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July 17th, 2010
Last weekend was packed full of adventure. My journey started directly from work. I had the pleasure of taking a 2009 BMW 750Li for the trip. This made the driving extremely enjoyable, comfortable, and easy. The first leg was Ottawa to Kingston. I needed to stop into Kingston to pick up my tent and [...] April 2nd, 2010
When you learn to drive from a good teacher they will always advise you to scan an intersection as you approach it. Slow down, look left, look right, proceed with caution. It is a bit of advice we might follow on a driving exam, but is lost through driving experience. Sure, you [...] March 28th, 2010
Last weekend Adam and I drove down to Kingston to pickup my motorcycle, which spent a year and a half hibernating in Nana’s workshop. The folks at MotoSport Plus in Kingston did a great job of preparing it for slumber, and then did a great job of brining it back to life this spring. [...] March 21st, 2010
It was a bit of a chilly day, but an eagerness to get the bike out in the warmer weather led me to pick my motorcycle up from Kingston. I drove it back to Ottawa where it sits safely in my garage. Now, I am quite tired after a long day (early wake-up, gym, drive [...] February 6th, 2010
I don’t think we have a general problem with seatbelt safety in Canada (or at least, Urban Ontario), but that doesn’t mean it isn’t an important issue. The Sussex Safer Roads Partnership in the UK have posted a brilliant advertisement about it called Embrace Life. It’s very good. August 17th, 2009
Oi, mates. It was off to Stuttgart yesterday as planned. I got there in great time, as traffic was fine and the unrestricted areas of the autobahn did allow me to hit my car’s top speed of about 210 km/h. (Aside: I’m driving the new VW Golf with 2.0L TDI diesel engine, due to [...] August 12th, 2009
After I returned from Madrid my manager here in Germany made a comment to me along the lines of “that distance is like a day trip to a Canadian”. Yes, he was exaggerating the truth a little bit but the premise of his point is correct: North Americans are more accustomed to travelling long [...] June 1st, 2009
A couple of months ago I wrote to you about my reaching the mid-point of my year here in Germany; now, I have but four months left. Time is going by rather quickly. The past two months have been incredible. I have been blessed with visits from some of my dearest friends. First, [...] June 1st, 2009
I am currently feeling the sting of the post-vacation credit card bill. Aside from cash-advances in four different currencies in the past two months, in the past one month I have spent a lot of money on petrol. And in fact, I just returned the other night from another business trip that I [...] |
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