Patricia Hotel Saskatoon

... I was so relieved even though by this time I had missed the bus and had to wait around for 3 hours for the next one. It turned out the other carrier had internet AND powerpoints on the bus, so what more could you want?<br><br>Oh yeah, by the way, I did quite a lot of walking in my 3hrs in Saskatoon, and I can tell you there is NOTHING there. I was thinking of going there for a night, and am so glad that I got to preview and decide not to. It's a hole with a cute name.<br>

Hello! Ok! Leaving Saskatoon doesn't have the same ring as "Leaving Las Vegas" but we don't live there! So, here we wait in John G. Diefenbaker International Airport for our departure to Calgary, our first leg of flights that will end in Barcelona, Spain tomorrow morning! Hoooray! Can you feel the excitement! Cheers, Rick &amp; Elsie!

... thrown into the garbage! I know what we walked through.<br><br>The most difficult part for me has been the return to radio and TV. The ads for everything centre around fear. &#8220;Wear this, eat this, drive this... or risk old age, frumpiness, unpopularity, theft, ugliness &#8230; blah blah blah", and did you know you can strap on a vibrating belt and lose weight while sitting on the couch eating potato chips and watching your favourite re-runs? Yesss finally ...

So this is my last day in Saskatoon.  It has been fun, the city is beautiful, the people amazing.  Last night after I posted my blog Beth and I went to the Yard for dinner.  I had this amazing dinner of Beef and Cheese wrap with fries that put me out $9.95.  Then after listening to some Celtic music Beth and I separated for a good night sleep.  This morning we are going to meet up at the Lodge and ...

... Employee: "Oh, how cute. Boy or girl?" 350 pound young woman in ill-fitting sweats holding baby and pushing two other kids in a stroller: "Boy. Just 2 weeks old." Employee: "Wow. I didn't even know you were pregnant" Obese woman: "Yeah, well, I didn't even gain any weight" Employee: "Oh, you're so lucky." Obese woman: "Yeah, I know." 11:38 AM ...

... stop! Our Chinese visa applications were approved, so it looks like we'll be scaling that Great Wall after all. We are excited to see the Olympic venues and maybe even take in a track meet in the bird's nest. We have to put our computer away tomorrow, so our next entry will be from somewhere out there west of here. Our first stop is Cook Islands, then New Zealand, and onto Japan. I think I hear the unwashed floor calling me. Sandy

... enough to go home'. She was tender around her tail bone but that's it. Those of us who have fallen on our tail bones will know that she's got a long road to recovery. Both Jim and I fell on our tailbones playing hockey as kids and remember it taking months if not years to be pain free. Becca fell while snowboarding in March and has been free of pain in her tailbone for almost a month!!! Jim and Simon followed the ambulance to Saskatoon. Simon had taken ...

... for 3 months and so I have a LOT to accomplish in that time. I don't have an itinerary because what's the fun in planning!! Instead I have a list of "to do's" Trina's "to do" list - Sky Dive - Sheer a sheep (this is a "do" I may not follow through with depending on the harshness of there smell) - Scuba Dive (depending on how much it costs to get certified) - Snorkel - Learn to surf - Take a bus tour that'll show me ...

... there was no snow when we arrived in Saskatoon, but it didn't take long - it dumped "Christmas snow" all the next day. I feel like we've been dropped into the middle of Christmas. We certainly haven't gone through all the Christmas hype and aren't really prepared for the holidays. We don't have a tree up, or lights, I haven't sent my Christmas cards, but that's OK - we'll give it a miss this year. Better to just enjoy. It has been a wonderful 12 months. Refreshing ...

We have switched over to "tout francais, tout les temps" and I am dying. I spent the entire morning in placement exams, where, to my great surprise, I understood some of the many french words that came pouring out of my examiner's mouth. Perhaps it was the combination of hand gestures that made some sense, but eitherway, I find my self put in Intermediate 1, just slightly above the Debutants. I spent the ...