To Canada and beyond

"Blissfully oblivious" would be the most suitable description of my state of mind this week. Canadians were shaken (not stirred) last week by a quake of 5.0 (not 007) and I didn't hear or feel a thing. Well, that was until in the evening my brother in law asked me how I was doing. Then this weekend I was on my way to watch the A-Team in the cinema. Usually it would take maybe 15 min from my place to that cinema. Yesterday it took me about 90 minutes to walk to the screens because protesters had blocked the streetcar paths in downtown. Only after the movie, I learned that police cars were set on fire. I really wonder what these guys are trying to achieve with that. Anyway, so I actually had a nice week whilst the rest of Toronto was taking its first steps towards 2012 (which probably only makes sense if you saw the movie).

Could it have been the least eventful week in Canada yet? I'm not quite sure. I watched the Brazilian match in a Brazilian café/bar and met some very interesting lads. I had another job interview and I have no idea how it went. I think there more looking for a Delphi guy and my Java and C++ skills only kept me in the game, but didn't win them over. So, I'll see what comes back. Until Wednesday my legs had to recover from last weekends 5K run. Therefore I focused my training on my upper body. Accordingly, my arms are quite heavy now.

Oh boy, I cannot believe that the last entry was two weeks ago. And I'm not quite sure what to write this time. A lot has happened, but I keep forgetting as much as well. Anyway, I think I'll just start with more recent events. On Friday evening I took another stroll through downtown and towards 'Little Italy', which was quite nice. Yesterday I booked a car with "Autoshare.com" for the first time. They even have a car inside my building. And when you're member you actually build up your insurance history over here in Canada. It's a neat deal. So with my new found freedom, I drove to "Dimpflmeier" a German Bakery, a home store to get some missing bits and pieces and to Lindt Chocolate Factory Outlet. I have to say I was a bit disappointed with the Lindt Outlet. In Aachen you could buy chocolate for at least half a year and spend less then 30 €. Now for 30 $ I only got a tiny amount of chocolate... but it might actually be for the better, si...