Ok, lets see.
got up nice n early after 6 hours sleep. got some food, hopped on the bus only to be told they had to put the chains on the bus cos it had snowed over night.....20 minutes later get back on the bus. we drive really really slowly for about 5 minutes (like 4 blocks or so) and then we spend another 10 minutes sitting around as they took the chains off....
then we were on the road. the 45 minute trip took closer to an hour but it was sooo worth it. when we got to lake louise - which had recieved a nice 8cm of powder over night - the whole backside of the mountain was closed. the only thing open was the gondola but as i got to the top of the gondola, the backside was just being opened up. this meant i got to make first tracks down quite a few of the runs over there. :-D it was bliss!!!
anyway then as the day went on, the beautiful fresh snow was getting trecked out, so i went out of the ski boundary on my search. I found this beautiful hill side, that had stacks of fresh snow, and it just lead you down this gully, through these trees which has like 30cm of fresh snow around them, and then down another gully. this is where i was thoroughly lost and got freaked out when i saw FRESH BEAR TRACKS!!!! scared the hell outa me, they were facing the direction i had just come. so i got the hell outa there by climbing down this cliff, doing some more sweet boarding in another powder bowl, then doing a 15 minute treck through a forest :-D LOL. easily the best run ive ever done. was soooooo good. anyway yeah.
if you look at the post bellow I've stuck in a nice friendly counter to tell you all how long untill im free!
anyway
toodles
p.s. ashton u wanted a crazy snowboard story - thats the best i can do.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Saturday, March 10, 2007
the things i miss about home:
So I seem to get asked this a fair bit, so I figured I'd dedicate a post to it:
*note, not in any particular order*
1. I guess I miss all the people back home that make adelaide fun and exciting - but thats pretty boring and im not going to list everyone.
2. I miss my stupidly large music collection which allowed me to listen to any song i wanted when ever - plus the ability to download songs/movies etc when ever I chose.
3. I miss not having to type in all my passwords when I want to do something online - MSN, e-mail, myspace, toymods, reddit etc....
4. I REALLY miss driving my rolla - I was always happy when I was slamming through the gears of the old girl listening to van halen, or what ever was going in my cd stacker. Many a good times in the old rolla were had and I miss having the freedom of being able to drive her when ever I want. I hope michael is looking after her :-P
5. I miss the Exeter. Just cos it was such a banging bar. unfortunatly there aren't any bars quite like it here :( there were always people you knew at the ex.
6. WOMAD is coming up and im going to really really miss that :(
7. I miss MY computer and all the programs on it - photoshop where are you when I need you?
8. I miss not being able to phone/txt my friends when I want their attention/what ever
9. I miss having a job that pays you a decent wage
10. I kinda miss my bed/room
11. oh and the showers here suck - so I miss the one back home.
12. A well stocked fridge is always an advantage and the only thing in the fridge that I share at the moment is - cheese rolls, yoghurt (I realised I missed yoghurt so now I buy it everytime I go shopping) beer and I have some chips + 2 minute noodles, in my rooom.
*dont despair mummy and daddy, I get most of my food from the staff cafe which is where I also grab fruit so I am eating alright ;-) *
erm yeah, I guess thats it. I have no idea how many times I wrote 'I' in this post but its far too many and now i feel like a self absorbed little whore.
cyuzzz
Gerald
*note, not in any particular order*
1. I guess I miss all the people back home that make adelaide fun and exciting - but thats pretty boring and im not going to list everyone.
2. I miss my stupidly large music collection which allowed me to listen to any song i wanted when ever - plus the ability to download songs/movies etc when ever I chose.
3. I miss not having to type in all my passwords when I want to do something online - MSN, e-mail, myspace, toymods, reddit etc....
4. I REALLY miss driving my rolla - I was always happy when I was slamming through the gears of the old girl listening to van halen, or what ever was going in my cd stacker. Many a good times in the old rolla were had and I miss having the freedom of being able to drive her when ever I want. I hope michael is looking after her :-P
5. I miss the Exeter. Just cos it was such a banging bar. unfortunatly there aren't any bars quite like it here :( there were always people you knew at the ex.
6. WOMAD is coming up and im going to really really miss that :(
7. I miss MY computer and all the programs on it - photoshop where are you when I need you?
8. I miss not being able to phone/txt my friends when I want their attention/what ever
9. I miss having a job that pays you a decent wage
10. I kinda miss my bed/room
11. oh and the showers here suck - so I miss the one back home.
12. A well stocked fridge is always an advantage and the only thing in the fridge that I share at the moment is - cheese rolls, yoghurt (I realised I missed yoghurt so now I buy it everytime I go shopping) beer and I have some chips + 2 minute noodles, in my rooom.
