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How are you doing?! Are you busy training, working, going to school etc.?? What have you been up to the last couple of weeks? Hoe gingen de triathlons in Nederland/Duitsland???
I am back in Toronto...after 21 days of road-tripping with only occasional internet access..as we spent 18 of the 21 nights on campsites in our tent!!! After driving 6300+ kilometers in a car it is soooo nice to finally be walking and just staying in one place for a while!! I am already looking forward to my bed tonight;)...But this sounds like we didn't have any fun on our trip....on the contrary....
I can't put my trip into words!! It was an unforgettable experience to travel with the two other girls and our tent in our little PT-Cruiser and just take one day at a time and decide how long to stay when we arrived in places!! We met and got to know amazing people (and were allowed to sleep in some real beds and have great dinners at the Euser's places in Ottawa and Toronto!! Thanks again!!! :)
We started out in Kingston, Ontario (a little old city that is on the lake) where we camped right on a river, went on a 1000-islands cruise and went swimming to wake up in the morning;)...Our vacation couldn't have started out with nicer weather or a nicer place to swim.....(i think most of you know how much i love water;)...
After having camped our first night we spent the next night in a Bed & Breakfast in Montréal, where we walked around a bit and did what girls do;)...we went shopping;)...But after eating and snacking too much I decided to pay the Olympic swimming pool in Montréal a short 1.5 hour visit the next morning!! I can only say that it was incredible to swim there and see that swimming pools in 1976 were actually quite modern...(tenmindste een heel stukje beter dan het Corpus-huys...;) But I prefer to swim with people whose language I can understand...and not next to 80 year old French-guys..;)..Waar zijn de Tritanen als je ze nodig hebt;)????
Tired after training i slept on our 2 hour trip to Québec...which turned out to be our favorite (European) city in Canada...You really feel as if you are in some French city..in southern France!! \u003cbr\>After 2 nights there we drove along the Saint\nLawrence River (which is like 80km across...and looks like an Ocean)\nalong the Gaspésie peninsula to Percé...where we stayed on a tiny,\ntotally clean campsite with 3 other tents..right on a cliff with a\ngreat view of the "Roche de Percé"!! The next morning we went\nWhale-watching and saw about 7 blue whales!!!:) It was fascinating!!\nThey swim into the river since they think it is an ocean.. Mischien een\nleuke uitdaging voor de een of andere Tritaan..er is een open-water\nzwem-crossing van de Saint-Lawrence..maar het duurt wel effe 3 dagen of\nzo;)...\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>After having seen rough cliffs and a river we went on to\nPrince Edward Island which looks like Northern Holland with red cliffs\nand red soil...I found it quite nice, calm and beautiful..but the other\ngirls didn't like it tooo much...\nas they found it too much like home\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Having more or less\nrelaxed for 2 days we took a ferry to Nova Scotia..(I drove our car\nright into the ship's huge mouth...;)....The beauty of Cape Breton\nIsland can't really be expressed in words..(take a look on my blog for\nthe pictures..(i'll get around to adding them 2day I hope;) We stayed\nin Cape Breton Natl. Park for 2 days..on which we spent one day hiking\na 16km trail along the coast-line ( I was more exhausted and physically\ndead than after every triathlon i have ever done;) after which we took\na quick dip in the Atlantic ocean!!! It was an awesome stay in the\nNatl. Park which is in the highlands..but at the ocean!!! If you ever\nget a chance to go...do it!! \u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>I am loosing track of the places we went to.....After Cape\nBreton we spent a night in a Christian University Residence in\nHalifax.. in some great rooms..and slept soundly for the first time in\nlike 10 days or so;)...We spent an evening in Halifax..but we felt out\nof place in a city (even if Halifax is the size of Groningen;)..\nas we were sooo used to camping in the nature!! \u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>After tanking\nup on sleep we drove to Fundy Natl. Park which is known for its\namazingly high tides (the water actually moves back 12-16 meters into\nthe bay at low tide)!! We spent some time hiking, kayaking and taking a\nnight walk...\n",1] ); //-->
After 2 nights there we drove along the Saint Lawrence River (which is like 80km across...and looks like an Ocean) along the Gaspésie peninsula to Percé...where we stayed on a tiny, totally clean campsite with 3 other tents..right on a cliff with a great view of the "Roche de Percé"!! The next morning we went Whale-watching and saw about 7 blue whales!!!:) It was fascinating!! They swim into the river since they think it is an ocean.. Mischien een leuke uitdaging voor de een of andere Tritaan..er is een open-water zwem-crossing van de Saint-Lawrence..maar het duurt wel effe 3 dagen of zo;)...
