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February 05, 2010Raiding Arizona – Part I – Intro


At the beginning of the year, I went to Arizona.

Raiding Arizona   Part I   Intro

A part of Arizona

The idea was complicated, not simple. My grand-mother used to live in Phoenix. She moved recently to be closer to the family. She still has her home and car there. The car however, was not running properly. My Dad brought it to the mechanic's and was given an estimate of 5 000$! That's a lot of money. Especially for a 20 year-old car.

As luck would have it, my cousin Frank dropped by one day and we started discussing the problem. I was eager to get his feedback as he's already taken a Toyota 4Runner apart, only to rebuild it. This, in my book, makes him a car expert.

Raiding Arizona   Part I   Intro

This is what a car expert looks like

He said we were getting taken advantage of and that everything that had to be done was rather easy and the parts plentiful on the internet. With my family, we concocted a plan to go over there with him and have him do the repairs. Yes, it would cost less to fly him over 3500 km than to go to the garage. Read more about Raiding Arizona

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July 17, 2009La Norvège zyeutée


La Norvège zyeutée

Juan cadré

À la fin du printemps, je suis parti en Europe pour célébrer le mariage de mon ami Michael alias le Danois. Vous ne serez pas surpris d'apprendre qu'il est Danois. Mais ce n'est pas pour ça que j'écris. Par un heureux hasard de circonstances, nous nous sommestapé un road trip scandinave. Oh oui, je me frottais les mains et me léchais les babines à l'idée d'une belle tournée en Scandinavie.

Et je n'ai pas été déçu. Ben, un tout petit peu. La Suède est très belle mais le problème c'est qu'elle ressemble étonnamment au Québec. Je ne me suis donc pas senti  très dépaysé. Ne me méprenez pas, la Suède reste jolie.  D'ailleurs, on n’appelle pas le Québec "la Belle Province" pour rien. Mais ce n’est pas grave puisque les fjords ont été superbes.

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Une belle place pour se recueillir?

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