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It's nice to be sitting here in the sunshine on a grand rock along the N. Sask River where Senica just swam in the fast brown current. We can see the business skyscrapers in the distance atop the forested banks of the river. It is so peaceful to separate ourselves from the Disney-World chaos of WEM (West Edmonton Mall) to find the historic natur...

Hello all of my friendly blog readers! Well, this is my final day in Edmonton. I have prepared like crazy for the last week or so, and my departure this evening is looming over my unpacked bag lol. For those who don't know the details, I will be volunteering in a hospital in Ghana for the month of June, and then traveling the UK for about 2 week...

I had a busy weekend working on the new Traveler IQ Challenge for Facebook applications. It has been quite the adventure and is exploding in popularity. I am super happy that it has turned out so well. I love that it is not only fun but quite educational challenging even the most brilliant of geo freaks. I spent a lot of time looking up obscure ...

It's been almost a whole week since I have written and I feel a little bad. But then I really couldn't feel worse that I did. I basically got very overwhelmed then got sick so I had to take a break. The only thing I didn't take a break from was the yoga. Oh man. It just about killed me too. I must have hit some kind of imaginary wall or somethin...

Sunday I prolly could have gone to yoga but I decided to just start fresh on Monday. I did however go on a megawalk inspired by the marathon that was going on in front of my house. They even turned on the High Level Bridge waterfall which I must say, was quite a spectacular sight to wake up to. I donned my runner and set out not really having mu...

Today is a holiday here in Canada. Victoria Day is a stat holiday we get in honor of the Queens birthday. I was surprised to learn that it is also celebrated in Scotland and the Cayman Islands. In any case, I think of it as the weekend of terrible weather. It has snowed and stormed here traditionally on this long weekend for more years than not....

Back to the real world for a couple of nights to sort things out, do some shopping and get lost in the city.

Yesterday the deal went through with my new condo. I am really excited to get out of Familyland and escape the burbs. I guess this is me accepting my unfamiliedness and realizing that I will not be unsingle anytime soon. My new place is smack dab in the middle of it all steps away from the trendiness of Whyte Ave, intellectual jungle of Universi...

Tonight we went over to Jess's dad's house for dinner with her grandad, his wife, her aunt, uncle and cousin. Jess's dad had prepared dishes from all over south America. If I get time, I'll get the names and edit this entry. All I can say is that if the food there is as good as the food tonight, I'll be happy. It was a really good time. Tomorrow...

Well, here we are with only 6 days to go until our departure date. Are we excited? You bet. We cannot wait to get out of here and go to the land of tropical weather, warm water and white sand. So far we have done a partial pack and yes, I can lift my backpack and even wear it without falling over! Yesterday was our big errand day and we ran arou...