Edmonton Beverly Crest Travelodge

... I possessed to get out of the eight month 'black hole' I had moored myself in, but out I came. And better for it, I believe.

You see, if there's one thing that the whole event made me realize, it's that I am who I am, and not a damn thing will change that. The problem was, however, was that I had forgotton who that person was, and I needed to rediscover it.

Now, this sounds all well and good, in theory at least, but putting this into action ...

... Conservative members.  The assembly's desks are movable to accommodate the new session of the assembly.  The official opposition is 9 seats filled by Liberal members and then two other members from the NDP.  So when you look into the assembly you see a mob of desks facing this little line of desks.  It looks very intimidating.  Then out to the rotunda again to look up at palm trees.  Yes no word of a lie, California palm trees which sit on the top of the ...

Hi there, This is a bit of a test run. Kris and I will be leaving on our trip on January 6th and returning on June 16th. I'm not really sure how this travel blog thing works...?? Anyhow, I think the idea is that Kris and I post a photo or two and a short editorial and then you folks get to read and view where we have been. Seems straight ...

... pretty sections, being built over a river, but if you go a block or two from an attractive street you often find a run-down parking lot with plenty of homeless people milling around. I have to say I am finding Canada really hard to deal with in terms of all the homeless people you see. I would have thought that after Central and South America, nothing would be a shock, poverty wise, but it's not true. The poverty and desperation you see in Canada, particularly in Vancouver ...

... views, my spirit. My eyes are now ever-widening as I am being constantly exposed to new and exciting possibilities, all much larger than myself, much larger than this world. ... My life, before going to India, was quite typical. I was content but unsatisfied. I had attained a university degree, I did not know how to directly apply these skills and had no desire to apply them, even if I did know how. I lived a life of comfort, a life in which I worked, but didn ...

... It seemed like a bigger city. My first impression was that it seemed split in two. Divided by a river that ran through it. A quite picturesque layout. A good sign I thought. We got to our hostel, and as normal, dumped our bags and went for a walk to check out the surroundings. Within 5 minutes, our fears had gone. Just one walk up and down the main street our hostel was located by, and we just felt comfortable. I ...

... around hugging kids, and dancing about. My Mom came with me and to be honest, I think she did a better job than I. I have a lot of fun with this kind of volunteer work but I had no idea my Mom would shine the way she did. Now I know where I get my performance skills and charisma from. I couldn't help but just smile proudly that she was having such an charming effect on all the crowd, young and old alike. It was close to 30 C that ...

... We took a shop at the local supermarket before settling in for the night. As I don't watch TV as a regular habit, it was really quite a treat. I found it interesting that I was more amused by the commercials than regular programming. The imagination that would strive to snag my curiousity and my interest was challenged only by my dreams, the ultimate in creation technology. Friday night, we perused the store finding tea, spinach/feta perogies and my very ...

Well today I decided to just come clean with a bunch of things that I had been holding onto for years and years. It was strange to talk about it so honestly and matter of factly...but it really seemed to work. I feel a little bit lighter though still quite terrified of the reprocusions. What dare I ask, could be better then just being the truth. Not having integrity ...

... much worse. In India burning garbage was a way to dispose of unwanted rubbage, no dumps you see. The skies in both Thailand and India were always smoggy. Burning undergrowth and unwanted stuff was a necessity. Here, we have proper garbage receptacles; yet we are slobs who seemingly prefer to be lazy and not use our advantages. Seven- We have too many laws, bylaws, rules, regulations etc, I guess its governments way of keeping us in line, civilizing us. I think it just ...