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Thursday, August 4th, 2011

The festival of lights is a week of fireworks display in Vancouver, over the bay. So one might expect a picture of fireworks? Well, no....

Vancouver Pride

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

It’s this time of the year when the Vancouver community celebrates its sexual diversity – Pride weekend! Apparently one of the largest prides in North...

Lake Louise

Friday, July 15th, 2011

On our way back from the Stampede and Calgary, we stopped in Banff, small town in the National Park, famous for its proximity to the...

Chuck wagon racing

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Turns out another event at the rodeo is the chuck wagon racing, which is held in the evening, after the actual rodeo. This discipline involved...

The Stampede!

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Turns out the Stampede is what one might call a big “fair”- with the exception that everyone is wearing cowboy hats and that there’s a...

Calgary, Cowboy town

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

2 days across the Rockies, made it to Calgary, and it’s sunny! We didn’t have much sunshine on the drive so far, so pretty happy...

Crossing the Canadian Rockies

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Road-tripping to the Stampede! Oh yeah, this is serious business – crossing one of the most impressive mountain chains in the World, the Rockies. I’d...

Montreal

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Not tons of photos from Montreal and Quebec city, since I’ve been there a few times before. I did want to feature this one though...

The Camaro

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Just a quick note on car rental companies. I called up Avis in the USA to rent a Ford Mustang. They assured me there was...

Got accepted at Harvard!

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

or not! I wish. Just a quick stop in Cambridge, Boston, to tour around the World famous Harvard campus. This is actually the library. Pretty...

Skyscrapers

Friday, June 24th, 2011

First stop on the Camaro trip (see 2 posts ahead in my blog), New York City. First time for my cousin here and just enough...

The White House

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Back in DC, just for a few days, before heading back on the road. I’d forgotten just how beautiful DC was. With its Federal buildings...

London Eye

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Ok. I’m posting this one a tad late, but being in planes and trains for the last week hasn’t really enabled me to get online...

Paris, Texas

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

or Paris, France I’m in Paris for a couple of days to catch up with family. It’s nice to be back in this beautiful city....

Home, Sweet Home

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Made it back to Brussels, Belgium. Staying with the folks in their crazy house. Enjoying the sun and the heat. Life is...

Morgane’s Wedding

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

The main reason why I came back to Europe – I was invited as a witness to one of my closest friends’ weddings in Belgium....

Henry’s new Beemer

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

I’m leaving Vancouver for a month, and the first stretch of my journey takes me to Washington DC, where my uncle lives and works. Being...

Deception Pass

Friday, May 27th, 2011

As we were driving back from the Olympic Peninsula, we took a boat back to the mainland and went through the Deception Pass. The landscape...

Olympic Rainforest

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

The Olympic Peninsula is formed of a tropical rainforest, right next to the ocean. It’s very green down there and I love the contrast here...

Pacific Ocean

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

For the first time in 9 months (almost) on the West Coast, I made it to the Pacific Coast, to see the Ocean. Sure, there...

Roller Derby

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Last Saturday we went for a game of Roller Derby at the PNE Forum, in Vancouver. I don’t think any of us (non-Canadians) knew what...

Cherry Awesome

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

Ok, it’s normally ‘cherry blossom’ – but since Canadians are so keen to use the word ‘awesome’, I thought I would rename this yearly phenomenon...

Whistler Big Air 2011

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

This last weekend of the season, we were in Whistler for the Big Air Festival, the biggest ski outdoor festival in North America. And guess...

HitchWhistler hits 1,000 members!

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

For our 1,000th member on HitchWhistler.com, we decided we should go up to Whistler and celebrate the achievement! I printed some personalized t-shirts for the...

Pingu!

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Our last trip to Whistler I brought our beloved Penguin by the name of ‘Pingu’ up to Whistler, as he was in big need out...

Blackcomb Glacier

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

This is a shot I took on our before-last trip to Whistler, at the top of Blackcomb mountain, just before coming down on the Blackcomb...

Al’s graduation

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

It’s an honor to have been invited to my roommate’s graduation: Al Philippe Sinoy is one of my closest friends with whom I studied at...

Yaletown Marina

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

It’s been a while since I wrote on whereisflo.com, things have been a little busy around here, with the end of the season, people visiting...

Stanley Park

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

Today was a sunny day in Vancouver, and since this doesn’t happen too often at this time of year, we thought we’d take full advantage...

Playing Hockey!

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

After a few years of abstention from playing this pretty awesome game, I finally found the ice again in Big White this week. The rink...

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