You wake up in the morning - it's bright and sunny; what a great day for flying, you think. Then you read that Al Qaida is being blamed for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Istanbul this morning, and Iran has ticked off the Americans by test firing mid range missiles in preparation for war. And you think to yourself: a) what better time than now...

Having camped out on Andymac's sofa for 6 days I was ready to set off for my trip to Canada. It could have been the excitement of the undertaking ahead in which I was going to travel for 2 months on my own to see as much of the country as possible, but mostly it was that my back was killing me because the futon was broken. If you don't know the ...

Back home briefly to celebrate Toronto's Pride week with plenty of liquor and food.  Despite the booze and very loud music, the party is a bit of a bust, with most guests showing up three hours late and more still not showing up at all.  This will be our last big event party for quite some time to come.  I've reached my limit for dropping money ...

This is Bud_AV starting my entries until the sewbear and the rest of he gang catch up in Auckland. Rightnow at Pearson Airport, getting ready to head to LA. Good so far!

I finally feel like I'm off again! Although it seemed like I got a few hints to stay in London.. Firstly: Ozz locked me up in the apartment in the morning.. so when I was all packed 'n sacked I couldn't open the door and he had to run back from work to open the door. Then secondly, when I got to London Gatwick my flight wasn't listed on the boar...

So, what did I learn from this two week jaunt in Scotland? --The people you meet and the things you see walking on the street are usually far more impressive and longer etched in your memory than the attractions you pay to get into. --During the "freedom" of my planned itenerary, car rentals, hotel reservations, three squares a day, accounting f...

I'm still trying to catch up my travel journel, I can't write about Canada yet!! I will post some photos in the meantime (because I am clearly the world's slowest journal updater!!!!)

So now Im heading home. I will miss Italy very much. I will be happy when Im not lugging a suitcase around. Joe is pulling it now for me . We are taking a train to the airport. He got me boarded where I didnt have to wait in line with the rest of the tourists. and a good seat with leg room.(hard to come by) I felt like a VIP.We went to the airpo...

Nikdy sa nepokusajte ist skoro spat, lebo dopadnete tak ako ja - este o 2:00 rano som cumel do pocitaca. :-)))) No zajtra to nebude o nic lahsie, pretoze budem vstavat o 4:15 rano a idem s Lacom na ryby na jazeto Ontario. Mali by sme este stihnut vychod slnka, takze to bude zabava aj napriek tomu skoremu vstavaniu. Alebo, ze by som radsej nesiel...

Took the bus right across the border to Canada and then a cab to a backpackers on Queen and Spadina. There was one interesting character on the bus with two or three large duffle bags that we lost on our walk across the border. He seemed anxious and asked lots of questions before we went in to have our passports and luggage looked at and he neve...