We arrived for the main event on Friday evening after a day at the Museum of Civilisation. They have rented a massive cabin/retreat called Enoichie with which to host all the ceremonies. I think there where about 40 people staying at the retreat itself with more coming in from elsewhere. Friday was just a mingle [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2007
Driving Miss Daisy
I’ve managed about 5 hours behind the wheel now without incident. I’m currently typing this up as Fliss gives the wilds of Route 60 a shot. I’m not a big fan of the hire car (a Dodge Avenger) as it feels very wide. The large engine (somewhere between 2.5 and 3.4l)is also wasted on the [...]
Democracy Now
One of the interesting things about the Canadian parliament is how similar it is to ours. The whole set of buildings practically apes our own palace of Westminster. This includes the clock tower that chimes Big Ben’s familiar notes with the occasional rendition of the national anthem. Having said that this place does have a [...]
It’s not a stag
Stella, it seems, can give you a bad headache whichever country you drink it in. It’s not like I had a lot during Brika and Jordan’s combined bachelour/bachelourette bash but the days of the OLS have obviously spoilt me for choice – it was Stella or Carlsberg. The food at Kinki was OK although the [...]
Conference Wrap-up, Canada Day, Working on a National Holiday
I’ve really enjoyed my first OLS. I felt a little isolated at first as I didn’t know anyone there but I’ve met and talked geek with a lot of people. The technical contents have been pretty good which has given me lots of good material to take back to work. The only thing I’m missing [...]
