Well I'm not leaving for Ottawa yet, but I'm heading there in about a week. I have a place, it's 174 James st. I guess that it's an apt building but I'm not sure yet, I'm waiting on my landlord to get back to me.
I guess the place is pretty decent, the huge plus is that's is $400 a month, which is like unheard off!! so I was like do you have any pictures, so I can have a look at the place, he says no, but the current guy is coming back for a second year which means it must be a decent place.
I'm going to be living with two other people, I don't know much about them except one is a Carleton student and one a Waterloo Co-op student, this might mean that they are only there for half of the year. I don't know anything else about them, but I'm sure that it will be cool to live with them, I'll have my friends from grad school and they will have there friends, maybe we can mix, but only if they are cool!! I would hate to live with a couple weiners, I did that already and I'm glad thats over!!
I'm going to be stopping by Sackville for those who are going to be in town on Aug 26 or 27 (we haven't picked a day to leave yet), let me know.
Well, I have to do some errands before heading out
Later
Andrew
Friday, August 19, 2005
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
week away from Germany - Day 8-10
That night we went to another bar, but we were getting tired of the little bars that we usually went to so, we had heard about this huge club, 7 dances floors different music on each, so we were set to go to it!! But on the way there, we met up with other people from the hostel who just were outside and the bouncer told them that it wasn't a very good night, so we went back to some other bar called Commo, it was pretty awesome, played some salsa, so i was able to salsa with Flor, that was pretty cool, we could have bar hopped for the rest of the night but Flor and I headed back to the hostel.
The next morning, Flor was heading back to Argentina so I woke early, I was soo tried but I wanted to see her off. THat day we walked around some more and then left Grant and Janelle, only later did I find out that Grant had booked a flight to Paris the day before so he was meeting us there!
We took the over night train to Paris, man it was bumpy, the other guys couldn't sleep, but I was able to sleep since, I had been up for most of the night. When we go to Paris, we headed right to the hostel checked in and then headed out beause we had to see as much as Paris in 28 hours!! So we started a the Eiffel tower then past the Chaillot palace and then to the Arc de Trio, then we walked down Champs Elysees a famous steet in Paris (we got Royals with Cheese), from there we walked to the PLace de la Concorde and then over to the Opera ohouse and then past the Louvre, we knew that it was free on the first Sun of each month so we polanned on heading back the next day, and then over to the Notre Dame. After that we were pooped and also had to meet up with Grant back at the hostel so off we went and relexed there with people fromthe hostel, mostly from the States but there were a couple Irish guy and one guy from Australia.
After drinking for a while we wanted to head to Moulin Rouge and that area, there are lots of clubs on the street, Boulevard de Clichy. On the way there, Sinco ( don't remember how to speel his name) started talking to these French girls, it was funny because they didn't really know English and him no french, so I was talking to the girls in French for him and in English to him for the girls. But they ended up coming with us to the bar area and we sat down and had a few drinks at a pub, then I went down to get some pictures before we headed to a club. Wel that was a dumb iodea because they are really expensive like 20 euros!! no thanks!! so we ended up going to a sit down club and getting this thing called an aquarium. It's a drink for people every one gets a straw and it's in a fish bowl, it was really yummy.
From there we headed back to the Eiffel tower to see it all lite up, but it was like 4 am so it wasn't lite up any more, BOOO!! oh well it was nice to see it at night and also we walked around, and then headed back to the hostel. Funny thing, it had a 2 am lock out and I think that we got back at about 5am but fortunatly someone was up and was able to let us in.
The next morning, it was up bright and early because the Louvre was free. Well, the line was huge, I mean like an thousand people, but fortuantly for us, they took our line into a door that just opened and we were in front of the Mona Lisa within 20 mins of getting there!! We thought if we didn't move in 20 mins we would leave! So we did a very quick tour of the good things and then headed back to the hostel, to say bye to Grant and then head to the train for the trip back to Mainz.
We got back to Mainz and packed up our stuff and started to watch a movie but I was way too tried to try and stay awake for it, so I went to bed.
But thats our trip to France and Spain, also concludes my trip to Europe!!!
I guess my next trip is to Argentina!!
Photos to be posted in the next couple days!!
Andrew
The next morning, Flor was heading back to Argentina so I woke early, I was soo tried but I wanted to see her off. THat day we walked around some more and then left Grant and Janelle, only later did I find out that Grant had booked a flight to Paris the day before so he was meeting us there!
We took the over night train to Paris, man it was bumpy, the other guys couldn't sleep, but I was able to sleep since, I had been up for most of the night. When we go to Paris, we headed right to the hostel checked in and then headed out beause we had to see as much as Paris in 28 hours!! So we started a the Eiffel tower then past the Chaillot palace and then to the Arc de Trio, then we walked down Champs Elysees a famous steet in Paris (we got Royals with Cheese), from there we walked to the PLace de la Concorde and then over to the Opera ohouse and then past the Louvre, we knew that it was free on the first Sun of each month so we polanned on heading back the next day, and then over to the Notre Dame. After that we were pooped and also had to meet up with Grant back at the hostel so off we went and relexed there with people fromthe hostel, mostly from the States but there were a couple Irish guy and one guy from Australia.
