Kategorie: 2010 Canada

  • Thursday, 27th May: Caroline’s Montreal highlights

    Thursday, 27th May: Caroline’s Montreal highlights

    On Thursday Caroline showed us around in Montreal.

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  • 26th May: Another day in the park

    26th May: Another day in the park

    Due to the fact that it was still hot, I kept up my routine and took Julia with me to the park.
    We stayed there until late afternoon, talking and playing some strange game of dice, and then I had a telephone date with Michaela…hi there :-)) (I know she’ll be reading this 🙂 ).
    We talked a bit (somewhat 2 hours???) and afterwards I went to dinner with Julia and Caroline, a friend of Julia from Quebec who had two job interviews in Montreal.
    The two other girls went to ‚Sex and the City 2‘ – yeah, Julia, I know it’s your Montreal highlight *g* while I returned to the hostel and did probably something 😉

  • 25th May: Day 2 in the park

    25th May: Day 2 in the park

    On Tuesday I obviously had to call my dad – because it was his birthday. By the time we ended the call it was already 11AM. So, it was a good time to go into the park. After the long weekend it was also not so crowded any more. Suppose other people have to work and I hoped for all of them that they had air conditioning in the office, since the temperatures went up to 33°C (at least).
    At 3PM I had enough of doing nothing and returned to the hostel, doing more of nothing…ah actually I got some English guy showing me pictures of Ottawa and Kingston….well maybe I should go to Kingston after all… 😉
    Very much later Julia arrived – in a three layer Jack Wolfskin jacked and absolutely drenched in sweat (we still had around 30°C in the evening). So we talked a bit and went to dinner to a pizza place up on St-Hubert where two Morrocan guys make fantastic pizza and burgers – but don’t eat the fries there….!!!!!

  • 24th May: Day in the park

    24th May: Day in the park

    Today was a very rare highlight since I’ve done close to nothing.
    Got up at about 8AM for a nice „continental“ breakfast (strawberry jam, butter on toast, 2 glasses of orange juice and a cinnamon muffin). After some internet time…off to the Fountain Park, lying in the shade for 2-3 hours and doing just nothing.

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  • 23rd May: Day at LaRonde

    23rd May: Day at LaRonde

    On Sunday despite the weather forecasts the sun was shining brightly from a blue and cloudless sky and it was already about 25°C at 10 o’clock.

    Since I was moving to the Montreal Centrale Backpacker I had to pack my stuff again and roll it down the hill, almost to the bus station (in fact the bus station is adjoining the back of the hostel) where I checked in and waited for Monika and finally met her at the bus station.
    We took the metro out to the Sainte-Hélène Island and took the shuttle bus to the entrance.

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  • 20th-22nd May: Montréal

    20th-22nd May: Montréal

    My very first three days in Montréal in short.

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  • 18th & 19th May: Niagara adventures

    18th & 19th May: Niagara adventures

    Tuesday (18.05.2010): Niagara on the Lake and Whitewater Rafting

    On Tuesday we finally went to the whitewater rafting on the Niagara River.

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  • 16th – 17th May: Niagara on the Falls

    16th – 17th May: Niagara on the Falls

    The first two days of my Niagara stay.

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  • 15th May (Saturday): (Half-)Day on the Bike…

    15th May (Saturday): (Half-)Day on the Bike…

    On Saturday I finally rented a bike (15 Dollars the first hour, the next hours cost 3 Dollars each) and was headed to the Don Valley. At least that was the plan.

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  • 14th May: TGI Friday: High Park –  and Go Blue Jays Go!!!

    14th May: TGI Friday: High Park – and Go Blue Jays Go!!!

    On Friday I had an important appointment in the Roger’s Centre (which was SkyDome before it was bought by the big communication company): at 7:07 PM the Toronto Blue Jays battled against the Texas Rangers.
    But before I went there I decided to enjoy the fantastic weather and visit one of Toronto’s most famous parks: High Park.

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