After having seen rough cliffs and a river we went on to Prince Edward Island which looks like Northern Holland with red cliffs and red soil...I found it quite nice, calm and beautiful..but the other girls didn't like it tooo much... as they found it too much like home
Having more or less relaxed for 2 days we took a ferry to Nova Scotia..(I drove our car right into the ship's huge mouth...;)....The beauty of Cape Breton Island can't really be expressed in words..(take a look on my blog for the pictures..(i'll get around to adding them 2day I hope;) We stayed in Cape Breton Natl. Park for 2 days..on which we spent one day hiking a 16km trail along the coast-line ( I was more exhausted and physically dead than after every triathlon i have ever done;) after which we took a quick dip in the Atlantic ocean!!! It was an awesome stay in the Natl. Park which is in the highlands..but at the ocean!!! If you ever get a chance to go...do it!!
I am loosing track of the places we went to.....After Cape Breton we spent a night in a Christian University Residence in Halifax.. in some great rooms..and slept soundly for the first time in like 10 days or so;)...We spent an evening in Halifax..but we felt out of place in a city (even if Halifax is the size of Groningen;).. as we were sooo used to camping in the nature!!
After tanking up on sleep we drove to Fundy Natl. Park which is known for its amazingly high tides (the water actually moves back 12-16 meters into the bay at low tide)!! We spent some time hiking, kayaking and taking a night walk... \u003cbr\>To relax before heading into the last nature park we stopped\nof at Tony's place in Ottawa where we were treated to a great dinner,\nbeds, a great breakfast and a tour of the city!! It was great but far\ntoo short to really see much of the Nation's capital!! \u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>After this we headed to our last location...Algonquin\nprovincial park for 3 nights!!! In Algonquin we camped right by a\nlake again:)!! It was so beautiful..and i finally dared to actually go\nswimming...because the water was warmer than the air..We were all\nscared of camping here as the weather forecast was not telling us any\npositive things..but rather announcing rain for the next 2 days (which\nwould be the days we were in the park:(...\n\u003cbr\>But we were kinda lucky it only rained one complete day;)...On the\nfirst day in Algonquin we had 24 degrees and walked a wildlife trail of\n11km (Mizzy Lake trail if anyone ever goes there;) on which we saw 4\nmoose, 3 beaver in their ponds etc, loons, squirrels, chipmunks etc...\nand luckily no bears !!! \u003cbr\>That evening it started raining and it pretty much rained on till\nthe morning 2 nights later:(!! We rented a canoe that rainy morning and\nheaded out to paddle and of course got soaking wet..after which we\nturned around and paddled as fast as we could;) (which wasn't too\nfast)!! We had lunch and decided to go and drink a coffee to warm up\nagain. When we returned it was halfway nice weather so the girls\ndecided to head out to paddle again..I had pulled a muscle or done\nsomething to my back so i decided to leave the paddling and jump into\nthe water!! I finally swam in a lake again...and had enough people\nwatching me as if i were doing something completely crazy;)...it was\nhilarious to watch their faces when i got out of the water!!! As i\nhadn't really done much training i decided to try to loosen up my sore\nmuscles with a little run as well...i ran 50 minutes without ever\nleaving the campground and didn't go anywhere twice!!!:) I guess the\nstereotype of "supersize" is sorta valid in Canada as well;)...\n",1] ); //-->
To relax before heading into the last nature park we stopped of at Tony's place in Ottawa where we were treated to a great dinner, beds, a great breakfast and a tour of the city!! It was great but far too short to really see much of the Nation's capital!!
After this we headed to our last location...Algonquin provincial park for 3 nights!!! In Algonquin we camped right by a lake again:)!! It was so beautiful..and i finally dared to actually go swimming...because the water was warmer than the air..We were all scared of camping here as the weather forecast was not telling us any positive things..but rather announcing rain for the next 2 days (which would be the days we were in the park:(...
But we were kinda lucky it only rained one complete day;)...On the first day in Algonquin we had 24 degrees and walked a wildlife trail of 11km (Mizzy Lake trail if anyone ever goes there;) on which we saw 4 moose, 3 beaver in their ponds etc, loons, squirrels, chipmunks etc... and luckily no bears !!!
