For the past two weeks we have been in Newfoundland, Canada’s most easterly province and the place where we were born and raised. From St. John’s on the Avalon peninsula to Nain on the Labrador coast is one of the most pristine areas in the world. Newfoundlanders call it “The Rock” and we like to [...]
We thought you might be interested in seeing some pictures of our house and gardens. We live in a small Ontario rural town of about three thousand people. We like it very much and although it looks like a secluded country property we are just ten minutes from town. It certainly is quite different from [...]
Hi everyone! I guess you’re wondering what happened to us, because we kind of disappeared off the radar. Apologies for not writing sooner, but we just got lazy. I’m not going to try and sugarcoat it, it’s just plain laziness!! Anyway, we’re now back in Canada and have been for a few weeks. Our adventure [...]
Paul and I went into the city with Daniel and Natalie to the Emperor Hotel. We had a few drinks and then did some sightseeing before we found a little restaurant where we enjoyed a delicious meal.
The picture below shows the fruits and vegetables we bought for 90 RMB or $13.26 Canadian. As you can see there were bananas, watermelon, lettuce, radish, apples, oranges, grapes, pineapple, tomato, cherry tomatoes, green peppers, peanuts, walnuts, pistachios, strawberries, spinach, and carrots.
Like a Titan rising from the earth, the backbone of a new subway line proceeds at an amazing rate. The Subway home:
Did you know? Beijing, China has a population of about seventeen million people. Beijing and surrounding area has a population of thirty million people. China’s largest city, Shanghai, has a population of over twenty million people. Canada as of May 2010 has a population of thirty-four million people. Just some interesting statistics to help put [...]
I recently purchased a trip computer for my bike rides. it is about one and a half inches or five centimeters square, and one centimeter thick. You reset it at the beginning of each trip. It gives a read-out of the bike’s speed, the time of day, the amount of time your trip took. It [...]
The song by Queen suggests bicycle riding is a little piece of Utopia, an island of peace and tranquility – not likely!! Suddenly you’re facing down a delivery truck in the bike lane, travelling on the wrong side of the road to avoid traffic congestion. Drivers in Beijing generally have little respect for the rules [...]
We live in the northwest on the very edge of the city. There are apartment buildings and office towers all around. There is new construction everywhere to the north, east and south of us. Beijing has been in a building boom for several years prior to the 2008 Olympics. To the west there are apple [...]
