While the Alps are far away, we take advantage that there is a lot of snow around us.

From 2010-01-30 Von Kettwig nach Winterberg

Does anybody have tips regarding snowkiting near the Ruhrgebiet?

So this is our free week in the semester. All of the other Queen's University students had their reading week 2 or 3 weeks ago, and we MBAs kept going to a completely empty Business School in what seemed to be a ghost campus.
But now it is our turn. All assignments done, all classes over, we are indeed free to enjoy some relaxing time.
The first extravagance that I treated myself to was going snowboarding with Marc last Sunday on a hill about 150 km north of Kingston. It wasn't the greatest hill, but we had a perfect snowboarding day and I consider those 100 bucks very well spent. I had been dying to snowboard for about a year, and am happy that I was able to do so at least once this season. The problem with Kingston is that we have lots of snow, but no hills.



The first half of the week was slow. I had my full of things to sort out, got it sorted out, took the opportunity to sleep some, read some more and even apply to a job or two. Not too bad, but certainly not as productive as I had imagined.
And now, again with Marc and other colleagues form the MBA, we are in Niagara Falls, on the Canadian side. It is certainly an interesting sight, and it was fun to go to the American side to eat at a casino buffet. But tomorrow we will head back to Toronto, where we will spend two nights.
It is good to be out of Kingston, but I am, unfortunately, very conscious of every dollar that I am spending during this trip. When you have a loan building up in the Bank, that's simply the way it is, and you have to find the balance between saving money and not missing unique opportunities.

Era para eu estar lá agora. Mas as últimas duas semanas foram duras por vários motivos, feira de música, visita, trabalho, conversas até altas horas. Aí eu não acordei às 4 da manhã como deveria. E o pior é que eu suspeito que acordei, desliguei o alarme e fui dormir de novo. Desgraça! Talvez tente ir a Davos fim-de-semana que vem, mas perder os 50 euros é chato. Mas tudo bem, agora tenho tempo para estudar, sair com um povo, sei lá.

I should be snowboarding by now. But the last 2 weeks have taken their toll on me. Music fair, guests, works, phone conversations. This all lead me not to wake up at 4 a.m. as planned. At least now I have some time to study and go out in the evening. Let's see.