It turns out that I chose a very good weekend to arrive here. The day after I arrived was the local thanksgiving festival. We arrived at the local community centre around 13:00 to see 8 or 9 wagons decorated with flowers, corn, squash, and greenery. We piled into the wagons, and rode down the rode. […]

My three days in Bremen were very nice despite the head cold which came down on me like a ton of bricks on my second night. (Don’t worry, I managed to explain to the pharmacist what I needed, so I’m now suitably hopped up on Sudafed and Asprin.) The old part of the city is […]

So I’ve decided to be lazy and post all my photos on Picasa instead of running Gallery. You can see them here.

So somehow I actually managed to make it, safe and sound. I should really figure out what to write, since time is ticking steadily away on my half hour of electricity. I guess they don’t mind having to reinstall every once in a while, since the way the hostel regulates computer use is with a […]

I’m sitting in a bright, but slightly run down laundromat in Cabbagetown, watching my laundry spin around, and listening to the live blues music wafting in from the street party outside. In a brief 24 hours, I’ll be crammed into a tiny seat on a charter flight making its way over the pond.
It appears that […]