I met these three wonderful girls for 20 minutes while changing train connections in Mannheim, tha was great! And this is maybe my favourite Mannheim photo ever! Don't you agree?

The inverted Bloody Nix cocktail. It tasted like gummy bears, flavour coca-cola, they said.

Tonight we meet for dinner at 8 p.m. at the Keg, in Kingston. A tabvle for 15 has been reserved, and we hope to see many of our colleagues there.
it has been a great term here at Queen's and we have been in a farewell mood for some days now. Many of the students here have already left for their own exchange courses in Europe, China, India or, even, Japan. The weather continues to be cold, but signs of spring have shown up slowly.
The last course, Managing Innovation, is getting to an end, and it has been an excellent course. our professor, Lib, has great corporate experience as CEO and as innovation champion, and she brigns her experiences effectively to class.
Life at co-op is also coming to an end. The last inspection before returning the keys is scheduled, the last kitchen duties are coming and the last party, this time at our direct neighbours, was yesterday. it was also a great experience, living with this nice bunch of diverse people.
And this is the mood today. One last presentation to practice, one last class to attend, one last exam to write. And then pack our books, clothes and hope that all will fit in the suitcases, even the pair of ice skates, my main Canadian souvenir.

This post just goes out to a great friend of mine and his wife who have just received a new daughter in their family.
Silvia and Alex, I wish you three all the best for years to come and believe strongly that Luisa will be the greatest and most enjoyable challenge that you will face.
I hope could be in Brazil soon to visit you and take part on the happiness that I am sure you are experiencing. Unfortunately, I believe Luisa will be quite big already when I'll eventually meet her.

Fortíssimos abraços para vocês três, estou especialmente contente que está tudo certo. É nessas horas que eu fico triste em estar longe, mas é assim mesmo. Mandem notícias, fotos, vídeos assim que puderem, para eu me sentir um pouquinho "tio", mesmo que de longe.
Tudo, tudo, tudo de bom,
Fernando

It has been a while since I last wrote. I got top know the town (pics online), met Viktoria, Marc and even Sujay who is still here due to visa problems. Sujay introduced us to the school and night life in Kingston (K), although we have not been the best party goers around.

I messed my sleeping hours last week, mainly to time difference with the Middle East and to the season 1 of Heroes, a cool show Cristiano got me for Christmas. Thankfully it is over and I will now be able to concentrate on K. There is the schedule to be checked, both at the business school and at the co-op I'm living in. There also some pre-reading to finish for classes on Monday and a cell phone number to be bought.

The weather has changed quite a lot. From the perfect powder snow and -13 degrees Celsius temps on Thursday to mildly negative temps on Friday to mildly positive today. All the snow is melting and everything is wet and slippery. Gonna stay at home today, after buying some hair gel.
This cafe seems to be nice. Very well visited (and, therefore, probably liked) it is another co-op, the third one I've ran accross here in CA. The portions are big, the prices reasonable and they take pride in using bio food for "homemade" dishes. The attendance is quiet varied, with the obvious presence of the students, who started to pour into town yesterday. But you also see older couples and even one or two families here. It is almost 12 and it continues to be full, with a very healthy turnover. A nice place, I will probably visit it more often, the music is good, though th potatos were too salty.

Now most of the shops will be soon open, and it is time for me to move.

Was not really as I wanted it to be. Should be more romantic, but was a lot of hard work, doing the famed economics assignment. At least I had great company, as usual. Company which I will miss dearly.

Cause I'm busy with economics assignment (still!), farewells and stuff.
Was a great term, thanks to all.
And good luck to all too, the world is small, we'll soon meet.

I just found out that Diego has a blog, in Spanish. He doesn't post often, but, when he does, he usually has great pictures. And a great sense of humour.

But if you visit his blog (http://eninglaterra.blogspot.com/)today, you will see that he has a great reason to be really, really happy: the arrival of his third kid, Juan Pablo.
Congratulations, diego! Toda sorte do mundo para você e sua família! Or, in Portuñol: Toda la suerte del mundo, par ti y tu familia!
From now on, his blog is linked on the right.