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Scotland has decided
The vote has passed into history. I feel drained by the experience, but that may just be my body's reaction to last night's alcohol.
These two posts have been written today, and are emotional. They may not represent my feelings tomorrow, but they do today, so I post the links here so that you may read them all the same.
Post Referendum Post 1.
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Mt Tremblant
We finally got round to using our free passes for Mt Tremblant, that we "won" back on
Burns nightWe got there Friday night, and, without the stimulus of TV/laptops/other distractions, we all fell asleep as soon as we got into the room at the hotel. This meant we were up bright and early on Saturday. As the rest of the party didn't arrive till ( Read more... ) -
Ice Hotel and frozen falls.
Last weekend we went to Quebec City to visit the Ice Hotel there. The whole thing being built from ice and snow.
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Weekend tourism part II
Ok, so it was over a week ago now, but I had planned to make a post of the Montreal Highland games we went to, but never got round to it. I've been busy? Maybe I'll backdate ( Read more... ) -
Weekend Tourism Part I
Went to Ottawa Sautrday. Canada's capital. One of those made up capital cities favoured by the new world, when they're so eager not to piss anyone off. Pretty little place, with a ( parliament building based on westminster, ) -
Canada Day Holiday
This country has soooo many holidays! It may be to make up for the looong winter, but I have had 2 4 day weeks in a row. Last weekend for Sainte Jean Baptiste day, Quebecker nationalist flag waving day, and this weekend for Canada day (not sure that the same people will celebrate this weekend as last). Unfortunately, noone told me I had these ( Read more... ) -
Behind the times.
It seems I have to be quicker if I want to be the one breaking the news to you guys over teh intarweb. Yes, as has already been mentioned, our Canadian visas came through this very morning, and K is now, in a bustle of activity, trying to get us some flights. Dates TBC ( Read more... )