After drinking for a while we wanted to head to Moulin Rouge and that area, there are lots of clubs on the street, Boulevard de Clichy. On the way there, Sinco ( don't remember how to speel his name) started talking to these French girls, it was funny because they didn't really know English and him no french, so I was talking to the girls in French for him and in English to him for the girls. But they ended up coming with us to the bar area and we sat down and had a few drinks at a pub, then I went down to get some pictures before we headed to a club. Wel that was a dumb iodea because they are really expensive like 20 euros!! no thanks!! so we ended up going to a sit down club and getting this thing called an aquarium. It's a drink for people every one gets a straw and it's in a fish bowl, it was really yummy.
From there we headed back to the Eiffel tower to see it all lite up, but it was like 4 am so it wasn't lite up any more, BOOO!! oh well it was nice to see it at night and also we walked around, and then headed back to the hostel. Funny thing, it had a 2 am lock out and I think that we got back at about 5am but fortunatly someone was up and was able to let us in.
The next morning, it was up bright and early because the Louvre was free. Well, the line was huge, I mean like an thousand people, but fortuantly for us, they took our line into a door that just opened and we were in front of the Mona Lisa within 20 mins of getting there!! We thought if we didn't move in 20 mins we would leave! So we did a very quick tour of the good things and then headed back to the hostel, to say bye to Grant and then head to the train for the trip back to Mainz.
We got back to Mainz and packed up our stuff and started to watch a movie but I was way too tried to try and stay awake for it, so I went to bed.
But thats our trip to France and Spain, also concludes my trip to Europe!!!
I guess my next trip is to Argentina!!
Photos to be posted in the next couple days!!
Andrew
Friday, August 12, 2005
Week away from Germany - Day 7-8
Janelle and I got up earlier then the other boys, and we didn't want to wait for them so we headed to the Museo del Prado: and told them that we would be back at about 5-6 pm for supper with them, well Janelle and I saw the Argentina girl (Florenica) and her sister Laura. Janelle leaned over and said "guess it's going to be a great day, eh?" I said, " yeah, but I need to get some water!!" But we had an awesome day, all four of us went to the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. It was a great day!! we went back to the hostel to get the other guys and then went to a shopping centre to have a look around. I didn't buy anything, because my bag was heavy enough. After that we went to a place the girls had gone before for supper the night before and they liked it, so we went back, it was a great place!
After that the others went back to the hostel to have showers, but Flor and I went to the Bear and got our picture with it, but the craziest thing happened. There are guys selling stuff on the street, illegally, but while we were there a couple undercover police were there and the guys sprinted every which way, it was pretty crazy!!
After that the others went back to the hostel to have showers, but Flor and I went to the Bear and got our picture with it, but the craziest thing happened. There are guys selling stuff on the street, illegally, but while we were there a couple undercover police were there and the guys sprinted every which way, it was pretty crazy!!
Week away from Germany - Day 4-6
So I left you where we had met Grant and Janelle, well that last full day in Barcelona, we started by heading to the train station to get reservations on the train to Madrid and we alo invited Grant and Janelle to come with us. They did and I'm glad we had a blast, but I digress, we went to Sagrada Famíla it was a cool looking building but on the inside was just a whole lot of construction. but we did walk up to the top ( or close to it, was an awesome sight). After that we headed back to the hostel and relexed for a little bit and then went to the Travelbar, they had cheap eats, which is a place of food for 1 euro, not bad. Afer that, we went back to the hostal and got ready to hed to the club that we had been to two nights before, and it was a good time.
The next morning we walked around and saw some sights, and caught our train at 4:30pm we cut it close, we had about 5 mins to spare!!!
But the train ride was awesome, we met this woman from LA, Dima, and also a guy from Brazil, Predo and Yunas from Morocco by has been living in Japan for the last 20 years. It was good time on the train heard about peoples travels.
We met up with Pardo and Yunas and Grant and Janelle later that night, beacuse our hostel was full so they couldn't get in. It was crazy as soon as I walk into the hostel, we met two girls that went to school in NS, so there was someone else to add to our group. We stayed at Cat's Hostel , the best in the world, and it was AWESOME!! I had blast every night and day that we were there. The first night we went on a small pub crawl that the hostel people do, we started at the hostel bar and then head to a few over places, it was a good time. The next day it was sort of relaxing day, I walked around by myself for a little while while Vance and Craig slept.
That afternoon we did a little walking around, Janelle, Grrant, Yunas, Vance, Craig and myself. Saw the Plaza de Real and Plaza Mayor, and other great places. That night was a pretty crazy one drinking but t was awesome, I really got to practice my spanish, I had seen a girl at the hostel the night before and I ended up talking to her that night. I found out that she was from Argentina and she had noticed me because I had the look of an Argentinin boy, i thought that was pretty cool.
well I'm going to leave you there so stay tuned to see what happens with this beautiful Argentinin girl!!
