All my photos so far!

If you have either the time or inclination to check out my photos so far, then I've started uploading them onto my online Kodak gallery, which is quite handy indeed. (Some of them are pretty dodgy though... especially the ones with me in!)

There's ones from downtown Ottawa, a few more from the game, the sights of Montreal lit-up for Christmas (including of the window of the Hudson Bay company for you Mum!), two of Sylvie's flatmates (Trisha and Butters), and lots of Barry's hockey tournament from last weekend, in-which they won the B-group! More of that in an email update soon...ish!

There's also photos from Rich and Karen's wedding in the summer... finally!!!
So follow the links below!

Canada Photos part 1

Rich and Karen's Wedding

Enjoy! (and let me know if theres any problems and I'll try to sort them out)

Last photos from "Ottowaaaahhhhh".

Does anyone know just WHAT a 25' high spider is doing outside a church?! (Actually its outside the Ottawa Art Gallery, and across the road from the church, but the photo was too good to miss!)



Here's a really cool one from the game. They put this effect on the ice when the US anthem was being played before the game, but sadly didn't do the same for the Canadian anthem, as that would have looked really excellent.

Sens go Wild over Minnesota!

Here's a few pictures of Barry and me at the Ottawa Senators v Minnesota Wild NHL ice hockey match last week. As you can see we were up in the gods, but still had a tremendous view of the action. Ottawa won 5-3, and all round was a great game.

The view from our seats in Scotiabank Place.

Barry and me getting ready to enjoy the game. The Minnesota fans infront of us didn't enjoy the result too much!

Ottawa... The city that eats Beaver....

... Tails!!

And here is a chocolate hazelnut variety of the species! Best eaten hot on cold winter days!

The Ice-Man cometh!

My cousin Barry is quite a hockey player over here. He plays for the South Ottawa Capitals junior team who have been having a good season so far, finishing runners-up in a tournament last week, and looking forward to another one next weekend. No matches this week, but I headed down to their training session to catch a look at them, and here's a couple of photos of him.


Never know.... you might actually even get me on a set of skates sometime!! HAHA!!

"Leaving on a Jet plane...."

So this is it then! My first post on my travels, and its kind of a strange feeling. Great to be off and going again, exciting at thinking of everything I'm hoping to see and do, but sad to be leaving everyone back home and all the memories. But these things have to be done I guess.
Although it nearly didn't happen at all! Thanks to some slightly over-cautious officials at Cardiff airport, who insisted on knowing all my travel plans and the contents of my bank balance, and EVEN called the Canadian High Commission in London before I could check-in. Now I know I'm important... but really this is just too much! ;-)

Anyway, got into Toronto ontime and made it too the hostel before heading out with a couple of guys for my first Canadian beer in quite a while, but very welcome it was. So all in it was gone 5am UK time before I got to bed, and then yesterday was a nice 5hr coach trip up from Toronto to Ottawa where I'm staying with family here.
I'd forgotten just how hectic the Ottawa traffic is, but arriving in rush hour certainly reminds you quickly.

So there we go, the first of many posts I suspect. Not that interesting, but I'm alive and well and being very well looked after by my family here, and its great to see them again. So please feel free to leave some comments or drop me an email, I love hear from you all.
Until next time,
See ya later.