Part of Part 2 of Part 2 (read Part 1 and Part 1 of Part 2 below)

It's Easter! And it's finally Spring - but you wouldn't know it from the surroundings - ice, tonnes of snow (although I managed to see some (1 foot of) grass when I was out on a run around the canal. Miriam and I plan to run the 10km run on Ottawa Marathon weekend (I may even do the half m., but at this stage it is just a dream).

So where was I up to - February, March?

We (and a few friends) went to the Montreal la nuit blanche (all night party) on March 1. This was a crazy night with over 100 hundred free (or near free) activities that went for 24 hrs, ending with a 4:30am breakfast. The list of activities are here (from page 6). The activities ranged from 3am museum spotlight tours, ice slides, dj art parties, gospel singing and snow frizbee, and 24hr film sessions, to Hilton roof top pool parties.

The thing was, we were hoping to get to a few of these activities, but only managed to get to 5 - because the crowds were huge. We went to line up for breakfast at 4:30am, but the queue had thousands of people in it. So after a good night out (and a long night of queuing), we made it back to the alternative hostel (run by an Aussie) and had a few hours sleep before the drive back to Ottawa (2 hrs). We were all feeling a little tired at work on the Monday.

St Patty's was - as always because of my Irish roots - a big (Monday) night. I asked my boss if I could finish work at 4pm because I needed to line up outside the pub - D'arcy McGees (at least I was honest). Twas a big night.

Sorry gotta run again! In the mean time check out the latest pics: FlickR. BTW, you should really download Piclens to view images online - unreal experience - all in 3D:


This year sometime I will start posting podcasts and other RSS feeds so that you can (you, meaning family back home) instantly have the blog updates on your desktop to your RSS aggregator (list here).

Parting limbo shots of us: