Holiday Inn Kitchener-Waterloo, On

... off the main drag for them to park their steeds while they shop, get mail or do business. They have Mennonite furniture/quilts/glass/fiber stores, a corn broom factory, antique shops (located in several refurbished Flour Mill silos), a 30 store outlet mall, galleries, a maple syrup museum, semi-famous restaurants that serve up authentic German meals (with beer in porcelain steins) and the famous Stone Crock Bakery. There ...

... though.) We didn't have to wait in line for the tickets to Maid of the Mist, which was included. That was a bonus. We stopped to wander around the beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake. And to top the day off, we went to a winery for some free wine tasting.

All in all, it was a good day.

... here on a teaching exchange in the 80’s and married a Canadian. It will be nice to meet up with them again in Perth.

Yesterday I had a very different birthday. It is Oktoberfest here this week (the biggest Oktoberfest outside Germany. We went downtown for a free breakfast and German music in the street. It was a great atmosphere. There is a large German population here. Last night we went to one of the German Clubs for their big night. It was very ...

My friend Kitty, who I met and hung out with in Sintra, Portugal came and picked me up in Toronto. We went to bruch and ate cheesecake, the healthy option of course! We drove to what I think was Kitchener, and went over to her friend ...

... from many different sources, including
Art Deco, Beaux-Arts, Neo-Classical, Baroque, Renaissance, Gothic, and
the Romanesque period. Come to the Bund if you want to see a variety of
history within arm's reach, practically, all within the beauty of the
Bund's architecture, from present-day to ancient history. Within the
Bund Shanghai, elements of style, influence, culture and history merge.

By: Ryse Edwards

... that it's FEBRUARY and Charlotte, North Carolina is not on the equator, I still have not pieced together how US Airways made that slight mixup. Regardless, around 7 pm we landed in Florida and began the long process to board another plane bound for Charlotte. It started with picking up our luggage, going through customs, finding the next terminal and waiting until 11:30 p.m to board the next plane. We grabbed our ...

... up, but we are going to have a great time. Kiki will leave Calgary for Toronto Sept 6 and then we will go out of Hamilton to Dublin. We land in Dublin Sept 7 early morn. My worries for this trip are that one of us will get sick (motion sickness kiki) or that she will like it so much that she wont want to come back! My expectations are that we will visit some historic and some modern landmarks, some breathtaking natural sights, some physical ...

... our mode of travel! So as we suddenly realize we need to get some items together for another adventure, think of me as I wonder when the ambulance helicopter will be landing on the mountain. And hike in the Alps, and wonder beside the mediterrainean sea... ... from a girl that's going to need to start watching some programs on beaches ... "one day I'd like sun tan there..."

... activity I threw myself into last night. Today was an absolute blur. And I'll be interested to see whether my grandmother executes even a little bit of the goal-oriented plan we developed (well, I concocted it, and was able to use every objection and complaint she had) to make her living situation better for her and those around her. Check the Road Trip pod to understand a little bit of my excitement. Road trips are SO exciting!

Today I was awoken again but at 8 a.m. this time. Then we had to rush and get to breakfast on time. After that, we had closing ceremony and I got to say something. Then, we had to sit through a gurest speaker of a lady that was in a plane crash in Alaska and a skit from Willow Bluffs, where Aggie will be next year.