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Oakville Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Oakville, Canada
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Welcome to Oakville
... at Oackville with lots of time to spare before my tour appointment at Sheridan College. I found a McDonal's across the street from Oakville Station and had a good chuckle over all the graffiti that the workers there wrote all over the backs of a muffin ...
Morning Glory
... . After a few minutes of walking I found a clear meadow amongst the cardboard cut-out houses of my mother's subdivision in Oakville. As the sun rose, bright and true into the sky I cued up a song and watched Nature's grandest performance. ...
Getting started
Hi Everyone Just getting started on where to stay in each destination, almost done! I will be set for February 9th..... ...
spontaneous lunch with Savio and Heidi
... hours sitting at the patio having lunch and some real good cold beer. Another example of the incredible hospitality we expericence in Canada. Als wir auf dem Parkplatz von einem Geschäft standen, haben wir Savio wieder getroffen. Er war auch auf dem ...
The big day!
Saturday has finally come, and I am finishing up the last of the packing. After a harrowing afternoon on the highway yesterday, I had a wonderful dinner at Dr. Varenbut's house with his family. I think Jaimie is still trying to ...
The Wheels On The Bus Go Round... All Day Long!
... all those months ago were. I should have done some Googling, but for some reason I’d not thought beyond arriving in Oakville, somehow thinking the city was only as large as the one street and the GO Train would arrive in walking distance of ...
Algonquin to Toronto
... highlights of which were probably the wonderful lakeside and parks and the expensive residential neighbourhoods of Bloor West Village and Oakville by the lake (and of course the many glimpses of the CN Tower). Tim Horton's doughnuts are also ...
Safe and Sound
Dear family and friends, My time in Ecuador ended with a wonderful vacation with my mom. My wonderful host family drove me to the airport to pick up my mother and thank goodness that she looked relatively the same as I remembered, otherwise I might ...
Let the journey begin!
As l look out the window, the rain as been replaced by snow! Here is hoping that Mother Nature will let us make our flight out of Toronto en route to San Francisco tomorrow at noon. If not, it will be an interesting start to our trip. It would not be ...
We are in the air!
... 't download picture from Susan's camera until we get to SF airport). We actually departed on time ( miracles actually do I happen on Air Canada). We are on route to San Francisco with an arrival time of about 2:30 pm local time. We then are to depart at ...
A Good Deed
... on the Brandon Manitoba Wikipedia page. It's the first paragraph on the page. "Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the worst city in the Westman region of Manitoba ...
Hey friends, we are in Toronto
We stayed two days and were able to see my brother, our fiends and Ian's daughter (Elsa)... Funnily, Olivia was in Texas. Our fiends made us a gorgeous diner and invited all the group. IT WAS SO NEAT!!! Fell too comfortable to be able to sleep in a real ...
Current Feelings
People have told me that keeping a blog is one of the best things you can do while travelling and I plan to keep this updated as much as possible. However, I find it quite weird to do. I am a pretty private person and tend to keep my feelings to myself ...
Toronto (a taster visit) and Niagara
On my first full day, Patti and Dennis gave me a brief tour of Toronto (I will back to explore properly in September). We hit Black Creek Pioneer Village for a bit of history. They were teaching kids how to play cricket...it was quite an effort to stop ...
the send off!
This blog is for my friends who suggested I write one, so here goes! As of now, I leave in 6 hrs for the airport and have yet to pack. Just making up a couple mix mp3s for the long van rides ahead (for which I learned to drive standard this past week) ...
August 15th, 2010
Okay, so it's the night before we leave to go to australia..... Emily- 15 hours :D so excited Tristan- i still can't believe it, i want a pet kangaroo Matthew- AWESOME!!! Pamela- we're packing and we're looking forward to leaving tomorrow. it's going to ...
Driving thru Torontopolis
... coming out of Kingston—Brian and Ki and I enjoyed sushi for lunch! We are camping at Bronte Creek Provincial Park in Oakville, about a ½ hour south of Toronto. It is a lovely oasis in the metropolis that surrounds it. Our site is quite ...
Day 99 - Saying good bye to our Canadian family
Our day started off with breakfast together. Tanya was at work but the rest of us enjoyed breakfast in our pajamas. Orin was full of fun and it was lovely to have play time with him. We then hopped in the car and headed to the shopping centre nearby to ...
Leaving Home!
On June 9th Jay & Jess leave Oakville for their big trip around the world! 1st stop - NYC! Have an amazing & safe trip you two! Hopefully you have some fun with this blog along the way! Lots of love, Chels & ...
The final few hours
... ! This will be the first time a day has gone by that we haven't spoken to each other in about 7 or 8 years! It will take some getting used to that's for sure. Well ciao Canada, my next blog will be from the amazing and wonderful country of South Africa!! ...
2 more weeks and the last minute rush begins
... again, just in case. Very glad I did since I learned I would need my yellow fever vaccine. Turns out that although Canada and the US do not require it because none of the countries I am visiting are considered high risk countries, South ...
Less than a month left
Well everyone, 20 days left. School has been officially done for a few weeks now. I've gotten all my shots and I have bought everything I could possibly need for my little adventure. Next weekend is my brother's bar mitzvah, and then ...
Planning
Hey guys this is my first post on my blog. Still here in Oakville with 70 odd days left to go! I hope that I will be able to keep this updated often. Again if you want to be added to my mailing list email me at danielzarfati@hotmail.com ...
Passing by Oakville
The freeway is totally jammed. We are taking a bit of a detour going through Oakville. I have a feeling this will be a long ...
It's all aboot Canada, eh
... a good laugh, thanks so much. Patti and Dennis were there to meet me at Toronto and I am now safely arrived in Oakville, ON. Slept like baby and breakfasted on blueberry pancakes and Maple Syrup (naturally). Off to see more of Toronto this afternoon The ...
Well it's a little more than three weeks ...
Well, it's a little more than three weeks before my trip officially begins, but the planning has already begun!! I've signed up for the Contiki European Highlights tour, and I've received final confirmation and package today. It's not easy handing ...
Getting hyped for the big trip
So this is my first blog... My aim is to write in it as frequently as possible once I reach Africa but due to poor connections and, truthfully, better and certainly more exciting things to do, it may not turn out that way, but I'll try! I started it ...
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