Four Points By Sheraton Hotel And Conference Centre Gatineau

... we met up with half of the sweet old couple we were to be staying with for the night, who took us back to his house for snacks and a chat, while I attempted to find internet access. After they went to bed, we watched a bunch of TV before eventually crashing. Tomorrow we shall actually go look at the Parliament buildings, before we catch our respective trains [him back to Belleville, me to Montreal]! Hopefully it will be a better day than the last few!

... the forest, and David warned everyone that there was poison oak so be careful where you step. Great. I'm the only one who was dumb enough to wear sandals.

Sure enough, I notice that I have absentmindedly tramped through the poison oak. ****.

When we get back to the cottage I just freak out and start washing my legs and feet off. I can't find a place to wash my sandals off, so I simply don't wear them for the rest of the weekend ...

Konichiwa! Fellow compadres (Spanish?) Ben and Stoyan will be joining me for this leg of the race (can you tell I would love to be part of that show?) and we will set off on an Asian wonderland for a mere 2 weeks this fall. One continent at a time is how I'm going about my travels. If I can do one continent per year, I should have a good enough pace going to see major attractions over my lifetime. I don't have any places in North ...

... then went to the other section which is a little more aimed at kids (including big kids of course). There was a maze entirely made of snow and dog sled rides, but the best part were the giant ice slides. We went down one and it was fun, but being supplied with no mat meant a rather wet bottom.... and that was not too pleasant when it was -8 celcius. The other issue I had was that I didn't slide all the way to the bottom apparently because I was wearing jeans and don't weigh ...

... Sucks. I have no keys in my carryon so I am desperately hoping that Louise (my neighbour) is home and can give them to me so we can get some much needed rest! We ask the taxi driver to stop at the McDonald's where we pick up some dinner (blech, but that's all there is around my place). I'm so exhausted that about 20 metres from my front door, I trip and fall, smashing the cap of a 2L bottle of Pepsi into my ...

Bonjour et bienvenue sur mon blogue, J'ai créé ce blogue afin que vous puissiez me suivre au cours de ce voyage en Espagne. C'est entre autres choses une façon pour mes enfants adorés d'avoir de mes nouvelles et en voyant quelques photos de ce que je verrai lors de mon périple. Plusieurs signes m'ont poussé à effectuer ce voyage en Espagne, plus précisément à marcher sur le chemin de Compostelle. Comme j'essaie de rester attentif ...

... day. It was one of the "cherished" books). I finally decided to go to the info center across from parliament and get directions to a Walmart. He gave me perfect directions, even printed them off, but for some reason I chose to believe the Ottawa City Transpo's map, where Walmart was waaaaay farther. After hours, and I mean hours, of riding the bus, watching my stop go by, walking back and then catching wrong busses, I finally ...

The travellers are Rajiv and Bobbie (Balbir). Quite a few people have asked how we came about this decision to take the year off so we thought we would provide a little background as part of the pre travel blog. This year off has been 4 years in the planning. Rajiv works in health care and his employer offers a deferred salary program, where you work at 80% for 4 years and take the 5th year off. When we first started discussing it ...

... and now that the kitchen is clean it is time for me to hit the shower and go to bed. I am very much looking forward to a shower in my own bathroom were I know what the temperature and water pressure will be and I don't have to worry about water splashing all over the room!! Nothing beats travelling the world to make one appriciate ones home! Until our next adventure... Cheers! Jen Shaw p.s. I will continue to add some pictures to the blog when I have recovered

... in 12 mounths, rather than the dreaded 4 years here. I'd get the best possable deploma worldwide and take the amazing English program that doesnt require any math, science or thoose classes that really bring down my average here in Canada. My marks are well decent but if I do this program my life can take a real toll. I'm kind of nervous of course because I'm leaving my friends. My ...