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mirthness

Things I learned in Ottawa:

Apr 21, 2008 15:25

I learned some fun things last week...

Sometimes the best thing to do in life is throw all caution to the wind and go on an unplanned, no-drama adventure! I have to admit, I don’t usually just run off to another country to visit a friend on a whim, but it was very worth it.
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tonysalieri April 21 2008, 20:18:53 UTC

Sometimes the best thing to do in life is throw all caution to the wind and go on an unplanned, no-drama adventure! I have to admit, I don’t usually just run off to another country to visit a friend on a whim, but it was very worth it.

Or Sagas, as Dave and Taneka and I have all gotten to calling them. If/When you two ever meet, you should have him tell you all about the trip to Turkmenistan he just took.

# They do say “eh?” a lot, but probably no more than I say “huh?” “what?” or “wicked.”When I was still living in Ann Arbor, my very first professional job was with an EMR company, and we had employees who came in from Windsor. I remember teasing (nicely) one of the guys about that, and he said "I've got no idea what your talking aboot. We don't talk like that for real, eh?" And I said "See! See you just did right now." He paused, nodding and shrugged, and said "Alright. Maybe ( ... )

mirthness April 22 2008, 12:58:18 UTC

"Vansterdam" that's too funny. I highly recommend the trip though and if you hit Vancouver, I cannot recommend enough the drive out to Whistler and Black Comb. The zip line stuff was way fun.

Adventures, sagas, they're all good in my book. I honestly don't travel nearly as much as I once did. I miss meeting new people and going on some unplanned merriment :)

tonysalieri April 22 2008, 18:34:37 UTC

Aw damn! I would totally love to do a zip line thing sometime!

mirthness April 22 2008, 20:27:56 UTC

The zip line stuff was sooo much fun. You go wicked fast through a valley up by Whistle mountain. And you get to hang out in a beautiful temperate rain forest :)

While driving to the spot, they took us past some of the stuff they are building in preparation for the Winter games.