Black Knight Inn Red Deer

... arrived on Saturday night in Sylvan Lake, where two of the students Jenny and Nathan live. We stayed with their parents and in Jenny and Nathans house. Sunday morning, Jenny, her sister-in-law Crista and her mum-in-law made us all waffles... with strawberries, whipped cream, maple syrup, bacon etc etc etc. I could get used to this! A couple of us then went to church with Nathans parents and his brother Ben. Yet again, the preacher was talking about how ...

Ruth and Gorden's 50th was a great time with family and friends. <br>Boundry Ranch is beautiful.<br><br> We left Boundry Ranch in the PM and stopped in Calgary and had a short put sweet visit with Albert and Mieke. Then drove to Red Deer to overnight with Don and Lois

... Australia and ended up settling around Batchelor) and got to meet lots of family we had never met before and learning more about the family history. One of the highlights was the centenary of the Sargent School (now a community hall). David's great grandparents had donated some of their land for a school in the district, which had then operated as a school until about 1950's or 1960's before being used as a community ...

In our quest for the library, we stumbled upon the most beautiful city gardens! What a find in a roundabout way! Since Senica has a broken toe we cannot walk all over the town. I love how we found the highlights just a few blocks from the bus station!

Well so much for the wonderful winter's day. Yesterday morning I awoke to temperatures hovering around -28C with snow falling and a nasty wind. The snow continued almost unabated all day. Last night the temperature dropped to -32C. This morning the snow is gone, the sky is blue and the sun is shining ...

... pantry are almost empty: no milk, no eggs, no bread, no cereal, no fruit or veggies... Wanting to show off my home on a such a beautiful day, I took my camera along on my shopping trip. I hope you enjoy.

... had taken it upon themselves to empty the bags and place everything carefully. They even washed some stuff for us. (Poor them!) We spent about an hour, touching every single item that had been in our bags deciding what was necessary for the next five weeks and what could be left behind. Gosh, only five weeks left! My brother, Darren, surprised us with a quick visit before we had to head back down to Calgary.

... boarding Singapore Air for 19 and a half hours. This lands us in Singapore at 11:30am on October 1. We've got books, cards, food and smiles with us, so hopefully the flight won't seem quite so long. We are going to miss our families and friends very very much!!! We will definitely be keeping in touch as often as possible. Stay tuned for our next update....from SINGAPORE!!!! Dana and Trevor

... I arrive at the Samesun and say bye to Jess. My first inmpressions on the Same sun were geezus it was similar to a college frat party as everyone was out in the courtyard drinking and it was a little overwelming. I settled into the 4 bed dorm that i was assigned to. later that night jesse came down and we ate dinner and then it was an early night for me. Thats it for now take care everyone!!! Signed llama luver xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Wednesday we headed to Lake Louise. LL was nice, but, COLD! We had a pretty good time, again, but, it wasn't as super great as we thought it would be. We had a better time later in the day, when we went and hit the terrain park. LL has the biggest terrain park in the world, so is claimed. I believe it! They had two huge table tops in a row, right off the top. Then ...