What a surprise! I am changing plans because I am not yet in shape to do any hiking. This is a shame because the weather couldn’t be better. I have now booked my passage on the ferry from N. Sydney to Port aux Basques for tonight’s sailing at 11:30. The bus from St FX doesn’t leave until 5:30 so I have lots of time to rest. Hopefully that will do me some good.
I caught 2 periods of hockey last night at The Piper’s Pub just off campus. Heard this morning that the Oilers added a second goal in the third period. Way to go Oilers!
I had a reasonably good sleep last night but getting out of bed was still a chore. Upon checking out around 9:00 I learned that the campus cafeteria was closed but did pick up an orange juice and croissant at a variety store on campus. Just like Europe but not nearly as good.
I forgot to bring a cap with me and since it looks like the sun will predominate today I picked up a St. FX cap at the bookstore. Since it is close to the Acadian office I phoned Marine Atlantic to make sure that I could get on board tonight’s sailing and then bought my bus ticket. The agent kindly offered to keep my back pack.
One thing that is very evident is the friendliness of the people here in Antigonish. Most people that you meet on the street greet you with ” how are you doing”, “beautiful day” etc. The staff at the residence office asked if I got to see the hockey game and one of them walked around the corner to show me the exact location of the variety store.
i spent a half hour checking out the GPS. It works well away from buildings. It should be interesting on the water.
Next post from somewhere on the Rock I hope.
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cdndread
May 19th, 2006 at 10:07 am
Welcome to NFLD! Hope your back recovers quickly & the weather holds. Enjoying your blog, keep it up.
Paula