Oh well...

Just a quick note. A couple of posts back I mentioned that I applied for a job in South Africa, and much to my dissappointment, I did not get it. It would have been cool, but I guess it was not meant to be.

For something interesting, here is a picture of the Alcazar of Sergovia just outside Madrid. The plateau that it is on has been the a stronghold since Roman times. This Alcazar was built in the eleventh century, and is said to be one of the many castles in Europe that Walt Disney used for inspiration.

Forget France, Ole !

Well I have had enough of France for now, I am going to move on to Spain. Probably the first place to go will be San Sebastian and then Bilbao.

San Sebastian - What can I say about San Sebastian, just look at it, it is beautiful. It is also well known for its Basque cuisine, which should appeal to Melanie. The Basque use a lot of paprika, lamb, and various meats. They are also famous for fish stews, and can you really beat a good fish stew? I don't think so, the food sounds great hearty but lots of flavour. As far as any fascinating buildings or monuments, there isn't much to consider, as the city was burnt down in the early 1800's buy British and Portuguese troops after a siege of the French.


Bilbao - capital of the Basque region is home to one of the Guggenheim museums, and probably the best known Guggengeim museum for it's architecture. The Guggenheim Museums are dedicated to modern - contemporary art, and I am not one that really appreciates modern art. However, given the fact that this is where the best is supposed to be, I should probably have a look. They are supposed to have a giant metal spider there so that should be interesting, maybe not the Mona Lisa or magnificent fresco, but interesting.

Pamplona is near by as well, but the running of the bulls is not until July, so I will probably not be around at the time, but it would be on heck of an experience unless I got gouged. More from Spain coming soon.

Crossing my fingers

First of all I must apologize for not updating the blog in the past two weeks, I have been slighty distracted in the past few days.

As some of you may know, I am in the Cooperative Education program at UPEI, and recently there was a pretty enticing position advertised. The job is an international postion in Durban, South Africa. What is great is that travel and accomodations are covered (not usually the case). The postion involves working with a non-government organization, helping to promote good goverence and institution building.

Durban is an port/resort city on the Indian Ocean, and as you can see in the picture is a rather nice looking place to go for a swim. If you can't tell, I am pretty excited about the possibility of getting the opportunity to go there. Who knows, I may have to change the name of this blog.

This is the reason I have been neglecting my blog, writing my cover letter and tweaking my resume. The deadline for applications is the 2nd of June, so hopefully I will get called for an interview and then who knows.

Will write an update this weekend about Europe. Probably about food, so Melanie may have to help me.