Joni Morris » travel

back in reception

Joni — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:57:28 +0000

Luke and I just got back from a 10 day hiking / road trip that spanned British Columbia and Alberta, clocking in at about 3000 km by the time we arrived in Vancouver. As you can tell by the photo, our camera went everywhere we did, and there are some great photos to come!

I’m visiting friends in Vancouver at the moment, but looking forward to heading back to Revelstoke for some r&r. I dropped Luke off at the Greyhound this morning for his voyage to San Fransisco and then Australia–it’s hard to believe that in less than a month, I’ll be in Australia too! This realization, coupled with saying goodbyes, and just the on the go nature of road trips, makes me want to sleep and watch movies. Fortunately, that’s what we’re doing tonight at the Thebaults’. Alaina is even making pie!

Photos from our trip coming soon!

‘allo from Montreal!

Joni — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:38:37 +0000

Bonjour mes amis! Yup, I’m in Montreal and loving it. Actually, I’m gearing up for a little bit of homework, but I’ll get there eventually.

Our trip so far has been pretty lovely. A day in the country, some shopping, some beers with a friend, more shopping, recovering from beers with a friend, eating with grandparents, eating bagels, drinking wine, eating more with grandparents, and so on and so forth… c’est une voyage a Montreal avec ma famille. J’aime ca beaucoup, et je me souviens plus francais que j’ai pense. Yeah, whatever, I’m butchering it and too lazy to do the accents… but truly, I’ve remembered way more French than I thought I could, and can still speak it if I try really hard. What’s more, Luke and I can get our way around on the metro without getting lost. Considering how bewildered I was in Vancouver the first few (ahem) weeks, this is truly an improvement.

Anyway. I should be doing h

omework. Just thought I’d say hi while I was still here–updates and my actual photos to come. Love!

meanders in montreal

Joni — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:49:00 +0000

I’m back from another cross-Canada trip, and actually managed to go from coast to coast in one day–though I do feel like I cheated a little bit since I didn’t actually go from Victoria to St. John’s, which would have been a bit more “coast to coast” than Vancouver to St. John’s. Oh well.

I just got all my pictures up onto Picasa Web; as always, they can be found in all their glory right here. The “Eastern Tour Lite” is on Facebook with only 120 pictures between two albums for both Newfoundland and Montreal–a more extensive set is on Picasa Web.

I was also fiddling with placing some pictures on the Google maps in Picasa Web–also a nifty feature, though I really don’t think enough people use Picasa Web yet for anyone to realize what’s really going on. For some reason I’m now getting visions of Google buying Facebook and integrating all of these technologies together–it’s a little mind-boggling.

I’ll put up a few of the best pictures in here with proper captions soon–in the meantime, enjoy this little slideshow!