To Canada and beyond

I've tried so far to keep tech out of my blog. Despite all of my previous effort, I decided to break with tradition for this entry. Recently, I bought a MacBook Air which is slick, stylish, lightweight, surprisingly fast and definitely on the pricey side. Actually since it matters for this entry, I have to be a little more precise. I bought the laptop mid November. My old one is almost utterly useless since it gets hot as hell when you 'sleep' deprive it for more than 10 min. As I tend to do, I payed up at once and forgot about the expense almost just as quick. Now, for the next part I have to explain something that not everyone may be aware of. Thanksgiving is a much bigger holiday here in North America than it was in Europe. There is turkey dinner and pumpkin carving and costumes and other traditions that Europeans just don't do, even though at least Germany has the holiday ("Erntedankfest") as well. The date when this happens is a different one for the

South view from my balcony Since I moved a couple of months back, I have increasingly enjoyed the new location. The move brought me into the center of the harbor front downtown. Now every weekend either hockey or baseball games or artists (such as Foo Fighters and Kings of Leon) bring masses of fans and other spectators to the neighborhood. So there is always something happening. This can be annoying at times but it also bring great access to public transport and the PATH. The PATH is a system of underground connections between shops and food courts. Since the shops are overpriced and many of the halls are pretty overfilled with people in the winter I prefer to walk on the pedestrian walkways along the streets. However, if the weather is bad (if it rains it pours) it's a great way to stay dry.

Yes, you are still on the correct page. I just felt like a new design and I didn't discard any of the old entries. However, the previous photos have gone for the moment, but I'll probably find a way to display those again... In the meantime this link will get you to some new photos I took rather recently. Today was probably the last nice day of this summer if one's allowed to call it that middle of October. The weather forecast for the next couple of days is rather gloomy and to some extend reminds me of the rainy days in Ireland. Despite the outlook, I'm rather thrilled at the moment. I recently picked up golf as an new hobby and committed with buying a very affordable set of clubs. I also hit the course a few times already so that I feel I made good use out of the weather. It's so much fun, especially now with leaves turning yellow and red. I should probably mention that golf is not seen an elite sport, or at least not worse than many other sports, over here

I made it to Munich for the second wedding in Germany and back. I was only there for less than 5 days again, so the jetlag is really impeding my focus right now. However, I felt like I should keep the blog going nevertheless. So here we are, I'm back in Toronto. The weather is a lot nicer than it was in Germany. Everything is coming together quite nicely. A new bookshelf for the office should be arriving end of next week and the couch hopefully arrives mid August. It'll be nice to get organized and have a place to chill properly. The couch delivery was a long time in the making; 2.5 months to be precise. Which even in hindsight sounds like a crazy long time. But even after extensive search for alternative furniture the decision was easy since there was no equal when it came to quality or style. Okay, I'll keep this entry short since despite all the coffeine I consumed throughout the day I'm about to fall asleep resting my head on the laptop.

Summertime in Toronto is great. Even though it's pretty hot (sometimes even nearly too hot) there is so much to do. From BBQ s at friends last weekend, a kayak course on Monday, some patio visits through out the week to a Thai food festival today. The city of Toronto organizes a lot of festivals during summer, so that todays Thailand festival happened at the same time as one of the Indian festivals (I think there was even a parade). It was pretty good. However, today's highlight was the unexpected discovery of a very nice café . They had excellent homemade lemonade. Tasty! You probably noticed that there are a few more links on this post. I have decided to use the associations to shorten my explainations (I'm lazy afterall) and for personal reference. Alright I'll keep this entry short. Hopefully I'll be back with more shortly after next weeks visit to Germany (the second wedding).

Okay, I think this is so far the longest break between posts on my blog. Over the last half a year a lot has happened. To describe everything that happened in detail in the scope of this blog would be a rather hopeless endeavor. So I will stick to (or is it stick with?) the essentials. Since Christmas in Germany the snow has come and gone a few times over in Toronto. Yesterday's Canada Day celebrations brought patio weather and so loads of people were out on the streets again. Many friends took the long weekend as a chance to travel. However, being still a little exhausted from the previous weekend that entailed a wedding in Germany I rather cherished to stay local. So, after some research on Canada Day events it turned out that almost everything was family oriented, which is not that much fun if you don't have kids. However, due to the recent move to a just as nice apartment as before (or a so called condo in North America) in better location there are now so many possibi