29. May 2009 by azarethroy.

It started off quitely in April 2009. Dave had an idea to drive across Canada in his dad’s RV. So he created a CouchSurfing meeting & group to see what happened.

“Borrowing his dads RV, Dave is leaving Toronto Saturday August 1, 2009 and arriving in Vancouver about two weeks later. Along the way we’ll be meeting local CSers, frequenting parks, forests, lakes, festivals, hot springs, and whatever may come our way.Let’s recruit a few new surfers along the way, too Wanna come for some or all of the adventure?Tentative Itinerary:August 1: Depart TorontoCross Ontario: Lakes, hills, forests, very large rocks, black bearsStops: August 1: Sault Ste-MarieAugust 2: Thunder BayCross the Prairies: Wheat, agricultural equipment ( Wheat related ), grain silos ( and by ‘grain’ i mean ‘wheat’ ), and more! More wheat.Stops: August 3: WinnipegAugust 4: ReginaCross the Rockies: Mountains, AustraliansStops: August 5: CalgaryAugust 6: BanffAugust 7: Shambhala Music Festival:http://www.shambhalamusicfestival.com/August 10: Interior British ColumbiaHot Springs, hippiesAugust 15-20ish Arrive VancouverEstimated Cost:-Gas / RV costs: $250-Camping fees: $50-Collective Meal Plan: $100-Shambhala: $200TOTAL ( Estimate ): $600TO BE CLEAR: THIS IS A NON-PROFIT OFFER!NOTE: This trip is also very well timed for continuing on to Burning Man ( http://www.burningman.com ). “

I’ve signed up! Now to prepare…

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22. May 2009 by azarethroy.

A while back, I decided that it would be fun to “learn one new thing” from anyone I met. As in observe what they did well and what they did to make it happen. Sometimes  it would be a negative experience, but you would learn something from that regardless.

I feel this when I meet “core” couchsurfers that they have much to teach me. I met Eli during the Niagara Invasion, a rabbi who made dirty jokes like he was a college student. But his generosity is what I really remembered. 20 of us went to a winery and instead of getting everyone to pay $10.50 each he paid for all of us and then “passed the hat around” allowing us to pay what we could afford. He did not want to exclude anyone who could not afford it and did not care that some may abuse his generosity.

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22. May 2009 by azarethroy.

So I’ve been crap at updating this blog, so here’s a little overview of what you’ve missed.

November: Nothing. It was fucking cold in Toronto.

December: 6 weeks holiday! New York (2x), Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore. Quit my old job. Got married.

January: Started my new job.

Febrauary: Nothing. It was fucking cold in Toronto.

March: Moved house. New place rocks!

April: CSTO Pub Crawl. It rocked!

May: CSTO Niagara Invasion!

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18. October 2008 by azarethroy.

So apparently this Kitchener Waterloo event is the biggest Oktoberfest outside of Germany. It was fun, but probably only if you’ve never been to the real thing (I have). We went up on Saturday morning and returned on Monday.

We hadn’t realised that all the beer tents closed on Sunday at 6pm. (But it’s Oktoberfest….)

Anyway Saturday was good. Beer was pricey but that was expected. You could only get Molson in the beer tents, however. For those who have never had Molson, it sort of tastes like urine. Only chilled.

At least it was chilled.

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4. October 2008 by azarethroy.

Was it just me or was Nuit Blanche kind of foo foo? I enjoyed walking around but a lot of the art was just….lame. Seriously.

Nice idea though. Next year I’ll be on the West side where apparently bars are open till 4am.

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