Travel Journal

I have really good friends. Recently, when I put out an email call for anything interesting or funny to help cheer me up, here is a sample of what I received: Some pictures: [photo courtesy of Jorge ] [photo courtesy of Dave ] ...and another photo that I won't post here out of fear of being murdered by Michelle, but I will print the caption for it: "Smile, you could be 39 weeks pregnant with a big belly, a broken ankle, using a freakin walker!!!" A link to a sugar daddy dating site A link to a video of Darth Vader being a jackass Funny stories about Malaysian astronauts, adventures in hair waxing, and office pooping etiquette A 3-hour telephone conversation (which I don't think I have done since I was in high school) Holiday stories from Croatia and China; everyday life stories from Vienna and Huntsville ON. Offers of tickets to a political comedy show Someone called me a " vulpes vulpes " And, general well wishes and nice things about me It was all fanta...

This post would be more interesting if I had more pictures to share, but unfortunately the weather was very crap this past long weekend (yay for not doing Labour!) and picture-taking was not high on the list of priorities. Thanks to the effects of Tropical Storm Ernesto, we received torrential rains and grey skies for a large part of the weekend. I took a road trip to an area between Ottawa and Toronto called Prince Edward County. It's along the water, in particular the Bay of Quinte, and is usually quite charming and beautiful. There are miles of farmlands and quaint little towns and countrysides home to loads of retired people. The area can get quite touristy in the summer, as the major provincial park there is Sandbanks. It's right on the water and it's surprising how nice the beaches are. One of them looks and sounds like it could have been in the Caribbean, long sandy beach with wavy water. The other feature is the amazing sand dunes, kind of a rarity in Ontario, I wou...