Friday, February 29, 2008

I'm finally entering the final leg of our European Odyssey!

I mean its only been ten months. Man alive, I'm slow at putting pictures on this thing. But I've shown you as far as Zurich right now, and a few pics of the long pain in the ass train ride from Zurich to Barcelona. So that means we only have Spain, Morroco, Paris and London left!
Then I only have about two thousand pictures between the end of that trip and present day to show you. Including my last days in England and all the pics I've taken since being in Canada. They include our trip to Algonquin National Park, where I canoed for the first time in my life, and the terrifying car crash, just outside of Thunder Bay, that almost extinguished our lives and led me to the beautiful Daisy May whose life affirming spirit, and unshakeable stubborness taught me the true value of this life. Plus the pics of Tom's time with us, Daves time with us and Ryans time with us. Trust me folks, there's some good quality photos and stories in the pipeline. And if your patience will allow it, you will be entertained. You just gotta bare with me. Things are hectic and stressful at the moment, and I only get access to my blog once a week,if that. But I'm making head way slowly but surely. And possibly on my way to a third ulcer but that's not for you to worry about.
On a completely different subject, did you know that Paul Simon's first self titled record is fantastic? I had no idea. I mean I like Simon and Garfunkel and that song Paul Simon did with Chevy Chase in the video as much as the next person, and I loved Me and Julio down by the school yard when I heard it in The Royal Tennenbaums film, but I still wasn't prepared when I put the record on in the shop yesterday. You should go get it and listen to it, and let me know what you think? I was so excited I put on the two records he put out after his debut but they were produced by different guys and have a sound thats too polished and clean, with too many people playing on them. His first record though. Man, I'm telling you. It's an important record. In all honesty, everybody but me probably knew this already. And I'm just repeating what everyone else already knows. I've always had a habit of getting into stuff long after everybody else.
Oh and the pictures on my blog run in reverse chronological order. So you have to scroll down to get to the beginning. If your still paying attention to this drivel and still come back to this thing to look at my pictures and read my stupid words then thank you. Really.

Zurich,Switzerland! And the train ride from Venice, and the train ride to Barcelona,Spain!




































Venice, Italy at night! Just like the daytime only darker and more romantic! A couple of these photos are the best I have ever taken.I love this city!



















Venice,Italy! People warned us about how disappointing this city would be.Well,apparently I'm easy to impress. Or their standards are too high.