So this is Canadian Nature, Nothing special. For me!! Biggest waterfalls ever!! I was super phyched!! This country truely is beautifull. Still nothing compared to the extremen nature of Holland though :p......
zaterdag 27 november 2010
Quebec City at Night: really pretty
Quebec City daytime: pretty
The traveling crew
Ferrytale snowland
Coolest Hotel ever!!
National parliament 2
surreal
Nature
Skyline!!
Road Trippin uno
Et due, that is actually ice on that road, yes, i was shitting myself
We were doing 80km/h on a icy road,
nothing a two wheel drive suzuki swif cant handle though
hoorays for that car, we are still alive
maandag 22 november 2010
News: Finally!!
Hey everyone,
It has been a while sinds I last posted to this blog. I am very sorry for leaving all of you in dispair and total boredom (I my perception, all anybody ever does is read my blog and make fun of it). But don't worry I am back, and I am planning to try to keep on you updated from now on.
first, why havent I published in a while:
- work
- work
- more work
- I spend a couple of days dog sitting. I have made some friends in and around Ottawa, two of them, a couple, own a big white pyrenees, and a super nice house. So I agreed to take care of their dog while they went of on holiday, in exchange I got to stay in a really sweet house in a super nice neighbourhood for a couple of days.
- Rebecca has come to Canada, Finally! So there are no more lonely nights in my little room in which there is nothing else to do than blogging.
- We ve spent the last weekend in Quebec city, where I had no computer, nor internet, hence no possibility of blog writing
- I am a little bit lazy
Last weekend, Two of our friends invited us to join them on their trip, and we were delighted to do so. We went with Astrid (Swiss) and Jonathan (Canada), it was a small, small roadtrip. As Canada is a very tiny country and Quebec, for its standards is really close to Ottawa. So the drive was only 600km!! Childsplay of course when you have experienced Middelburg - anywhere else.
The town of Quebec city, was as you know, the early capital of New France, when large parts of Canada where still French Colonies (although no-one appears to be speaking French, but something that resembles an ancient Viking Dialect, or my French is just really really bad). But somewhere in the 17th century the English conquered the place in 15 minutes despite the well known French toughness and bravery in battle (this one is for Mike). more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City
All this resulted in one of the only European-style towns in North America, and the only city with fortifications in the US and Canada. So everything was really old, and well maintained. In many ways I think that Quebec City is prettier than many European cities. We took a nighttime city tour, and all the lights and old streets made for an amazing experience. but during the daytime the city is really nice too!! The second day we decided to next to culture also take in some nature, so we went to visit some waterfalls, which were also super impressive!! I will upload some pictures ASAP.
Cheers!!!
woensdag 3 november 2010
The Joint report acknowledges...
that in many primary sectors, an EU-Canada free trade agreement will have no discernable impact???
discernable - perceptible by the senses or intellect; "things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause"; "the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations"; "the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
not unless you have a money sense no!!
how does the word changes spelling when you use it in a sentence? plse elaborate...!
discernable - perceptible by the senses or intellect; "things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause"; "the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations"; "the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
not unless you have a money sense no!!
how does the word changes spelling when you use it in a sentence? plse elaborate...!
dinsdag 2 november 2010
So it has begon!
Last weekend was not just Halloween (sorry no pictures of that), but also the first official weekend of snow. And although by now, most of it has molten, it was still quite magical.
Apparently on average every winter Ottawa gets 400cm of snow!! although, last year it was only 200 (thank you global warming) this year the specialists are expecting more snow again. This might sound very exciting, but one of my ''buddies'' (seriously, thats how people call eachother in Canada) told me that the temperatures can be as low as -20C on average, which is a little bit on the cold side for me. Combined with some snow, I dont think that I will do much biking this winter.
Biking, by the way, is something that I have doing a lot here in Canada, as the Embassy (being Dutch of course) has provided me with a bike (and 20kg of cheese) so that I can bike to work every day (and enjoy a healty breakfast). So far it has been really nice, and I have done some nice biking tours. So, generally speaking life in Canada is pretty good.
