat overnight and the shuttle bus luggage compartment ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

El fin de semana pasada

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 | By brian | Views [925] | Comments [1]

¡Hola chicos!  This will be a fairly quick update on the weekend events, as I am heading out with some classmates in the next few minutes for a city tour.  Before I begin, some greetings, and some trivia: Hi Mom, have a great trip to Mexico.  Look ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

A New Car

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 | By rosiecallinan | Views [1256] | Comments [3]

Hi everybody! Well we survived our first day on the road in our new car without incident and yes even from here I can hear all your scoffing, not so hard you say BUT yesterday was an unusual day for our new home city of Vancouver.   It snowed all ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Photos

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 | By casey_hamilton | Views [784]

hey everyone. havent written a journal for a while i know, and today is not the day for me to write another sorry. But i did just upload a crapload of photos. None from snowboarding yet cos i broke my camera so im waiting to get a new one. Anyway, ill ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

Gallery: Vancouver

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 | By rosiecallinan | Photo Gallery

Spanish Immersion, Mendoza

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 | By brian | Views [1198] | Comments [2]

Hey thanks, all, for all the comments.  This is kind of neat getting feedback either here or on my email as I go along.  There are pics coming, I promise...I just haven´t got around to downloading the camera yet.  The best buy ever had to be my 4G card ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Mid week, Mendoza

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 | By brian | Views [817]

Well, I was a little disappointed to leave BsAs, but this is a big country with lots of other shiny things to play with.  I arrived in Mendoza Sunday, took a look around, and promptly developed a lousy attitude.  It was just a bit of a shock: think going ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Week 1: Bs As to Mendoza

Tue, 9 Jan 2007 | By brian | Views [1081] | Comments [6]

I am writing today from Mendoza City, the capital of the province where Argentinian wine comes from.  Also home of Anacuanga (sp? but I don´t feel like looking it up), king of the mountains in the Americas at about 7,000 metres.  Sounds like a big ass ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

How To Win the Next Election

Sun, 7 Jan 2007 | By segue | Views [722]

I think that one thing the more liberal politically-motivated folks are realizing in the past few years is that the main reason that we have been losing power in the last few decades is that our friends who are minorities or who subsist in lower income ... Read more >

Tags: Politics

myth bustin the big apple

Sun, 7 Jan 2007 | By rosiecallinan | Views [932] | Comments [3]

So our time is up in the big apple for now but we have lots of awesome memories and while we didn't get to do everything on our very optimistic itinerary, we did see and do a lot of things.  For the most part we found New York was just incredible. It ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

White Christmas

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 | By akeers | Views [1544]

Just got back from our 6 nights and 5 days of skiing on Whistler/Blackcomb. We arrived in Whistler Village on the Saturday before Christmas after thinking we were going to miss the bus due the number of people getting on- but in the end had no trouble, ... Read more >

Tags: Snow