Canada

Wow too much to report for my time living in Canada, and I've joined this blogsite too late to report on it all. I'm just going to put up a few pics for those of you who haven't yet seen them.

Highlights
*      Visit to Ucluelet to see Hannah, John and new(ish) addition to the house, baby Eva Belle. It was nice to return to a different part of Vancouver Island and see new scenery.
*     Mt Norquay- Work as a lifty, where else can you work where you arrive either hungover, or worse still drunk from the night before! Fun people, writing songs, gossiping, and a little snowboarding thrown in too! Broken arms, broken toes, pathetic pay, but gee it was a nice mind numbing break from teaching!
*      Banff Ave house- The biggest house of misfits! A house that was falling apart, a toilet that hadn't been cleaned for (one could suspect) years, and a house where the open door policy certainly was in working order and everyone knew it! No matter what time of the day of night something was happening, but with 7 in the house one could expect that! Oh and there was never a dull moment- we came to the rescue of each other, literally in some circumstances!
*     Snowboarding trips- Ah to break away from the Banff scene to hit the slopes. Magic!
*     Anzac Day- Our broken down house on Banff Ave joined forces with our roommates to put on a little Anzac day celebration. It was more drinking than it was commemorating, but we did enforce a good minute's silence. The two up ring was prepared too, alas we were too busy drinking to make use of it!
*     Salty Bear Tour a trip I took which travelled around Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Did a brewery tour that is more of a cabaret than an informative session, ate fresh rock lobsters (mmmmm), took a hike to see whales, and a whale tour to see moose (something wrong there, but that's how it transpired!) and learned never to steal the blanket off a karate blackbelt holder! (ha ha, personal joke, Matt will understand!) Met some great new friends who I know I will stay in touch with for some time to come!
*      And much, much more; Ottawa tulip festival, White-water rafting Ottawa river ('the buseater!' Wow! Cant belive we made it through in one piece!), Cycling in Mt Tremblant, return to Montreal (in the Summer!)