Andrew
The next morning we walked around and saw some sights, and caught our train at 4:30pm we cut it close, we had about 5 mins to spare!!!
But the train ride was awesome, we met this woman from LA, Dima, and also a guy from Brazil, Predo and Yunas from Morocco by has been living in Japan for the last 20 years. It was good time on the train heard about peoples travels.
We met up with Pardo and Yunas and Grant and Janelle later that night, beacuse our hostel was full so they couldn't get in. It was crazy as soon as I walk into the hostel, we met two girls that went to school in NS, so there was someone else to add to our group. We stayed at Cat's Hostel , the best in the world, and it was AWESOME!! I had blast every night and day that we were there. The first night we went on a small pub crawl that the hostel people do, we started at the hostel bar and then head to a few over places, it was a good time. The next day it was sort of relaxing day, I walked around by myself for a little while while Vance and Craig slept.
That afternoon we did a little walking around, Janelle, Grrant, Yunas, Vance, Craig and myself. Saw the Plaza de Real and Plaza Mayor, and other great places. That night was a pretty crazy one drinking but t was awesome, I really got to practice my spanish, I had seen a girl at the hostel the night before and I ended up talking to her that night. I found out that she was from Argentina and she had noticed me because I had the look of an Argentinin boy, i thought that was pretty cool.
well I'm going to leave you there so stay tuned to see what happens with this beautiful Argentinin girl!!
Andrew
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Week away from Germany - Day 1-3
Ok Guys this is going to be a long few posts, or maybe one big one, I haven't figured it out yet.
So we left Last friday which gave us 10 days of pure partying/sightseeing and both we did!!
Go up early Friday morning and went to the Birckstock outlet store and got some sandles very comfortable, which is good for me and my stupid feet. They onlt problem was that the trains were a little late so I missed out on most of Strassburg, just inside the France border (to start our rail passes), but thats ok because it was raining there.
Vance and I took the overnight train with no really problems, Craig on the other hand forgot his passport in Germany, so he went back, poor guy.
Vance and I got to Barcelona and walked around checking out the port and seeing some sights, I'll post them when I get home. That night there was a pub crawl at Travel bar, it was great fun, on this crawl we meet Grant and Janelle, two great people and infact we invited them to come to Madrid with us and they did!!! Grant is an awesome guy, he works in NYC at a theatre and Janelle is a Canadian working in Perth, AUS, so she had a really weird accent. The next day I ended up going to the beach with them and Simone, another Australian, this was the start us my sunburn from hell!!!! it lasted the whole trip and I'm not going to be able to tan for a really long time. After being on the beach for a little bit I went back to the Hostel to meet up with Craig who got into twon and also Vance was there, we then went back to the beach, There we met some girls for the States working France so that was pretty cool. That night, the five, Janelle and Grant had join us in our travels, we just went back to the Travel bar to have a few beer. I left after one drink because I was soo tired. I was soo tried that when the other guys got in, they couldn't wake me up to get into the room so they had to get another key for it.
Well I'm going to save the last night of Barcelona and Madrid and Paris for another one or two posts, but this should get you going again.
Later
Andrew
So we left Last friday which gave us 10 days of pure partying/sightseeing and both we did!!
Go up early Friday morning and went to the Birckstock outlet store and got some sandles very comfortable, which is good for me and my stupid feet. They onlt problem was that the trains were a little late so I missed out on most of Strassburg, just inside the France border (to start our rail passes), but thats ok because it was raining there.
Vance and I took the overnight train with no really problems, Craig on the other hand forgot his passport in Germany, so he went back, poor guy.
Vance and I got to Barcelona and walked around checking out the port and seeing some sights, I'll post them when I get home. That night there was a pub crawl at Travel bar, it was great fun, on this crawl we meet Grant and Janelle, two great people and infact we invited them to come to Madrid with us and they did!!! Grant is an awesome guy, he works in NYC at a theatre and Janelle is a Canadian working in Perth, AUS, so she had a really weird accent. The next day I ended up going to the beach with them and Simone, another Australian, this was the start us my sunburn from hell!!!! it lasted the whole trip and I'm not going to be able to tan for a really long time. After being on the beach for a little bit I went back to the Hostel to meet up with Craig who got into twon and also Vance was there, we then went back to the beach, There we met some girls for the States working France so that was pretty cool. That night, the five, Janelle and Grant had join us in our travels, we just went back to the Travel bar to have a few beer. I left after one drink because I was soo tired. I was soo tried that when the other guys got in, they couldn't wake me up to get into the room so they had to get another key for it.
Well I'm going to save the last night of Barcelona and Madrid and Paris for another one or two posts, but this should get you going again.
Later
Andrew
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