*dont despair mummy and daddy, I get most of my food from the staff cafe which is where I also grab fruit so I am eating alright ;-) *
erm yeah, I guess thats it. I have no idea how many times I wrote 'I' in this post but its far too many and now i feel like a self absorbed little whore.
cyuzzz
Gerald
Friday, March 9, 2007
All the photos i have promised
Ok, the photos will be on chronilogical order - not in the order i mentioned them in my blog.
Two photo's from an outing to Lake Louise, just sat down for 10 minutes and snapped some photos of these shredders hitting this prettty decent sized jump :-P
There is a Gondola just out of Banff that takes you up Sulphur Mountain and gives you a view of the whole town + a great view of the surrounding area. a few photos from the top + vid
This next photo shows pretty much the whole of banff, the Banff Centre is just to the right of the end of the photo. So it is a bit far out of town compared to most places.
This next one is a car i walk past on a pretty regular basis. the first few weeks i thought it was amusing that someone would keep a convertible outside with just a plastic sheet covering it to keep the snow out. Well i walked past it the other day and the thing had caved in much to my amusement :-)
Next one is a snap from the french party downstairs which i mentioned. There were a whole lot more people in the hallway and outside.
The elk that came grazing past Becker and around the banff center the other day:
Then me looking so un-photogenic as in every photo (just look at the one above with me in it) with the elk thingies just behind me.
And finally Sebastian, who left yesterday, was trying to get a lift to Calgery airport, while i was just trying to get a lift to sunshine village. figured we had better got a photo for good times.
I'm pretty sure that covers everything - photos of steak night werent any good so they were left out.
cyuzzzz
gezzaaah
Thursday, March 8, 2007
stuff....
been boarding the last couple of days. been alright but yesterday it was 8 degrees and today it was pretty warm aswell ><>< this makes me very very angry. none the less i was still hitting the slopes and enjoying myself. - pics to come
There has been a few happenings around here lately. Lots of the frenchies have been leaving - there was a BIG party which was organised without the consent of the staff housing folk and thus was closed down at 11pm. it then moved to DCH (donald cameron hall - where the other bunch of staff housing is) and was shut down there, THEN on the way back to becker from DCH all the find party goers were questioned by the police and 1 was arrested. I found this all rather amusing as i finished my partying at 11 and watched tv instead. - pics to follow
last night was 'steak night' down at the elk n oarsman. u get a fine steak sandwhich for $8 which aint bad. we made a booking - definitly necassary - and we had a full table of 14 i think. this was, me, adam, tim, rupert, billy, lucy and clair who are back in town (the two irish girls who i think i mentioned in a much earlier post), then some girls from the hostel we stayed in ages ago, jess, rachael and sarah, then two of their friends. and then a friend of clair's rocked up with a buddy of her's. so it was a full table. I got my steak, was enjoying cutting the big thick piece of meat only to find out the edge of the plate which the steak was resting on was hanging off the table and quite a comical situation which ended with a plate of chips, calamari rings and my steak sandwhich all on my lap..... ><
pics of that night to follow too i guess.
yesterday walking back from the staff cafe to Becker, after snowboarding and dinner and such, there was a group of 7 elk (maybe/i think) wandering around the Banff center. they had made their way from behind the becker building down towards 1 of the hotels. they were quite calm, and didnt get alarmed with all the people watching them. this said some of then had tags on their ears which means they had attacked people before. i snapped a whole bunch of photos - will put up the better ones aswell.
besides that its the 7th which means all of 24 more days till i leave this place,
hope you have all been enjoying reading 'this thing' (that better ritz??)
remember u can leave comments yo!!!!!
erm i think thats it, i will chuck all the photos ive been promising, from my days on the slopes at lake louise to all the ones ive promised in this entry.
oh, and on a sad note, Sebastian left this morning - those of u who ever look at my myspace will remember him as my number 1 friend for a day or two. He was one of the french canadian house keepers. anyway last i saw of him he was trying to hitch a ride to calgery airport to catch a 1am flight tonight LOL. hope he catches it, before he left he said if i come to quebec and need to stay somewhere he will happily put me up so thats one more pro to going there - its looking more enviting.
anyway best be off now
toodaloo all
gezzza
There has been a few happenings around here lately. Lots of the frenchies have been leaving - there was a BIG party which was organised without the consent of the staff housing folk and thus was closed down at 11pm. it then moved to DCH (donald cameron hall - where the other bunch of staff housing is) and was shut down there, THEN on the way back to becker from DCH all the find party goers were questioned by the police and 1 was arrested. I found this all rather amusing as i finished my partying at 11 and watched tv instead. - pics to follow
last night was 'steak night' down at the elk n oarsman. u get a fine steak sandwhich for $8 which aint bad. we made a booking - definitly necassary - and we had a full table of 14 i think. this was, me, adam, tim, rupert, billy, lucy and clair who are back in town (the two irish girls who i think i mentioned in a much earlier post), then some girls from the hostel we stayed in ages ago, jess, rachael and sarah, then two of their friends. and then a friend of clair's rocked up with a buddy of her's. so it was a full table. I got my steak, was enjoying cutting the big thick piece of meat only to find out the edge of the plate which the steak was resting on was hanging off the table and quite a comical situation which ended with a plate of chips, calamari rings and my steak sandwhich all on my lap..... ><
pics of that night to follow too i guess.
