Lord had "disappeared" on Tuesday night. It was not a runaway. He was found dead this morning near the grave of Nash. Like what dogs like many animals Thorn ... He had survived four of our animals adopted after him and 3 other of our friends. Alas, blindness, loneliness and the cold came at the end of his morale because he looked fit a priori. There. \u0026lt;/ Dog> \u0026lt;/ pets. "
landing in Fukuoka So. An hour wasted trying to withdraw money while lugging around bags before putting them to the set, once sure of being able to remove them. We visited a little town by taxi to get to the waterfront where we ate in a sort of small beach snack. The Fukuoka Tower was next door and it's still the second highest skyscraper in Japan (after the Tokyo Tower, but it is a building in Fukuoka, not just steel beams) so my brother did absolutely not to miss and we went up there both to admire the view and take pictures. Then we took the train to Nagasaki, we landed in a good hotel because it was part the professional meeting of my father (then it was a holiday for him too). We ate once in a restaurant skewers which were tiny, of course there was no scale on the menu. It was not that great, there were edible, but barely, and others downright yucky as with raw meat or fat 100% pure fat. What we have done chained to another restaurant where we took more conventional stuff like soups with pasta ... In fact, during the stay, the quality of the food is gone always getting better ...
The next day we walk a little town. The city was completely obliterated traces of the atomic bomb which is a dedicated museum, and the people are friendly. My parents gave me a Seiko watch in a shop where my father had bought hers the year before. Since you said that the key to marketing is customer loyalty! I am very happy with this gift, I am Time for shows, with the time on the phone but it is so consistent with the idea that I had the watch I wanted and more was that with the largest reduction. Otherwise, the first pass in the mall, before a seller of food, I was offered a sample succulent so we returned there for lunch, I know how they do it so the meat is so luscious and maybe it is better not to know, but my mother thought it was good despite its a priori . We walk by tram which is old- fashionned , much like San Francisco, but inside the seats are new and it's conditioning. Besides, everything is air conditioned in Japan, Korea, too. It took a green tea ice cream before dinner in a restaurant that me not marked, although it was certainly good, maybe a specialty of raw fish but not sushi. Then back to the hotel.
The next day, leaving for Kyoto a train trip when we go back necessarily Fukuoka, the gateway to the island of Kyushu, Kitakyushu even more binding, which can reach the island of Honshu. During this trip, my brother drew my attention to the strange behavior of the train stewardess who sells sandwiches and drinks from his street cart. Strangeness surprise that less regulars dojo, in fact the hostess, when leaving a car, turns and salutes, even if nobody is watching, as usual, leaving a tatami . Another thing you may be wondering how to get the train schedules. Well it's useless. There are departures often enough that waiting almost never, in fact we ran over to catch a train leaving in less than 5 minutes, we waited until a start.
the evening in Kyoto, we walk in tourist areas, guided by radar to light and noise, my parents tried to find a restaurant they know it's true but they all look alike and we don ' not arrived. No matter, one where we went to grill his food offered at the same iron plate set into the table and it was the first meal we made excellent in Japan. Several observations: at each departure of guests, all the waitresses and all les cuisiniers gueulent "Ohaio gozaimasu" (on ne prononce pas le "u" final) ou juste "gozaimasu" et pour un peu on se croirait dans un manga avec les voix enfantines des serveuses ; autre chose : on nous sert des verres d'eau avec des glaçons, et à peine ceux-ci sont à moitié vides (non. pas à moitié pleins. non.) qu'on nous les remplace par d'autres pleins ; encore : on ne patiente pas pour obtenir les menus et en plus il y a un bouton pour appeler les serveuses une fois qu'on a fait son choix. C'est pas la galère pour attirer l'attention comme en France. Tout ça est fort appréciable.
Pour la première nuit à Kyoto, on se coucha dans un hôtel traditionnel. Avec des chaussons for inside (between the hotel lobby and lock the room), slippers for the toilet slippers for the bathroom and even (!) slippers transition to use between the time you take off your shoes and when you put the shoes indoors. Also with the waterfall feeding the pool of koi carp red and white (as if the red was gone) that swim against the current to be stationary relative to the ground. With the warm bath together in which we will once showered. Alas it is my only experience of traditional Japan, if we forget the garden in Tokyo, because I did not go into one of these villages to open spas found across the country ... We slept in the course futon with a kimono-pijama.
Awakened completely fresh and ready to 6am, I got up happily without suffering from jet lag (which is 7 hours) thanks to my sleep patterns and also a little strange by the coincidence of timing. I strode into the apartment (and I want one like that later!), Watching the home theater we took advantage especially when we return from Japan, the kitchen and bedroom. It's a bit cold as a style but hey, it gives an impression of efficiency own. There is a balcony that has no direct view of the sea (all the apartments are well oriented taken a long time) but we see a bit on the side and ends at the famous Haeundae Beach. Overlooking the city from the 14th floor, we realize once again the problems of Korean construction where buildings sprout like mushrooms.
I waited for the rest of the family wakes up in calming my hunger with pastries from there until something better. Then they served me grain a bit like muesli but hard and round. Then I accompanied my parents to the hospital (where I took a few weeks later my injection using the old technique of "succession of small spanking" so we do not feel the bite ^ ^), step on the road to the mall. Buying clothes, shoes, I noticed that there was no music department, an observation that was repeated in Japan where only towards the end of the trip I found a store where I bought two CDs from J-pop ... We ate ice cream and I went to my mother's proposal to choose green tea as a fragrance. Ben was not hurt. We lunched in the mall because the choice was varied and my brother could take non-Korean food, later, gradually, he began to se "forcer" à manger la cuisine locale. Je crois me souvenir d'avoir pris un plat où on se sert des légumes divers jusqu'à ras bord de l'assiette, ensuite de quoi ils les font frire avec des pâtes. Pas mauvais, mais un poil trop épicé. Le reste de la journée se passa sans histoires.
