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... walks away she calls out in Russian "Do svedanya" (Bye-bye.)

After that, watching a 10-month-old panda scamper to the top of her tree and loll backwards nibbling leaves was almost an anticlimax.

ChongQing is unique, but then everywhere in China is unique. One of China's big four cities, over 10,000,000 people, it's the only one in the interior. Unlike the exploding coastal centres like Shanghai, its economy is booming but not overheated. The minimum wage and basic old age ...

... place, but I can't. It starts with an F and it's on Dundas St. W. There are dead and barbecued chickens hanging in the front window, you can't miss it. Hahaha. The chicken was flavoured weirdly, the "vegetable and shrimp" dish was carrots, celery, shrimp, cashews...that's it... the pork fried rice...that was most of what I ate. They also don't have a debit card machine, so we literally ...

Left aligned photo tag: Starting to Plan our trip! So Exciting. We will be travelling to Amora on the 2nd of March via London [where we hear we will have a hectic transfer with lots of time on our hands arriving at 9 AM London time and leaving at 3:30 to arrive on the 3rd of March in Lisbon] Whew! I'm already tired. Good thing we have several days to rest up before our roadtrip to France!

To travel well, the road warrior needs to be in good, good, shape. So, my journey begins Sunday morning in Peterborough. Up early and leave my house for the gym. But first, a stop at Tim's for a little java jolt ... after all, it ...

We were supposed to leave early Sunday morning, but there were some last minute repairs on my truck that needed to be taken care of. Everything is all fixed now and in perfect working order, so that means we will be on the road first thing Wednesday morning. Better late than never.

... Tropical Forest, Laurentian Forest, St. Laurence Marine, and Polar regions. Each section was packed with flora and fauna from each ecosystem. The kids were mesmerized by monkeys, pleased by penguins, and fascinated by frogs (poison arrow frogs, that is!) It was very easy to spend a few hours there, which we did. Then we had some more serious driving to do - 5 hours to be exact! After a lupper (late lunch ...

In brief: Not in school this year. The department can ***********. I'm looking for interesting things to do. I'm happy enough in Peterborough, but would quickly relocate for an interesting opportunity. The cats and I will be getting new roommates when I arrive back in a week. We'll have two adorable scrunchy nosed rats moving in with us. Yay for adorable rat noises. That is, assuming that I can get to and from Mississippi ok with all the wacky weather ...

... came to believe that communal living and toil would bring them closer to God. In 1895 the belief that owning guns woulf inevitably lead them to war caused them to burn all of their weapons. A main tenet of the Doukhabour belief system was that the life of a single child was not worth the fate of the whole world. They would never fight a war. This upset the Russian government since they refused to fight for Mother Russia. Doukhabours were persecuted and in 1899 the Canadian ...

... my bad luck that it wasn't a racoon, so we continue with two cats. :-) Aug 17 "Small craft warning for this morning with gale force winds predicted for the waters of Lake Ontario this afternoon with waves of 4-5 meters predicted." That was the morning forecast from the Coast Guard ... SO ... back to a cosy berth because we wouldn't be going anywhere today. As it turned out, we had a very pleasant day. The marina provides free bicycles and I took a ...

Today we did a lot. Went to Peterborough, shopped at the mall and downtown, and ate at Olde Beer something or other. It was really gross. On our way there I saw the sign for the Molson Canadian Blind Date! I wanted to sit outside and see if I could hear who the mystery band is. So mom promised she would go with me. We didn't get to hear any of it but on the way back, I guess it ...