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noreply@blogspirit.com (Robert) — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:50:00 -0300

This evening I arrived home from my weekend in Montreal. My friend Evelyn and I drove up on Friday. We stayed in Drummondville. It seemed to take no time at all even though it was about 12 hours of driving.

Saturday was spent driving around Montreal including a couple of humorous runs down St. Catherines Street. The evening involved some well deserved beer drinking.

On Sunday we parked the car in a driveway at the reasonable charge of $10. It was a ten minute walk to the Metro (subway system) and then a one stop jaunt under the St. Lawrence River to Ile Notre-Dame.

The temperature on Sunday was 32c, humidex 37c and the track temp was 42c. Even after sitting under trees for most of the race I was almost consumed by heat exhaustion and had the chills.

Last night after the race we drove as far as Riviere du Loup, QC. This morning we departed and drove about 8 hours in what seemed like an unending drive.

I am sitting here exhausted, giddy with a cold beer in hand.

The trip was a great time but if I go again I will spend the extra money and sit in the stands with an ability to watch the race on the big screen. I actually had to phone home on my cell to ask my niece who had one the race. The cars whizzed by us at 300kmh and there was no way of knowing who was winning.

Good times once again!

PS: The race was won by Kimi Raikonnen of Finland.

I was curling today

noreply@blogspirit.com (Robert) — Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:20:52 -0300

This morning I went curling up in Lantz with my brother-in-law and my niece's husband.

I was the second time that all of us had ever curled. The ice is in until Sunday and only cost $5 each.

There are plans to build a curling rink in the near future. I'm looking forward to it. It is lots of fun and good exercise.

I'll be sore tonight at work. ;-)

Wine Tasting

noreply@blogspirit.com (Robert) — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 01:15:00 -0400

Today I arose and prepared for a day of real estate searching (not for me) and then the much anticipated wine tasting afternoon. My friend, Andy Pants (great to see her again) and I went first to the Sainte Famille Vineyard in Falmouth, Nova Scotia and sampled the red and white wines of their vineyards. As I type I am sipping their wares (2002 l'Acadie Blanc Reserve). 8-)

We left there and headed to Wolfville to eat at Paddy's Pub. After a meal of Texan Nachos, Philly steak and home brews we left and headed for Grand Pre Vineyards and checked out a nice red wine (Leon Millot) and headed home.

It was good day, bright sunny skies, 2c and lots of laughs.

Well it's Monday morning...

noreply@blogspirit.com (Robert) — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:00:00 -0400

Another week has started and it is now the second day of spring as well. As I look out my picture window I am heartened by the decided lack of snow on the ground. The birds seem to be joyous as well, out foraging among the leaves and grass, no longer donning their winter coats.

As the weather continues to inprove, my thoughts turn to gardening and home renovations. There's so much to do here but it will all be worth it in the end

Yesterday I went to the independent movie, Therese. It is about the life of Saint Therese of Liseaux. The story was inspiring.

At the moment I am drinking a nice large cup of black coffee, a Mexican organic espresso. yummy, zing!

More later...

Almost springtime! 8-)

noreply@blogspirit.com (Robert) — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:56:12 -0400

In a couple of more days it will finally be the first day of spring. It's been a long winter but not as bad as last year.

There's lots of work to do to my house but I am looking forward to it. I'm very excited that gardening season is almost here.