Le lendemain, avis de tempête à Busan. On craignit l'annulation de notre voyage au Japon si le mauvais temps se maintenait. Je mangeai la cuisine de ma mère avec des ingrédients locaux, j'ai bien aimé. Les fruits surtout : poire de la taille et de la forme d'un pamplemousse, kiwi néozélandais, ... J'allai avec ma mère à la piscine commune aux quatre tours du "Palé De CZ (Pronounced "Suze"). Sympa. On our return from Japan, during the soft and because the trip to Shanghai was delayed (as of today my family back, my brother Julian returned to Korea to go after returning * sic *), I took advantage of several more times, as well as the gym pretty well supplied.
The day after, not much to report. It was prepared for Japan. We made a turn at the hairdresser my mother's favorite. First time after you wipe my shampoo inside the ears, it shows a professionalism that I appreciated much. Then we boarded the overnight ferry, we explored the top there were 2 deluxe rooms (with showers likely) ranked 1A, 1B next 14 rooms, and on the other hand, always on top, 18 1C rooms including ours with 2 times 2 bunks and a little common space. Below, but without sleeping rooms with futons are the second class, rooms with 4 to 8 seats. And yet beneath the dormitories. We saw it from outside through the windows. We were not allowed access to the top of the boat for crew. Otherwise, there was nothing extraordinary. The ferry back, and not Korean Japan was much more interesting, but I will speak in due course. The meal was soon dispatched and quickly and do not let me to remember. Back on my bunk, I began Millennium Volume 1 and read late into the night, where the pitch and roll me till I wake cradled in the port of Fukuoka, where in a moment of panic we thought that everyone disembarked and we were late ...
Hey, that's us! With the autumn set in, we're back ... We hope you all had a great summer and that you have stored up enough sun to meet our Canadian winter.
summer went well for us. The days following our return were well occupied. We must pay for the lazy last winter but it has been worth it! Find our children, family, Friends were happy moments. importantly, we had a super nice surprise on arrival, we will have the greatest gift of Christmas, our beautiful Judith, the wife of Matthew will have 2 little princesses, binoculars. What joy! This is our first grandchild. Prospective parents are very happy because they''worked''for many years. Despite this good news, after a few days we had the taste to leave. Well, do not exaggerated! !
We have shared our time between stays of 1 to 3 weeks in New Brunswick visiting friends, catching up with friends boats Gusto-Del-Mar, Absaroque Kai Keiki and Rigalio, we have the chance to meet more often because Richard and Linda are now land reverted to full-time, their boat Rigalio is for sale ... very good advice to interested boat ... ... And I'm busy planning our trip to France, which was a nice spot. The summer passed quickly. We're already preparing for our departure to find the sweet France ...
The purpose of this trip, and visited part of the country, was trying to barge navigation. As our next project was the purchase of a barge, he had to try it before. We made a wonderful trip. Diane (sister to Yvon) and Daniel, her husband traveled with us. We have been started from September 14 to October 3. We arrived in Paris to stay 3 nights, then to St-Malo for 2 nights, to Juno Beach, where our Canadian landed in 1944 and visit Mont St. Michel the next day, a must. Then, towards Redon where we board the barge for a 5 day sailing on the canal Nantes-Brest. It was very nice but a bit too slow for us. Hence our decision not to buy barge, but from our project for two years in Europe is not returned to oblivion, we are looking to buy a motorhome. I'll be back soon with some more details.
After the barge, we spent two nights in Perigord, on the Farm Geneste. It was a heart shot. A farm of 18 th century family, although they are restored the force feeding of ducks. We have eaten foie gras, duck confit, all derivatives of the duck, it was a pure delight . We had a room with private bathroom, half board, lunch - dinner. And what a dinner! A preview: soup with garden vegetables, entry of foie gras, stuffed duck neck, duck rillettes, and for main course: duck confit, potatoes salardaises, ratatouille, good dessert wine to taste. For 72 euros for 2 people, it's cheap, cheap website ... if you want to see where was our stay at the end of the world: mazet.roland.free.fr. And the small town of Sarlat, located 12 km south of the farm is a true gem. Finished taking the pounds, we take the direction of Avignon with a stop for lunch and a quick visit to Carcassonne. After a little dance on the bridge of Avignon and the visit of the wine cellar of the Father Anselm and the Castle in New Castle Fiora du Pape, we're off to Cannes where we stayed for 5 days.
Rest, visit the back country, Monaco, Nice and walk on the Croisette were in the program.
We continued to Marseille via St-Tropez and Cassis. And it was already time to return. The three weeks spent in France has really donné le goût d’y retourner et c’est toujours dans nos projets.
À cette période-ci, nous devrions nous préparer pour aller retrouver Zenith mais ce n’est pas le cas car nous avons des acheteurs pour Zenith. Le ‘’survey’’ doit se faire début novembre. Si tout va comme prévu, il n’y aura pas de Bahamas cet hiver, nous allons faire du ski car nous allons rester au Québec. Disons que cela va être bien différent, mais ce ne sera pas une punition car, avec nos petits bébés qui s’en viennent, il aurait été difficile de partir. Nous allons enjoy winter in preparation for our trip to Europe, whose departure would be early September 2011.
I'll be back soon.
