Scottish Lodge Ferndale

... and my mouth watered at the caramel mice. Then we went to the CN Station but unfortunately, it was closed for the season. I had fun taking photos there on the train station platform and a short railway. Afterward, our group dropped by Wendel's Bookstore and Cafe. The small corner bookstore reminded me of a shrunken version of Chapters with a Starbucks but Wendel's definitely offered a comfy and warm ...

... into my lap so that I can get outta here... woah, tangent. I made it back safe and sound from my trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It was really relaxing and i'm very glad to have had the opportunity to go - though i'm not sure it's up my alley and don't think i'd do it again. One never knows, though. In July, Kyle and I travelled with my father and his wife to BC to visit family, which was certainly quite an experience but again one that I don't think ...

When I wake up in the middle of the night I hear rain on the tent. I'm grateful to be dry but also know that means I could be packing up the motorcycle and riding in the rain tomorrow. The day, however, starts out cloudy but no rain. I get the bike packed and leave, heading for the northern Washington town of Ferndale just south of the Canadian border where friends Gary and Diane ...

... trips to plan: Ireland & Scotland, Croatia, Greece & Turkey I guess this is the end (sniff sniff) of my travel blog. Thanks for reading and for all your comments along the way. All in all, it was the greatest experience of my life and I wouldn't change one thing about it. Until my next trip.... Christie According to TravelPod, I covered 4% of the world on this trip. Combined with my other travles I am probably at 10% or so. Only 90% left to go!

... your energy supporting your own team Canucks fans and not bagging the other side. The night continued on at the local Kitsalano drinking hole named "Bimini's, complete with table service and none of this waiting to get served at the bar stuff. In fact they give you the dirtiest looks if you should even think for a minute about trying to order your own drinks from the bar, less they miss out on the 15% tips on offer. As yes lads that was tips, t-i-p-s! I twisted Duane and Suan's arms ...

Man..i hate all this SMOKE FREE areas...at least vancouver has a smoke room, not like all the other airports...anyways, i'm waiting for my flight to board. And there's this couple, I'm sitting there, trying to figure out what language they are speaking, i'm trying not too look. The guy is dressed ok and then i look at his feet...OH MY GOD...he's wearing black dress socks and those velcrow(sp???)sandals, you know the ones that hikers wear..i was like WTF ...

... if you didn't have a tat on your face. Good burgers though, and we enjoyed counting how many homeless geezers got into the skip opposite the hostel every morning during brekki. After the first week we switched to another hostel on Seymore Street which was more like it. Our own room and in a good area. Vancouver is mostly good areas. A rich town, and clean. Ridiculously clean. Once we got our heads ...

... roar of a red-hot bellows can be heard from the metal shop around the corner, and as we walk by the open air windows, I see workers inside the rusty corrugated building twisting and spinning and grinding metal into fantastic creations, their metalworking tools hung all askew on the walls and scattered over the floors, a properly unkempt creative space that can likely tease any shape from metal. We discover an architectural glassworks company that creates gigantic ...

... das Französische, das ich liebe, das Japanische und Chinesische, das ich hier in Vancouver um mich herum höre, und das Kanadische, das ich bin", sagt Feenie. Wie sich das auf der Speisekarte äußert? In Sheperd's Pie vom Enten-Confit mit karamellisierten Zwiebeln und Trüffel-Erdäpfelpüree beispielsweise, oder in einer in der Pfanne gebratenen Gänsestopfleber mit Jakobsmuschel und Barbecue-Entensuppe, zu der Sojasprossen, Enoki-Pilze und Algensalat gereicht werden.

... cleared - is hoarking the correct term? Anyway, I'm sure we'll get used to it, and it's more comical than anything. We had an interesting experience a couple of days ago in a market area. A 77-year old man approached us, speaking decent english. His name was "Joe", and he learned english from an American pilot during WW2. He offered to take us on a free tour of a cultural exhibition the following day. Being slightly wary (because I've never experienced this before ...