Finally, getting down to the nitty gritty: Halloween! Yes I survived. Halloween over here is something completely different from anything in Holland. except maybe Carnaval, only with the same amount of alcohol stuffed into two nights of partying. I went together with some interns of the French embassy, who I hang out with most, to a halloween party hosted by some interns at the Danish embassy. We, not understanding the true Canadian way of halloween did not resort to binge drinking till we dropped, but the Frenchies did managed to get thrown out by the Danish for some reason. In what can only be described as a great deal of diplomacy, and as a unique moment in Danish national history.
Me, being the neutral party in this conflict was meanwhile sitting in the kitchen having drinks with the first other Dutchman, that i have met in the wild (outside of the embassy). However, I chose to join the French in going home (as they were going my way anyways). All together it was a pretty fun night, and another succesful weekend. Looking forward to the next one.
Oh and I will try to upload some pictures with actual people on them, because so far you must think that no-one actually lives in Canada.
Apparently on average every winter Ottawa gets 400cm of snow!! although, last year it was only 200 (thank you global warming) this year the specialists are expecting more snow again. This might sound very exciting, but one of my ''buddies'' (seriously, thats how people call eachother in Canada) told me that the temperatures can be as low as -20C on average, which is a little bit on the cold side for me. Combined with some snow, I dont think that I will do much biking this winter.
Biking, by the way, is something that I have doing a lot here in Canada, as the Embassy (being Dutch of course) has provided me with a bike (and 20kg of cheese) so that I can bike to work every day (and enjoy a healty breakfast). So far it has been really nice, and I have done some nice biking tours. So, generally speaking life in Canada is pretty good.
Finally, getting down to the nitty gritty: Halloween! Yes I survived. Halloween over here is something completely different from anything in Holland. except maybe Carnaval, only with the same amount of alcohol stuffed into two nights of partying. I went together with some interns of the French embassy, who I hang out with most, to a halloween party hosted by some interns at the Danish embassy. We, not understanding the true Canadian way of halloween did not resort to binge drinking till we dropped, but the Frenchies did managed to get thrown out by the Danish for some reason. In what can only be described as a great deal of diplomacy, and as a unique moment in Danish national history.
Me, being the neutral party in this conflict was meanwhile sitting in the kitchen having drinks with the first other Dutchman, that i have met in the wild (outside of the embassy). However, I chose to join the French in going home (as they were going my way anyways). All together it was a pretty fun night, and another succesful weekend. Looking forward to the next one.
Oh and I will try to upload some pictures with actual people on them, because so far you must think that no-one actually lives in Canada.
What to make of this??
I guess it would be healthiest to ban alcohol and tabacco legalize xtc and canabis for example. Imagine how christmas, birthdayparties new years eve, would then look like. Hilarious, half of the table would have the munchies and eat christmas dinner, whereas the other half of the table would just be tripping out, drinking water only...
Alcohol does more harm than crack: study
LONDON - Alcohol is a more dangerous drug than crack and heroin when the combined harms to the user and others are assessed, British scientists said yesterday.
Presenting a new scale of drug harm, the scientists rated alcohol the most harmful overall and almost three times as harmful as cocaine or tobacco.
According to the scale, devised by a group of scientists including Britain's Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) and an expert advisor to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs & Drug Addiction, heroin and crack cocaine rank as the second-and third-most harmful drugs.
Ecstasy is only an eighth as harmful as alcohol, according to their analysis.
Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Alcohol+does+more+harm+than+crack+study/3761613/story.html#ixzz1485iaM1m
Alcohol does more harm than crack: study
LONDON - Alcohol is a more dangerous drug than crack and heroin when the combined harms to the user and others are assessed, British scientists said yesterday.
Presenting a new scale of drug harm, the scientists rated alcohol the most harmful overall and almost three times as harmful as cocaine or tobacco.
According to the scale, devised by a group of scientists including Britain's Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) and an expert advisor to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs & Drug Addiction, heroin and crack cocaine rank as the second-and third-most harmful drugs.
Ecstasy is only an eighth as harmful as alcohol, according to their analysis.
Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Alcohol+does+more+harm+than+crack+study/3761613/story.html#ixzz1485iaM1m
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