yesterday walking back from the staff cafe to Becker, after snowboarding and dinner and such, there was a group of 7 elk (maybe/i think) wandering around the Banff center. they had made their way from behind the becker building down towards 1 of the hotels. they were quite calm, and didnt get alarmed with all the people watching them. this said some of then had tags on their ears which means they had attacked people before. i snapped a whole bunch of photos - will put up the better ones aswell.
besides that its the 7th which means all of 24 more days till i leave this place,
hope you have all been enjoying reading 'this thing' (that better ritz??)
remember u can leave comments yo!!!!!
erm i think thats it, i will chuck all the photos ive been promising, from my days on the slopes at lake louise to all the ones ive promised in this entry.
oh, and on a sad note, Sebastian left this morning - those of u who ever look at my myspace will remember him as my number 1 friend for a day or two. He was one of the french canadian house keepers. anyway last i saw of him he was trying to hitch a ride to calgery airport to catch a 1am flight tonight LOL. hope he catches it, before he left he said if i come to quebec and need to stay somewhere he will happily put me up so thats one more pro to going there - its looking more enviting.
anyway best be off now
toodaloo all
gezzza
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Did chesty bond get a new job?
So thats the logo for Mr.Clean, a Canadian detergent. And just for comparison, here is Chesty Bond
another humorous packaging label thingy-ma-gig ive found is by the chip company - Old dutch. They are pretty decent chips ya know - probably around the same quality as Kettle chips. anyway heres a pic + link.
Yes that flavour is called Buffalo Wings, its quite common over here but i still find it amusing, the concept of buffalos having wings :-S
cyuzzz
Gerald
Thursday, March 1, 2007
a few things ive noticed/things which make me smile/dedication of this blog
1. chocolate bars arent your typical 60g, they are 58 grams here :-S
2. your run of the mill 600ml coke, here is 591ml :-S
3. speed limits are just a sign on the road. if you go the speed limit people will get angry. on the road to sunshine village/lake louise the limit is 90 but most people sit on 110-120 if the conditions allow it.
4. I was waiting to get on the gondola at Lake Louise and I hear the lift operator (aka, lifty) say,
"why should i do it, i wanna do the minimum amount of work possible, thats what being a lifty is all about"
at this point ive reached the front of the line and i say to the lift, "nah dude, doing the minimum is what being an australian is all about"
he replies, "im from melbourne mate"
5. today i was on a lift with another fellow whos name is luke, he asked me where im from. The australian accent really sticks out here and it brings a smile to my face when i know i can say, " Adelaide" and they will know exactly what im talking about. turns out Luke is from Brisbane, used to sell insurance, got sick of it, now works at the HI hostel in lake louise (the town not the ski resort). once i quite my job at the end of the month, im gonna be staying in different hostels and im sure to spend a week or so there. he says its quite a nice place.
Lastly 2 days ago my Opa passed away. Unfortunatly I'm not around for the funeral so instead, this blog has taken on a new title and is now dedicated to my Opa, who i described earlier as, A Vogelzang through and through. to those of you unfortunate souls who dont know any vogelzangs then you wont get that but im sure the family will enjoy it.
Pics from my lake louise outing to follow
toodalooo
gerald
2. your run of the mill 600ml coke, here is 591ml :-S
3. speed limits are just a sign on the road. if you go the speed limit people will get angry. on the road to sunshine village/lake louise the limit is 90 but most people sit on 110-120 if the conditions allow it.
4. I was waiting to get on the gondola at Lake Louise and I hear the lift operator (aka, lifty) say,
"why should i do it, i wanna do the minimum amount of work possible, thats what being a lifty is all about"
at this point ive reached the front of the line and i say to the lift, "nah dude, doing the minimum is what being an australian is all about"
he replies, "im from melbourne mate"
5. today i was on a lift with another fellow whos name is luke, he asked me where im from. The australian accent really sticks out here and it brings a smile to my face when i know i can say, " Adelaide" and they will know exactly what im talking about. turns out Luke is from Brisbane, used to sell insurance, got sick of it, now works at the HI hostel in lake louise (the town not the ski resort). once i quite my job at the end of the month, im gonna be staying in different hostels and im sure to spend a week or so there. he says its quite a nice place.
Lastly 2 days ago my Opa passed away. Unfortunatly I'm not around for the funeral so instead, this blog has taken on a new title and is now dedicated to my Opa, who i described earlier as, A Vogelzang through and through. to those of you unfortunate souls who dont know any vogelzangs then you wont get that but im sure the family will enjoy it.
Pics from my lake louise outing to follow
toodalooo
gerald
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