It's been a long and continuous day since yesterday morning... Went with maaseru to Montreal, where we visited Lil, and had supper with her and her friend Lise at Le Chalet ( Read more... )

Packing... packing... almost done.

Don't know when I'll next be online, but I'll be in France. What a nice thought!

I just discovered that the place I lived as a student in England, Crosby Hall, is available as a cross-stitch pattern. That is so cool!


( Read more... )

From The Friday Five:
1) What is your favorite mode of travel? (Car, train, plane, etc).

Boat. Canoe, rowboat, yacht, ocean line - anything on water.

2) Where is the northernmost place you've traveled? The southernmost?

Northernmost: North Ronaldsay, in Scotland, which is at 59o37'N. I had to look up Moosonee, Ontario, to see where it falls, but it ( Read more... )

I tend to like the Lonely Planet publications. Came across this just now: Top 10 Canadian adventuresAre they kidding ( Read more... )

I've been spending the evening researching Bristol, where I'll be staying for a while after I leave France in October ( Read more... )

On Saturday afternoon, James Marsters appeared at FanExpo 2010 in Toronto, at the Convention Centre. The room was packed full and the panel started early - it's the first con I've been to where things often started five to ten minutes before the scheduled time.


( Read more... )

I'm posting on the train to Toronto - on my Blackberry. It's so cool!

For the first time since smashing my elbow, I had people over for dinner and made the dinner myself. My friends have been good about bringing food to me, or ordering food delivered. It was a simple meal - cold sliced ham, smoked meat heated in the microwave, potato chips, edamame salad, mixed salad, a baguette, crackers, and Brie. For dessert ( Read more... )

Today felt like a weird day. I'm not sure why, but I was out of sorts or edgy most of the day. Worrying about my arm - and trying not to. Did many exercises, but right now I can't see progress, which is freaking me. And I had no appetite. For me, that's weird.

Had coffee at Bridgehead with maaseru and explodedteabag - well, actually I had tea. I got upset when explodedteabag ( Read more... )