Upcoming Adventures

Almost.....but not quite
For a couple of days early in the week, Veve and I thought we might get to share some of our adventures with my sister, Sharon.  Unfortunately, the timing was incredibly bad as we were trying to get her to come over in March which is year end for the Canadian government.  With her being in the accounting field, that is about the worst time of the year to try to go on vacation.

Zurich
Shortly after she advised us it was a no-go, I got an email from Mind My House with a new posting in which a home owner just outside of Zurich, Switzerland was looking for someone to look after their 4 parrots from March 1 to 12.  We applied but were turned down as some other people had applied before us and she went with them.  Then we applied to a couple of HelpXs in France and were promptly turned down.  We were getting a little nervous when we got an email from Switzerland saying the first house sitters had backed out and were we available. 

So, we are off to Wadenswil, Switzerland on February 29th to take care of 2 parakeets and 2 African Grey parrots. 

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Agde and Vimy Ridge, France
After our parrot adventure, we intend to head to Vimy Ridge to get some military history for Michel and then off to see Diane, a friend of his family.  She is like an extra sister. 

Diane only just moved to Agde recently.  Her grandson is in Agde on a soccer scholarship and her husband is a project manager with a major oil and gas firm and manages large projects in northern Africa so Agde is very well situated for her.

Wadi Rum, Jordan
In early April, we have arranged another a help exchange with Zedane Al-Zalabeih of the Bedouin Meditation Camp in Jordan!  We are very excited to be spending a month in the desert.  Look at the bottom of the map of Jordan below and you will see the city of Aqaba.  Wadi Rum is just east of it.

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Turkey
Then it is off to Istanbul to meet up with Monique (kayak girl!! We love you for introducing us to this wonderful sport!) for a bit of touring and then a glorious week of kayaking!  We will be starting the kayak trip in Koycegiz and making our way through Koycegiz Lake, down the river/estuary into the Mediteranean Sea and making our way to Gocek.  The map below shows the land route from our start point to our destinations but you should be able to figure out the water passage from the map and my description above (cause I have smart friends and family, right!).

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And then we start collecting the bread crumbs we have left during our journey so we can find our way home.  Yes, the year will be drawing to a close as we head back to Montreal to visit the family, pick up the car and make our way back across Canada.