That evening it started raining and it pretty much rained on till the morning 2 nights later:(!! We rented a canoe that rainy morning and headed out to paddle and of course got soaking wet..after which we turned around and paddled as fast as we could;) (which wasn't too fast)!! We had lunch and decided to go and drink a coffee to warm up again. When we returned it was halfway nice weather so the girls decided to head out to paddle again..I had pulled a muscle or done something to my back so i decided to leave the paddling and jump into the water!! I finally swam in a lake again...and had enough people watching me as if i were doing something completely crazy;)...it was hilarious to watch their faces when i got out of the water!!! As i hadn't really done much training i decided to try to loosen up my sore muscles with a little run as well...i ran 50 minutes without ever leaving the campground and didn't go anywhere twice!!!:) I guess the stereotype of "supersize" is sorta valid in Canada as well;)... \u003cbr\>On Sunday we packed up our wet clothes and tent tarps etc and\nheaded to Scott's parents house to show them our pictures etc..(as we\nhad to be in Toronto at 11:30 the next morning we would not have made\nit otherwise)!! It was very fun to share our experiences with Canadians\nand see their amazement of what we managed to see in 3 weeks!! \u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>I can only sum our trip up with the word AMAZING!! We got\nalong great, had fun camping..(even setting up a tent can be fun..which\nI had never expected)...and were reluctant to return to a big\ncity..with lots of noise!!! \u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Yesterday we moved into our appartment...which is on the 4.\nfloor of the same building we started on in! Our windows face east..so\nit doesn't get hot, we hardly hear any cars and have a nice view onto\nan old church!! So far we only have 2 housemates of which one is\nleaving on Thursday!! After buying sheets, washing and actually moving\ninto my room we went out for a drink with Cathleen (our Canadian\nneighbor) and toasted to a fun time here in Toronto!! Today we are\ngoing to our University and finally picking up our stuff and getting\ninsured here...Maybe i will join the gym today and go check out their\npools (they have one 50m and one 25m before I join their triathlon\nteam..but we will see!! On Thursday our orientation starts with a BBQ\nand until then we can just hang out here and get to know Toronto!!!\nSchool doesn't start till the fifth!\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>But i think i have written far too much already..and will write anything else about my travels on my blog..(\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.statravelblogs.com/sarahfreytag%29as\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>\nwww.statravelblogs.com/sarahfre\u003cWBR\>ytag)as\u003c/a\> well as put up some of the tons of pictures we took;)!! \n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>I now have an adress on which i live and would love to get mail from you!!:)\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Here it is:\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Sarah Freytag \u003cbr\>4;5;3 \u003cbr\>310 Bloor Street West \u003cbr\>Toronto, Ontario\u003cbr\>Canada M5S 1W4\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>I hope all is going well...und würde mich freuen mal endlich wieder was von euch zu hören!! \n",1] ); //-->
On Sunday we packed up our wet clothes and tent tarps etc and headed to Scott's parents house to show them our pictures etc..(as we had to be in Toronto at 11:30 the next morning we would not have made it otherwise)!! It was very fun to share our experiences with Canadians and see their amazement of what we managed to see in 3 weeks!!
I can only sum our trip up with the word AMAZING!! We got along great, had fun camping..(even setting up a tent can be fun..which I had never expected)...and were reluctant to return to a big city..with lots of noise!!!
Yesterday we moved into our appartment...which is on the 4. floor of the same building we started on in! Our windows face east..so it doesn't get hot, we hardly hear any cars and have a nice view onto an old church!! So far we only have 2 housemates of which one is leaving on Thursday!! After buying sheets, washing and actually moving into my room we went out for a drink with Cathleen (our Canadian neighbor) and toasted to a fun time here in Toronto!! Today we are going to our University and finally picking up our stuff and getting insured here...Maybe i will join the gym today and go check out their pools (they have one 50m and one 25m before I join their triathlon team..but we will see!! On Thursday our orientation starts with a BBQ and until then we can just hang out here and get to know Toronto!!! School doesn't start till the fifth!
But i think i have written far too much already..and will write anything else about my travels on my blog..( www.statravelblogs.com/sarahfreytag)as well as put up some of the tons of pictures we took;)!!
I now have an adress on which i live and would love to get mail from you!!:)
Here it is:
Sarah Freytag
4;5;3
310 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 1W4
I hope all is going well...und würde mich freuen mal endlich wieder was von euch zu hören!! \u003cbr\>Groetjes, \u003cbr\>",1] ); D(["mb","\u003cspan class\u003dsg\>Sarah \u003cbr\>\n\u003c/span\>",0] ); D(["ce"]); //-->
Groetjes,
Sarah
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